The bitcoin bulls came to play once more and pushed the cryptocurrency to a new near three-month high of around $44,000. Most alternative coins have seen gains as well, with ETH closing down to $3,000. The total market cap added another $100 billion in a day. Bitcoin Touched $44K Ever since the middle of the week, bitcoin’s price has been on a roll for most of the time. It recovered thousands of dollars in days and reached $40,000 on Thursday. At the time, though, the bears...
Read More »US Congress to Vote on New Cryptocurrency Taxation Bill Supported by President Biden Tomorrow
With new regulation and taxation on the cryptocurrency industry coming from the U.S., the situation just took another turn as President Joe Biden openly supported the highly unfavorable amendment proposed earlier by Senators Mark Warner and Rob Portman. Biden’s backing seems to target proof-of-stake assets, while mining appears untouched. Sitrep: Taxation and Regulation on Crypto in the U.S. The growth of the cryptocurrency sector pushed global watchdogs to strengthen their...
Read More »Bitcoin Pushes $42K, Ethereum London Hard Fork Now Live: The Weekly Crypto Recap
It was an exciting week in the cryptocurrency market with a lot of developments – both in terms of price and otherwise. Bitcoin went through a correction but managed to recover, while Ethereum’s long-anticipated London hard fork went live officially. Starting off with BTC’s price, the week was rather intense. Last weekend, we saw the cryptocurrency appreciating all the way up to $42K. The bulls were exhausted at this point, as multiple indicators started flashing overbought...
Read More »Crypto Price Analysis & Overview August 6th: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple, Polkadot, & Chainlink
Bitcoin Bitcoin surged 8% today as it reclaims $40K but is just up 2% on the week. Last Friday, Bitcoin was trading inside an ascending price channel as it breached the January 2021 high at $42,000 to reach as high as $42,400 over the weekend. From there, BTC rolled over and broke beneath the ascending price channel on Monday. It then traded downward inside a descending wedge formation – best seen on the 4-hour chart. This wedge saw the price of BTC being driven lower until...
Read More »Bitcoin Price Analysis: BTC Testing Top of Trading Range, Breakout to $50K Possible?
BTC entered a near-term pullback after reaching overbought conditions at $42.6k last week. The price fell for four consecutive days, wiping out leveraged longs upon every new intraday low. What Happened During the Recent Pullback With 10 consecutive daily candles higher, extremely overbought conditions on the 4-hour and daily chart, the price at technical resistance, and the third-largest whale sending 3000 BTC to Coinbase, the market was flashing a major signal of a local...
Read More »JPMorgan Grants Institutional Investors Access to Six Cryptocurrency Funds: Report
JPMorgan reportedly allowed its wealth management clients to get involved with half a dozen cryptocurrency funds over the past month. One of them – a new bitcoin fund created by the digital asset company NYDIG – is only available for private bank customers. New Crypto Offerings from JPMorgan According to a CNBC report, the American multinational investment bank – JPMorgan Chase & Co. – has provided its top customers with digital asset exposure to six cryptocurrency funds...
Read More »Philipp Plein to Accept Cryptocurrency Payments: CEO Is a HODLer
Customers of the German fashion company Philipp Plein International AG will get the chance to buy products in digital assets instead of fiat money. The supported virtual currencies will be 15 and will include the leading ones – Bitcoin and Ethereum. ‘Cryptocurrencies Are The Future’ In a recent Instagram post, the fashion group Philipp Plein announced that it would start accepting payments in cryptocurrencies. The company’s clients can now pay for clothes, shoes, and other...
Read More »Bitcoin’s S2F Model is Flawed, Argues CryptoQuant CEO
The popular Bitcoin stock-to-flow model is flawed, and the asset’s price might not reach a six-digit territory as it predicts, claimed the CEO of CryptoQuant, Ki Young Ju. In a recent interview, he also spoke about the declining issuance of stablecoins, the negative GBTC premium, and the potential consequences for BTC’s price. BTC S2F Model is Flawed Developed a few years back, the stock-to-flow model and its variations take into account the annual supply of BTC (flow) and...
Read More »Marc Andreessen: Bitcoin Is a Fundamental Technological Transformation
The co-founder of Andreessen Horowitz – Marc Andreessen – highlighted cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology as a financial revolution. He also praised bitcoin, saying it is not only a digital asset but a network providing numerous options to investors. Cryptocurrencies Can Build Trusty Relationships During an interview for Bloomberg, the American entrepreneur Marc Andreessen revealed his reasons what makes digital assets an enduring investment option. He stated that one...
Read More »Indian Olympic Medal Winners to Get Free Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH)
The cryptocurrency platform Bitbns intends to open a systematic investment plan (SIP) in digital assets for Indian athletes who win medals at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics. The exchange will reportedly grant around $2,700 in crypto for gold medal winners. ‘Faster, Higher, Stronger’ And Earn Crypto The Economic Times reported that Indian athletes at the Olympic Games could receive cryptocurrencies as a gift if they manage to win a medal at the tournament in Tokyo. The trading...
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