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The Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) backed Bakkt has just reported its largest single-day volumes for physically settled monthly Bitcoin futures contracts. On Monday, the figure hit a new record, trouncing the previous one. “Our Bakkt Bitcoin Futures reached a new record high of 11,509 contracts traded today – an increase of 85% from our last record-setting day,” – Bakkt tweeted. Physically-settled contracts are paid out in BTC as opposed to cash-settled ones that get delivered in USD....

Bitcoin bulls appear to be resting right now after ricocheting off a major Fibonacci resistance at $11,390 (yellow Fibonacci levels on the daily chart). This is the first time this level has been testing in almost a year and is one of the major hurdles standing in the way of BTC prices breaking above the psychological $12,000 mark. On the 1-Hour BTC/USD Bitstamp chart, we can see that up-trending momentum has stalled. Could this an early sign of a bearish reversal, or are bulls just...

About an hour back, Bitcoin’s price clocked a new 2020 by hitting the $11,000 mark. This comes after BTC zoomed past the psychological $10,500 barrier earlier today. Is this a trap for bulls or the beginning of another bull market? Bitcoin Price Has Officially Clocked a New 2020 High, Bull Market Here? When a U.S. federal court declared Bitcoin as ‘money’ on Friday, and it responded by showing signs of life by breaking out a sideways trading range, the crypto community certainly didn’t...

Popular cryptocurrency YouTube content creator DataDash believes that Bitcoin has entered a long-term bull cycle. He based his opinion on several factors, including the famous stock-to-flow model, the increasing hodling mentality from investors, and the issuance of new coins. Weekly And Monthly Bullish Patterns According to Nicholas Merten, the person behind the popular DataDash YouTube channel, Bitcoin’s recent performance solidifies an upcoming bull run. He began by examining a nearly...

CryptoPotato’s cryptocurrency fund (the Crypto Fund) launched nearly a year ago continues to attract new investors and its performance has increased sharply during 2020 and especially in the past month. The growth comes after a significant change in its asset allocation with the purchase of Augur’s native token – REP. CryptoPotato’s Crypto Fund History During the summer of 2019, CryptoPotato launched an innovative fund that invests in several digital assets. Before going live, readers had...

Alternative cryptocurrencies felt today’s pressure as Bitcoin finally poked its head. The major cryptocurrency is on the rise today, and as it’s almost always the case, this took its toll on altcoins. Bitcoin managed to regain almost 1.5% of its market dominance over the past 24 hours alone, leaving other cryptocurrencies in despair. Altcoins Down Double-Digits One of the most precise metric to keep an eye on to determine the current state of the market is Bitcoin’s dominance. It measures...

Bitcoin’s price took a turn for the best over the past couple of days as it breached the coveted $10,000 mark in today’s early hours.  Naturally, this brought a lot of excitement in the cryptocurrency community, and a definitive testament of this is the reaction of Arthur Hayes – the CEO of one of the leading Bitcoin margin trading exchanges, BitMEX.  “It’s A F***** Bull Market” Arthur Hayes, the CEO at BitMEX, is known for his eccentric behavior and witty comments. More than once has he...

Crypto asset markets have been on fire over the weekend with a surge of $17 billion, or just under 6%, since Saturday morning. The move has lifted total market capitalization to its highest level since mid-February, and the first time it has been over $300 billion for five months. Cryptocurrency Market Capitalization YTD. Source: CoinMarketCapFollowing a largely flat year in 2019, crypto markets recovered to a high of $308 billion by mid-February this year. A pullback occurred in the...

Bitcoin started gaining momentum yesterday and saw its price increase above the coveted $10,000 mark. At the same time, gold continued its recent surge by marking a fresh all-time high. Some altcoins retraced heavily in the past 24 hours, helping Bitcoin’s dominance reclaim some lost ground. Bitcoin Stands Above $10k After weeks of trading within a confined range between $9,000 and $9,300, Bitcoin has finally woken up. The past couple of days are particularly action-packed. Yesterday, in a...

Bitcoin used to show a higher correlation to the stock markets, especially amid the lowest point of the pandemic. However, it has taken a different route during the last few days.Bitcoin-S&P 500 Correlation Departs from ATHTypically, Bitcoin is regarded as an independent asset that often acts as a safe haven. Its fundamentals are different from those driving the stock market. Nevertheless, the oldest cryptocurrency was caught following the American flagship index known as the S&P 500...