Bitcoin only intensified its recent price drops by slumping to just under $20,000 for the first time in about six weeks. The alternative coins suffer, too, leading to almost $400 million in liquidations from over-leveraged traders. CryptoPotato reported the relatively stable price movements from bitcoin in the past week or so. After falling by $4,000 in the previous week, BTC spent most of this one around the $21,000 mark. It challenged $22,000 a few days ago but to no...
Read More »Bitcoin Volatility Amplifies as Fed Chair Speaks at Jackson Hole
Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell spoke about FOMC’s future goals at the annual Jackson Hole symposium on Friday. He said that FOMC’s overarching directive remains to bring inflation back down to 2%, which “will likely require maintaining a restrictive policy stance for some time.” After a preliminary pump, Bitcoin’s price swung wildly following his comments. Trading at $21,234 at 12:30 UST on Friday, Bitcoin quickly pumped to $21,819 by 13:05 UST – just an hour before...
Read More »Is $20K Inbound for Bitcoin Following an 8% Weekly Decline? (BTC Price Analysis)
Bitcoin’s price appears to be preparing for another bearish move after a lengthy period of consolidation between the $20K and $24K levels. With the current price action, a new low is not out of the picture. Technical Analysis By: Edris The Daily Chart Looking at the daily chart, the price has been consolidating at a very tight range over the last few days. This occurred after a rejection from the $24K level and the 100-day moving average. The price has also broken below the...
Read More »BTC Needs to Reclaim This Level to Get Back on Bullish Track (Bitcoin Price Analysis)
After a slight recovery towards the $24K level, the 100-day moving average has successfully rejected the price. The result was the breakout of the 50-day moving average. Since then, BTC has been dormant as uncertainty returns to the market. Technical Analysis By: Shayan The Daily Chart The most recent price action for Bitcoin is not reassuring and has formed a clear bearish continuation correction wedge pattern and has been rejected three times from the upper boundary....
Read More »Following 14% Correction in a Week, Is There More Pain Ahead for BTC? (Bitcoin Price Analysis)
The most recent outlook for Bitcoin is not overly promising, as the price has been rejected from a key technical resistance level and is breaking below support levels. The recent rebound from the $20K area appears to have been just another mid-bear market bull trap. Technical Analysis By: Edris The Daily Chart The price has been plummeting over the last few days after getting rejected from the $24K resistance level for the third time. The 100-day moving average, currently...
Read More »Crypto Markets About to Close Worst Week Since June’s Crash (Market Watch)
Bitcoin’s situation took another turn for the worse in the past 24 hours as the asset slipped to $20,750. Most altcoins are in a similar position this week, making it the worst performing trading one since the massive crash in mid-June. Bitcoin Down 15% Weekly A lot can change in the cryptocurrency markets within a week. Bitcoin, for instance, was riding high last weekend when it jumped above $25,000 on two separate occasions to mark new multi-month peaks. While the bulls...
Read More »BTC Facing Major Support: Breakdown Could Quickly Lead to $18K Retest (Bitcoin Price Analysis)
Bitcoin had seen a short-term uptrend, which acted as a correction to the longer term’s downside action, which lasted for the past months. However, this rally might have come to its end. Technical Analysis By Shayan The Daily Chart The 100-day moving average (roughly at $24K) has acted as a strong resistance zone and rejected the price action. The outcome was a massive breakdown from BTC’s prng low. A breakout from alow typically signals a bearish reversal as most of the sell...
Read More »Bitcoin Now Accepted by Two Ukrainian Tech Giants: Report
Bitcoin and other cryptos are now being accepted as means of payment at two of Ukraine’s largest tech retailers: Techno Їzhak, and Stylus. Customers can now purchase products from each retailer using Bitcoin from their online stores, or from their combined 100+ retail locations. Per a report from the Ukrainian outlet Obozrevatel, Bitcoin payments at both companies will be facilitated through the crypto point-of-sale provider, WhitePay. When paying online, customers can pay...
Read More »It’s Time to Go Shopping, Says Arthur Hayes After the Crash
Bitcoin and Ethereum slumped by double-digit percentages weekly after tapping multi-month highs last weekend. This resulted in over $150 billion gone from the entire market cap. Somewhat expectedly, the Fear and Greed Index has returned to a state of fear, but BitMEX’s co-founder – Arthur Hayes – believes this retracement could be an opportunity to stack up. Time to Buy, Says Hayes In its latest Twitter thread on the price actions in the crypto market, the former BitMEX...
Read More »Bitcoin Plunged to $20.8K, Crypto Markets Erased $120B in 48 Hours (Weekend Watch)
Bitcoin’s recent nosedives continued in the past 24 hours, and the asset slipped to a new three-week low of under $21,000. Ethereum is in a similar position, having lost another $100 daily. At the same time, Shiba Inu is among the few alts well in the green. Bitcoin Sees New Low The landscape was looking rather bright for the primary cryptocurrency until five days ago. At that point, it had skyrocketed to above $25,200, which was a two-month high. However, it couldn’t stay...
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