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Bitcoin crashed on Friday down to $26,166 and continues struggling to break back above the $26,500 level. What gives? Crypto market analytics platform CryptoQuant said the latest fall may be due to a coordinated FUD campaign against the primary cryptocurrency, which triggered a wave of liquidations this week.  The US Government Did Not Sell Its BTC In a post on Friday, CryptoQuant analyst IT Tech called attention to a wave of online, “coordinated fake news” related to the US...

The past seven days saw the cryptocurrency market lose close to $100 billion off its total capitalization, which currently sits at $1.150B. It’s not been very fun for market participants as the majority of coins are trading well in the red. Once again, the hottest story of the week might as well be PEPE, but not for the same reasons as last week. Let’s dive in. First things first, Bitcoin’s price crashed by roughly 9% through the past week and is currently trading at around...

While Bitcoin had whittled down waitlisted transaction orders by Wednesday, network congestion remains high. Median confirmation time hovered markedly above ten minutes. The on-chain metric for Bitcoin network fulfillment sits at a high unseen since Feb 2023 and Dec 2022. Meanwhile, hundreds of thousands of transactions at a time sit waiting to be confirmed. That’s far above normal levels in the tens of thousands. The extent of network lag is so high that at least one...

Bitcoin is up (YTD), banks are collapsing, and the Federal Reserve seems to be approaching the end of its monetary tightening mission. Does that mean the bull market is back in action? CryptoPotato spoke with crypto market analytics firm CryptoQuant at Consensus 2023 to discuss all things related to Bitcoin’s price – including its place in the market cycle, its correlation to gold, and its role during the ongoing US banking crisis. Bullish Times Ahead for Bitcoin When asked...

Bitcoin has been showing relatively bearish price action after a decisive rejection from the $30K resistance level, while also losing key support recently. Yet, there are still multiple crucial zones for the price to rely on. Technical Analysis By: Edris The Daily Chart The price has been consolidating below the $30K resistance level following a failed breakout earlier in April. The 50-day moving average has also been broken to the downside around the $28K mark as a result of...

The crypto analytics platform – Santiment – indicated that the amount of bitcoin held on digital asset exchanges has recently plummeted below 6%. The last time the figures were that low was in December 2017. The decreased trust in centralized platforms intensified shortly after the fallout of FTX (one of the leaders in its field prior to its bankruptcy). Binance has also seen a rise in bitcoin outflows during the past several months, signaling that many users prefer to rely...

Bitcoin’s price has been trending to the upside since the beginning of 2023. However, it has been showing signs of a reversal recently, following a clear rejection from the $30K resistance level. Technical Analysis By: Edris The Daily Chart The price has been consolidating since it failed to break above the $30K resistance level. The 50-day moving average has been providing support but is currently getting broken to the downside around the $28K mark. In the event of a valid...

The Prime Minister of Liechtenstein – Daniel Risch – said the local lawmakers plan to enable bitcoin payments for various government services. However, he did not disclose whether the country will adopt the primary cryptocurrency as a legal tender.  Another country that has turned its focus toward BTC is Liechtenstein’s western neighbor – Switzerland – and, more specifically, the city of Lugano. The domestic authorities have developed an infrastructure to make Bitcoin,...

MicroStrategy – the business intelligence company co-founded by Michael Saylor – has purchased bitcoin each quarter since August 2020. The company is the largest corporate holder of the primary cryptocurrency, owning 140,000 BTC. It accumulated its stash at an average price of $29,803, meaning it currently sits on a minor unrealized loss. Adding More BTC During Every Quarter Despite the volatile nature of bitcoin and the 2022 bear market that disrupted the cryptocurrency...

Bitcoin failed to conquer the $30,000 level yesterday, and the subsequent rejection drove it south by over $1,500. The altcoins are Laos slightly in the red on a daily scale, with ETH struggling to remain above $1,900 and SHIB dumping by over 4%. Bitcoin Back at $29K After the unfavorable start of the week, which saw BTC slumping to under $27,800, the asset began its recovery almost immediately and spiked to $29,000 by Thursday. This came even after the US Fed’s latest...