Bitcoin’s price is experiencing a mid-term consolidation phase. The price has dropped and now will be facing a significant level of support at $19K, and this level is the most critical support for the bulls to hold over the next short term. Technical Analysis By Shayan The Daily Chart After experiencing a particularly rough decline of approximately 10%, the price of BTC has entered a consolidation phase, consisting of choppy price action. The $19K support level has...
Read More »Bitcoin Defends $20K But is Another Drop Imminent? (BTC Price Analysis)
The Bitcoin bear market appears to be far from over as the price has dropped to the bulls’ last line of defense before another massive leg down. The short-term and even mid-term price action of Bitcoin could be determined in the next few days. Technical Analysis By: Edris The Daily Chart Looking at the daily chart, the recent downtrend was initiated after the price was rejected from the $24K static resistance level. Moreover, it was rejected from the 100-day moving average at...
Read More »The Fed’s Approach to Inflation Harms Crypto, Says Bitfury’s CEO
Brian Brooks – Chief Executive Officer of the crypto infrastructure provider Bitfury – thinks the Federal Reserve’s approach to tackling inflation is one reason for the current downturn. He also criticized the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), claiming that it prefers to sue individuals and companies rather than outline appropriate guidelines beforehand. Inflation has been an issue for numerous countries for a while now. Leading economies like the USA, the UK, and...
Read More »3 Reasons Why BTC is Trailing Alts During the Bear Market: Genesis
Joshua Lim – Head of Derivatives at Genesis Trading – recently provided a breakdown of Bitcoin’s late underperformance against the rest of crypto. He provided 2 metrics indicating that Bitcoin’s price is “heavy” relative to previous market cycles, followed by qualitative reasons for why this is the case. Ethereum Outperforming Bitcoin Per a Twitter thread from Lim on Sunday, the first indicator of Bitcoin’s ‘heaviness’ is its performance against Ethereum. The ETH/BTC price...
Read More »Mt Gox Creditor Refutes Bitcoin Dumping Rumours
Eric Wall, a creditor of Mt. Gox, confirmed that new reports swirling that 137,000 BTC sent to creditors would soon be dumped on the market are false. In a recent Twitter thread, Wall said the repayment system is not live yet. While addressing the rumors floating around across social media channels, the former CIO at Oslo-based crypto investment firm Arcane Assets said the payouts will also occur in tranches over months instead of offloading thousands of BTC all at once,...
Read More »Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Expected to See Largest Increase in 7 Months
The bitcoin mining difficulty is expected to see its largest increase in over seven months later this week. This comes as the hash rate has surged by almost 30% in the past two weeks. Largest Increase in Mining Difficulty Since January? The bitcoin mining difficulty adjustment is an essential part of the world’s largest blockchain that makes it either easier or harder for miners to do their job depending on the number of entities plugged into the network. Essentially, the...
Read More »Bitcoin and Asian Equity Markets’ Return Correlation Increased 10x Over Pandemic: IMF
Before the world was hit by COVID-19, crypto assets such as Bitcoin and Ether showed little correlation with financial markets. Post-pandemic, the lines have become increasingly blurry. In a new blog post, IMF economists said several Asian countries have fiercely adopted digital assets in the last couple of years while highlighting the need for regulation. The organization noted that digitalization can prompt a much-needed shift to an environmentally-conscious payment system...
Read More »Bitcoin’s At Risk of $20K Breakdown, Here’s the Next Level to Watch (BTC Price Analysis)
Amidst the weekly candle close, Bitcoin’s situation continues to be bearish, following a considerable lack of demand in the market and the macro event. The price has recently plummeted towards the critical support level at $18K. Will the bears eventually break down the key level, or is bullish correction inbound? Technical Analysis By Shayan The Daily Chart The price of BTC has experienced another significant decline of roughly 8% in 24 hours after breaking below the 50-day...
Read More »Crypto Market Cap Below $1T, Bitcoin Fights for $20K (Weekend Watch)
After yesterday’s price plunge towards and beneath $20,000, bitcoin has stalled and struggles to remain above that coveted line. The altcoins also suffered quite a bit at the start of the weekend, and most sit calmly now. Bitcoin Fights for $20K The previous week was particularly harmful to the primary cryptocurrency, which dumped by more than $4,000 in less than seven days to a monthly low of around $21,000. It spent most of this past week around that level, trading...
Read More »$80 Billion Gone From Crypto Markets as Bitcoin Dumped to 6-Week Low
After the recent stagnation, bitcoin finally began moving and dumped to a six-week low beneath $20,000. Most altcoins are deep in the red as well. Ethereum is down to $1,500, while SOL, ADA, and AVAX have declined by up to 8% in a day. Bitcoin Dipped Below $20K Last week was particularly harmful to the primary cryptocurrency, which dumped from $25,200 to $21,000 in a matter of days. Since that enhanced volatility, the asset calmed and spent most of the following days trading...
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