After more than two weeks of trading below $40,000, bitcoin finally made a decisive move to reclaim that coveted level. The entire crypto market followed suit with massive daily price increases from Ethereum, Binance Coin, Cardano, Sollana, Polkadot, and many others. Bitcoin Surged $4K It was on January 20th and 21st when the primary cryptocurrency slumped below $40,000 for the first time in months. In the following few weeks, the asset failed to recover most of the losses...
Read More »US Jobs Report Exceeds Expectations: What Does it Mean for Bitcoin?
According to recent figures, the U.S. added 467,000 new jobs in January alone, despite worries about Omicron leaving various businesses short-staffed. Bitcoin traded slightly lower following the reveal. A Surprisingly Strong Labor Market The recent employment figures were published in a report by the US Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics earlier today. While total nonfarm employment rose by over 400k jobs, the unemployment rate only slightly increased from 3.9% to...
Read More »Bitcoin Tops $40K, Correlation to Global Markets on Edge: The Weekly Recap
The total cryptocurrency market has managed to recover a considerable chunk of its capitalization, with Bitcoin currently pushing above $40K. However, excluding today, we saw a serious correlation between Wall Street and crypto, but may this be coming to a halt? Bitcoin’s price recovered over 8% in the past seven days, but let’s break it down. This time last week, things were looking quite depressing, and BTC was failing to break out and dipped on Monday. It spiked towards...
Read More »Bitcoin Taps $40K, Surging 6% in Less Than Two Hours
Bitcoin’s price shot up in the past couple of hours in two massive consecutive green candles, leaving bears underwater and attempting to reclaim the coveted $40K level. Over the past two hours, bulls took complete control of the market momentum and managed to push BTC’s price to almost $40K (on Binance). This comes following a couple of green days after BTC dropped to $33K yesterday, charting a recovery of almost 20% in the interim. Source: TradingView In the meantime, data...
Read More »Trust Machines Secures $150M to Expand the Bitcoin Network as a Web3 Platform
Trust Machines, a new venture co-founded by Stacks inventor Muneeb Ali and Princeton University Computer Science professor, JP Singh, has recently raised $150 million to expand the Bitcoin ecosystem as a Web3 platform. Bitcoin to Become a Web 3 Platform In a press release shared with CryptoPotato, the company noted that its goal is to create the largest ecosystem of BTC-based applications that “unlock Bitcoin’s potential as a final settlement layer for computing platforms and...
Read More »Bitcoin Failed at Critical Resistance, This is The Support Level to Watch: BTC Price Analysis
The technical indicators are showing weakness in the short term. The onchian activity of retailers as a reaction to volatile market is still rising. This can be translated to the high probability of a side chopping market in the mid-term. In a low trade volume phase, such as the current market condition, capitulation events are expected more than ever. Technical Analysis By: Grizzley Long-Term: On the daily timeframe, the recent uptrend was stopped by touching the low band of...
Read More »El Salvador to Fix Chivo Wallet’s Issues by Partnering With AlphaPoint
The government of El Salvador and the American financial technology provider – AlphaPoint – joined forces to improve the technology for the Chivo wallet. The feature allows access to bitcoin for millions of Salvadorans. Chivo Wallet With an Upgraded Version Last year, El Salvador put its name in the spotlight after becoming the first state to accept bitcoin as a legal tender inside its borders. The authorities also introduced the Chivo wallet – a crypto wallet where locals...
Read More »MicroStrategy’s Bitcoin Impairment Charge Swells to $147 Million in Q4 2021
The world’s biggest corporate bitcoin holder MicroStrategy has reported a $146 million impairment charge on its digital asset investment. MicroStrategy Loses $147 Million in an Impairment Charge The day after MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor announced that his company bought 660 BTC worth $25 million, the firm reported a loss of $146.6 million in an impairment charge on account of its bitcoin holdings. Business intelligence software maker MicroStrategy said this in its Q4...
Read More »Jack Dorsey: Meta Should Have Focused on Bitcoin, Not Diem
Meta (formerly Facebook) started the development of its own stablecoin Libra in 2019. Facing public backlash, it tried rebranding it to Libra. Now, Zuckerberg’s company finally gave up, selling Diem’s intellectual property to an investment bank. The former Twitter CEO, Jack Dorsey, shared his views on the failed project with Michael Saylor, the man in charge of MicroStrategy. Meta’s mistake was working on a currency it owned – instead of using an open protocol like Bitcoin,...
Read More »Bullish: Bitcoin Charts Similar Market Structure As of June 2021’s Bottom (BTC Price Analysis)
While bitcoin is recovering from its massive 50% crash since reaching the ATH in November 2021, the onchain and technical indicator are not showing strong momentum and signs of a bull run renewal. The market structure is similar to 2021’s Jun – July bottom, and without a catalyst, a likely case for bitcoin is to be traded sideways in the mid-term. Technical Analysis By: Grizzley Long-Term: The Daily On the daily timeframe, by examining historical data of the previous two...
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