The Fear and Greed Index – a metric that shows the overall sentiment toward bitcoin – currently points at 66, the highest level since November 2021. One factor behind the investors’ predominantly bullish perspective could be the impressive price performance of the primary cryptocurrency, which has been up nearly 30% for the past week. Greed Among Investors Most cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin, have recently shown remarkable resilience to the global economic issues...
Read More »After Bitcoin’s Breakout, Will $30K or Correction Coming Up? (BTC Price Analysis)
Bitcoin’s price rallies after breaking above a significant resistance level. However, the 2022 bear market is not over yet until another critical level is broken to the upside. Technical Analysis By: Edris The Daily Chart On the daily chart, Bitcoin’s price had seen a massive uptrend over the past week, following a V-shaped rebound from the 200-day moving average located amid the $20K mark, followed by a decent breakout above the $25K resistance level. Currently, the price is...
Read More »Bitcoin Dominance Rises to 9-Month High as Altcoins Retrace (Weekend Watch)
Bitcoin’s dominance continues to increase as most of the alts have slumped today, while BTC maintains above $27,000. ATOM, LDO, and APT are among the most substantial losers today, dropping by up to 7%. Bitcoin Dominance Spikes to New Peaks The US banking crisis, in which three banks were closed within days, and the subsequent bailout speculations as well as US Fed lending $300 billion to certain banking institutions, pushed BTC north this week. The asset stood just inches...
Read More »Crypto Flourishes in Vietnam With 16.6 Million Holders (Report)
The “Vietnam Crypto Market Report 2022” revealed that 16.6 million Vietnamese own digital currencies, with bitcoin being the most popular asset. Another research conducted by Chainalysis placed the Asian country as the world’s cryptocurrency adoption leader, with a score of 1.000. Close to the Top The study, reported by a local media outlet, estimated that 16.6 million Vietnamese had purchased cryptocurrencies (approximately 17% of the country’s population). 31% of those have...
Read More »Stacks Soars 115% Weekly, Bitcoin Eyes $28K: Weekend Watch
Bitcoin initiated yet another leg up in the past 24 hours, resulting in nearing $28,000 for the first time since June 2022. The altcoins are also well in the green, with ETH reclaiming $1,800, while SOL, UNI, AVAX, and ETC have skyrocketed by up to 14%. BTC Taps Yet Another 9-Month High The US banking crisis, which later expanded to Europe as well, harmed bitcoin’s price performance at the end of last week as the asset tumbled below $20,000 for the first time in two months....
Read More »Was This the Bitcoin Bottom Signal? Fed Pivot Not Far Away According to Analyst
Markets are starting to price in an incoming Fed pivot as bank instability forces central banks to protect the financial system.Analysis from CryptoQuant analyst Cristian Palusi suggests that the liquidity crises now plaguing commercial banks may be a “long-awaited buy signal” for Bitcoin. Banks Down, Bitcoin Up In a post published on Thursday, Palusci noted that the implied federal funds’ policy rates have severely shortened their time frame for when they think the central...
Read More »Messari CEO Explains What Could Shoot up Bitcoin to $100K in a Year
Ryan Selkis – CEO of the crypto intelligence firm Messari – believes there will be more negative events in the financial world in the near future, including bank crashes. He sees bitcoin acting as “a life raft and peaceful exit option” amid the calamity, predicting its price could soar to $100,000 in the next twelve months. What Does the Future Hold? In a recent tweet, Selkis shared his vision regarding the future condition of the financial world and how those possible...
Read More »Bitcoin Skyrockets 30% Weekly on the Fed’s $300B Bank Bailout: This Week’s Crypto Recap
Things change fast in the cryptocurrency industry. In the span of seven days, the market shifted completely, with the sentiment escaping the fear zone. The total capitalization also soared, adding a whopping $165 billion in the process. But what happened? Well, let’s dive in. First things first, it’s important to note that BTC’s price is currently trading above $26K, reaching highs last seen nine months ago in June 2022. This marks a 30% increase, and it comes on the back of...
Read More »‘Bond King’ Jeffrey Gundlach Says Incoming Rate Hike Will Be The Last
Jeffrey Gundlach – an American businessman and Founder of DoubleLine Capital – thinks the US Federal Reserve will raise interest rates by 25 basis points next week. According to him, this will be the last hike, believing the central bank will switch to other inflation-fighting efforts. The End of the Fed’s Hike Policy? In a recent interview for CNBC, Gundlach (better known as the “Bond King”) predicted that the Federal Reserve will impose a small rate hike on March 22 amid...
Read More »3 Reasons Bitcoin Exploded to a 9-Month High This Week
Bitcoin soared to a high of $26,514 on Tuesday, up 30% since crashing below $20,000 on Friday. What caused the king of crypto to rebound in such a spectacular fashion? Here are three possible reasons: Silicon Valley Bank’s Bailout Much of Bitcoin’s price trouble last week stemmed from uncertainty surrounding the crypto industry’s biggest banking partners going bust. Those partners include Silvergate, Signature Bank, and Silicon Valley Bank – the latter of which was seized by...
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