While bitcoin demand among large investors is picking up as time passes, smaller market players are lagging. According to a CryptoQuant report, the holdings of retail bitcoin investors are growing at a historically slow pace, even as this cohort of players gradually returns to the market amid BTC’s ascent to the $70,000 level. Retail Investor Holdings Slowly Growing In the past 30 days, retail bitcoin holdings have increased by just 1,000 BTC. The total assets by this group...
Read More »These Altcoins Dumped the Most as Bitcoin (BTC) Slumped to $65.5K (Weekend Watch)
Bitcoin’s price went through a massive rollercoaster on Friday night, dumping by $3,000 in minutes before it recovered some ground to $67,000. The altcoins have it even worse, and the total crypto market cap has shed about $70 billion overnight. BTC’s Down and Up The business week started quite promising for the primary cryptocurrency, which jumped on Monday from $68,000 to $69,500 to chart its highest price tag since late July. However, it faced an immediate rejection at...
Read More »Bitcoin Price Dips Below $67K, Pausing Hopes for ATH Rally
Bitcoin’s price took a turn for the worse in late Monday evening in Europe. The sellers have reappeared and established control, pushing the cryptocurrency below $67,000, losing about 2.5% in the past 24 hours. The move has pushed the total liquidations in the derivatives market to about $200 million. In the past four hours alone, almost $70 million worth of leveraged positions—the majority of them long — were wiped off the market. Source: CoinglassThis latest move caused a...
Read More »ETF Recap: Bitcoin Funds Register Best Inflow Week Since March
The landscape around the spot Bitcoin ETFs turned highly positive in the past week, with the products attracting more than $2 billion in net inflows. This has become their best five-day trading period in this regard since mid-March. Massive Inflows for BTC ETFs It’s safe to say that it was a big week for the 11 US-based spot Bitcoin ETFs, with several multi-month peaks, such as BlackRock’s best day since July on Wednesday. The total net inflows rose above $20 billion that...
Read More »ApeCoin (APE) Returns to Top 100 Alts, Bitcoin (BTC) Maintains $68K (Weekend Watch)
Bitcoin’s price actions have calmed during the weekend, as probably expected, and the asset remains above the $68,000 level. The altcoins have been slightly in the red in the past day, but they went through a highly positive trading week, with impressive gains from ETH, SOL, BCH, and especially DOGE. BTC Calms Above $68K Last weekend went without any fireworks as BTC had recovered to $62,000 after slumping below $59,000 on Thursday. The eventful price movements were left for...
Read More »Will Bitcoin Repeat History? On-Chain Data Suggests a Q4 Breakout: CryptoQuant
Historical data shows bitcoin (BTC) performing well in the fourth quarters of previous bull cycles, especially in halving years. Current on-chain data indicates that the leading cryptocurrency is following previous patterns and is on track to another remarkable Q4. A report by the market analytics platform CryptoQuant revealed that bitcoin’s price rally in the coming weeks could be sustainable because demand for the asset is recovering and growing at the fastest monthly pace...
Read More »Bitcoin Touched $69K, Dogecoin’s Weekly Surge Goes Beyond 30% (Weekend Watch)
Bitcoin’s impressive performance as of late continued in the past 24 hours as the asset tapped $69,000 for the first time since July 29 before retracing slightly. Most alts are with minor gains over the past day, aside from DOGE, which has only doubled down on its recent massive run. BTC Stopped at $69K The primary cryptocurrency stood around $62,000 and $63,000 last Saturday after it had recovered several grand from the sub-$59,000 dump on Thursday. Last weekend went...
Read More »BlackRock CEO Larry Fink Declares Bitcoin an Asset Class Comparable to Gold
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink said Bitcoin (BTC) is an asset class, comparing its investment potential to that of gold. In a recent earnings call, Fink emphasized that the world’s largest asset manager now views Bitcoin as an alternative to traditional commodities. Bitcoin Is an Asset Class “We believe Bitcoin is an asset class in itself. It is an alternative to other commodities like gold,” the 71-year-old said during the call, highlighting that BlackRock is discussing potential...
Read More »Bitcoin Price Analysis: BTC Soars to $65K, This is the Next Target
Bitcoin’s price is finally showing some promising signs of bullish continuation. The big question now is if the consolidation period is over or if this is just a temporary bounce. Technical Analysis By Edris Derakhshi (TradingRage) The Daily Chart On the daily chart, BTC has been consolidating below the 200-day moving average (around the $64K mark) for some time now. However, today’s price action suggests the consolidation period is over, as the daily candle has broken...
Read More »Bitcoin Price Analysis: The 2 Most Probable Scenarios For BTC in the Short Term
Bitcoin’s price remains in a state of indecision, confined within a tight consolidation range bounded by the 100-day and 200-day moving averages. An impending breakout from this range will likely determine the asset’s short-term direction. Technical Analysis By Shayan The Daily Chart Bitcoin has been stuck in a multi-month consolidation between the $55K-$71K price range since March 2024, with no clear trend or direction emerging. This prolonged period of sideways movement...
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