This week had the entire cryptocurrency market painted in red as Bitcoin withdrew to a low of $17,650 before recovering to where it currently trades at. All of the altcoins followed suit, and as a result, they’ve charted substantial decreases over the course of the past seven days, as seen in the graph below.Bitcoin lost roughly 5.6% over the past 7 days now. Following the latest drops, the leading cryptocurrency is now floating around $18,000.However, its long-term bullish trajectory is...
Read More »Wells Fargo Compares Bitcoin Investing To The 1850’s Gold Rush
Despite classifying bitcoin as the best performing asset in 2020, Wells Fargo said in a recent report that the industry is still predominated by speculation rather than traditional investing. The large US multinational financial services company compared BTC with the gold rush in the 1850s.Bitcoin Shows Similarities With The 1850’s Gold RushThe San Francisco-headquartered giant explored the performances of different financial assets through this “wild and crazy year” in its latest report.The...
Read More »Bitcoin Price Analysis: BTC Retests Critical 2-Month Support, Will It Hold?
Bitcoin price continues to slide away from $18,000 today and has now returned to the 4-hour 200 EMA line (red) for the first time since October 8th, 2020.Historically, this line has been a key long-term support for BTC and even though the leading crypto is inside the worrisome CME gap, it’s actually is getting a strong reaction from buyers right now.The global crypto market capital is now under the $525 billion mark, but there is an early sign that momentum could be about to flip bullish. On...
Read More »Market Watch: Correction Continues as Bitcoin Below $18K While ETH Loses $550
Although bitcoin reclaimed the $18,000 mark at first, the asset failed to sustain its run and has dipped below it. Most alternative coins have suffered in the past 24 hours as well, as Ethereum has dived beneath $550.Bitcoin Falls Below $18KBitcoin has suffered in the past several days. Following the relatively calm weekend when it traded around $19,000, the asset nosedived to $17,650 a few days later.The cryptocurrency bounced off initially from that low and took back the $18,000 level. In...
Read More »$100 Million Worth of Bitcoin Bought By US Giant MassMutual Insurance Company
Founded in 1851, The Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company is a US-based mutual firm with over five million clients. The Springfield, Massachusetts-headquartered giant is the latest traditional financial company that has allocated sizeable portions in the primary cryptocurrency.The Wall Street Journal reported earlier today that the insurance company had purchased $100 million in bitcoin for its general investment account.MassMutual employed the services of the New York-based fund...
Read More »The Bank That Called Bitcoin a Ponzi, Has Now Launched A Crypto Exchange For Institutional Investors
A few months following the soft-launch of the DBS Digital Exchange, the Singaporean multinational banking and financial services corporation announced the release of its digital asset trading venue. In addition, the investment holding company Singapore Exchange has announced it will take a 10% stake in the platform.DBS Digital Assets Officially AnnouncedCryptoPotato reported in late October that DBS Bank has successfully trialed its trading venue enabling institutional investors to access...
Read More »Bitcoin Price Analysis: Will BTC Close The CME Gap Soon And Retest $17,000?
Bitcoin bears have successfully taken back control of the asset this week and are now trying to secure a daily close beneath the $18K for the first time since this month. The global crypto market capital has been steadily declining over the last seven days and is now back below $540 billion.Right now, the leading crypto is tiptoeing on the edge of the $1,300 CME gap which sits just $25 below the current price and extends all the way down to $16,995. In order to fill this gap, bitcoin’s price...
Read More »Waiting For The Next Move: Bitcoin Recovers Following The $2,000 Crash (Market Watch)
Following the steep price drop of nearly $2,000, bitcoin bounced off the $17,600 bottom and has risen above $18,000 again. Most alternative coins have also recovered some of the losses, and the market cap has added about $20 billion since yesterday.Bitcoin Reclaims $18,000After the relatively calm weekend bitcoin had where it dabbled with the $19,000 price tag, the cryptocurrency experienced a significant drop yesterday. BTC went from a high of $19,300 to $18,000 before continuing south to...
Read More »Morgan Stanley Exec Makes The Case for Bitcoin to Become Global Reserve Currency
Bitcoin has proved itself to be a supreme store-of-value in this pandemic-ridden world. But can the world’s first cryptocurrency flip the US Dollar to become the ‘global reserve currency’?The US Dollar Has Been The Global Reserve Currency For 100 Years NowRuchir Sharma, Morgan Stanley Investment Management’s chief global strategist, went candid in his latest opinion piece on Financial Times. He talked about the ‘reserve currency’ history starting right from the 1400s.And delineated how in the...
Read More »JPMorgan: Gold’s Price Could Suffer As Bitcoin Started Taking Its Market Share
Bitcoin has taken a major portion of gold’s market share and will continue to do so in the near future, argued JPMorgan Chase & Co analysts. They highlighted the declining difference in funds allocated in the precious metal and the primary cryptocurrency, saying that the move will “represent the transfer of billions in cash.”Bitcoin Inflows, Gold OutflowsThe cryptocurrency community has debated for years on the narrative that bitcoin is the digital representation of gold. After all, both...
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