Bitcoin’s fight to remain above $19,000 didn’t go all that well yesterday, as the asset fell to a 9-day low of $18,600 before bouncing off. The altcoins also went through similar price movements, but most are slightly in the green on a daily scale, including APE’s notable surge. Bitcoin’s New Local Low Ever since the end of the previous working week, bitcoin had calmed after the storm and stood at around $19,000. It spent most of the weekend there, and Monday was no...
Read More »UK Inflation Surges to 40-Year Highs, What Does it Mean for Bitcoin?
The inflation rate in the United Kingdom surpassed 10% for the first time in the past 40 years. Local economists warn that the figures could rise to 11% in the following months, driven by soaring food and fuel prices. What does it mean for Bitcoin, though? Unseen Inflation in the Last 40 Years The past few years have been rather problematic for the UK and its economy. At the beginning of 2020, the country left the European Union after 52% of the locals voted in favor of...
Read More »BTC Rejected at $20K, is $18,000 the Next Target for Bears? (Bitcoin Price Analysis)
Bitcoin’s price continues to trade sideways as no big movements in either direction have taken place. As of this writing, the $18K and $20K levels are yet to be broken. Technical Analysis By: Edris The Daily Chart On the daily timeframe, the price recently retested the broken, bearish trendline and the $18K support level. These levels provided enough support to prevent another dip toward lower prices. However, the 50-day moving average located at around $19K is persisting as...
Read More »Britain’s Pablo Escobar to Be Released From Prison but ‘Banned’ From Using Bitcoin (Report)
Curtis Warren – a British drug lord who was found guilty of smuggling cannabis – is due to be released from prison next month. The authorities, though, will supposedly put him back behind bars for five years if he uses WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, or interacts with cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin. Strict Measures to Stay on the Loose Warren (also known as “Britain’s Pablo Escobar”) has been a problematic figure for the European authorities for the past decades. In 1996,...
Read More »Bitcoin Is Trading at Discount and Will Rally to $100k: Bloomberg Strategist
Mike McGlone, a senior commodity strategist at Bloomberg Intelligence, believes Bitcoin is at its most discounted price on a 100-week and 200-week moving average. He also predicted that the crypto asset would trade 5x its current price in five to ten years. During a recent interview with Stansberry Research, McGlone opined that Bitcoin is getting pounded by the Federal Reserve and so is at its most discounted price. Bitcoin Will Trade at $100k The Bloomberg strategist is...
Read More »Bitcoin Links With Gold as Inflation Hedge at 30-Day View
The correlation between Bitcoin and stocks may be decoupling. And the original cryptocurrency might be working as advertised as an inflation hedge. With inflation soaring, BTC is tracking more like spot gold than US stocks. At the 30-day view Sunday, the bitcoin price was down 3.11% for the period at UTC 17:30. Stocks, on the other hand, were facing much steeper losses for the month. The S&P 500 Index was down 6.7% for the 30-day period. High-tech sector losses for the...
Read More »How Drake Lost $600K Worth of BTC Betting on Football
The Canadian rapper, singer, and actor Aubrey Drake Graham (better known as Drake) bet a little over $600,000 worth of bitcoin on the English soccer team Arsenal to beat Leeds United and on FC Barcelona to win “El Clasico” against Real Madrid. Unfortunately for him, the club from the Spanish capital defeated its biggest rival 3-1 at its home stadium Santiago Bernabeu. Drake Keeps Betting BTC A few days ago, the renowned musician inked a deal with one of the most successful...
Read More »Market Watch: Ripple (XRP) Plummets 12% Weekly While Crypto Market Stagnates
The start of the week begins with little-to-no substantial movements from most cryptocurrencies, as bitcoin has stalled around $19,000. The altcoins are slightly in the green, except for XRP. Aside from the daily price dip, the asset is down double-digits on a weekly scale. Bitcoin Calms at $19K BTC experienced a lot of volatility at the end of last week, when the US CPI numbers came out. Although they were almost as expected, bitcoin headed straight south, as it typically...
Read More »Bitcoin Price Analysis: BTC Forms Huge Wedge Pattern, Will it Trigger The Next Rally or Crash?
Bitcoin’s price has been trapped inside a consolidation range between $18K and $25K for months already, and is trading sideways with extremely low volatility. However, the primary cryptocurrency is now closer to the lower boundary of the range around $18K, and if this level breaks, we can expect new yearly lows. Technical Analysis By Shayan The Daily Chart The following chart indicates that the market suffers from insufficient activity and a lack of demand. As a result, the...
Read More »Bitcoin’s Next Bull Run Will Start in 2023 According to Bitwise CEO
Hunter Horsley – CEO of the technology solutions provider Bitwise – believes bear markets are a great period when investors could increase their exposure to bitcoin. He estimated that the next bull run will begin next year, outlining that his firm’s clients have already increased their interest in the asset. Fortunes Are Made in the Bear Market In an interview for Bloomberg, Horsley outlined the historical pattern of bitcoin’s price movement. During its existence, the primary...
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