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The NASDAQ-listed software giant MicroStrategy has seen a total impairment loss of nearly $700 million in Q2 2021 from its massive bitcoin investments. As this is only on paper, though, the company pledged to double down on its BTC strategy and continue to accumulate more. MicroStrategy’s Q2 BTC Impairment Loss Michael Saylor’s brainchild has become one of the largest holders of bitcoins, with over 105,000 coins accumulated in the span of a year. However, the substantial...

Bitcoin Bitcoin saw an impressive 20% price hike this week as it reached the $40K resistance level. The cryptocurrency penetrated above a descending wedge formation last Thursday and continued above the 20-day MA level last Friday. Since breaking the wedge, BTC surged higher inside an ascending price channel as it broke the 50-day MA level for the first time since May and continued to hit the $40k resistance. It did spike above $40K, reaching $40,500 (bearish .382 Fib) but...

BTC’s recent 9 daily candle streak to the upside has been very impressive. We have been tracking the third-largest BTC whale wallet and found interesting activity and signals. The whale entity, at one point, held over 116,841 BTC. Its current total BTC holdings stand at 113,841. The recent sales from this address since April 2021 have accurately marked local tops in BTC, as shown in the chart below. Chart by TradingViewThis doesn’t necessarily mean that bitcoin’s price will...

The International Monetary Fund opined that risks and costs outweigh the potential benefits of digital assets. They can also be highly volatile, and thus their implementation as national currencies is not suitable for now. Cryptocurrencies Are Not Related to The Real Economy The International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned in a recent publishment that digital assets are not quite ready to be employed as national currencies. Despite highlighting their potential to provide faster...

Bitcoin is up by an impressive 22% this week as it currently battles with the $40K resistance area. As mentioned before, for the past two months, bitcoin’s price was trading between $30K and 42K. This week saw its highest point since June 15 ($41.3K according to BItstamp). The past week has been promising for BTC, after breaking a descending wedge pattern and finally getting to overcome both the 20 and the 50 days moving average lines. This break of the 50-day MA was the...

The past 24 hours saw bitcoin’s price being relatively stable around the crucial $40K mark. The majority of the market is also fairly neutral, with a lot of the altcoins charting rather insignificant losses. Bitcoin Stable Around $40K Bitcoin is circling the $40K mark over the past 24 hours, seemingly unable to make a move in either direction. However, a consolidation around this area, which is also serious support, could potentially be positive. At the tie of this writing,...

Vasant Prabhu – Chief Financial Officer of the company – opined that crypto-related transactions using Visa are beginning to dwindle. The top executive informed that their peak was in April and May, followed by a drop starting from June. Cryptocurrency Transactions with Visa Are Calming Down The American multinational financial services corporation – Visa Inc. – recently announced its results for fiscal Q3 2021. According to the report, the company’s last three months were...

During the first half of 2021, the ETH volume surged by more than 1,400% totaling $1.4 trillion, while BTC’s increased by 489%, reaching a total of $2.1 trillion. ETH Beats BTC for The First Time Coinbase took data from 20 trading venues and released a report, where it informed that Ether’s trading volume spiked by 1,461% during the first six months of 2021. Its total climbed to $1.4 trillion compared to $92 billion in the first half of 2020. In the meantime, Bitcoin marked...

Bitcoin’s recent 55% drop from all-time highs may have done technical damage to the charts, but analysis strongly suggest BTC is still in a bull market. According to on-chain analyst “Gaah Cordeiro”, BTC is still in a bull market as shown by the MVRV Onchain metric. What is MVRV? MVRV stands for Market Value to Realized Value. The metric divides BTC’s Market Value by its Realized Value. This creates a ratio that can show if the cryptocurrency is overvalued or undervalued. A...

Bitcoin is up by a whopping 25% during the week as the primary cryptocurrency reached over $40K yesterday – the highest point since June 15, 2021. As shown on the charts below, BTC price broke above a falling wedge formation toward the end of last week and eventually managed to climb above the key resistance level provided 20-day MA on Friday. Then, the price continued over the weekend to finally have a daily close (Sunday) above the 50-day MA, for the first time since May 9....