The market continues its recovery from the plunge that took place last week and is currently stable above the $1.7 trillion mark in terms of total capitalization. This comes on the back of increases in Bitcoin’s price, a massive airdrop, as well as a proper performance from some major altcoins. Starting with Bitcoin – managed to push past the $43K level and even attempted a shot at $44K but came short. This puts BTC at an increase of slightly less than 5% for the past seven...
Read More »Bitcoin Bulls Back in Town with a Push to $42K as Markets Attempt a Recovery: Weekend Watch
The past week saw somewhat of a rollercoaster in terms of price action as Bitcoin’s decline sent ripples across the entire market. Now, however, the primary cryptocurrency is attempting a recovery, which has also treated altcoins well, many of which chart increases in the past 24 hours. Bitcoin Price Shoots to $42K At the time of this writing, Bitcoin’s price is trading at around $41.5K, charting an increase of 3.4% in the past 24 hours. This came after a sudden upward move...
Read More »Bitcoin Soars 8% from Recent Lows as Crypto Markets Stage a Recovery: This Week’s Recap
This week’s been quite the ride in the crypto markets, which currently stand at a total capitalization of around $1.68 trillion. That’s down some $50 billion throughout the past seven days, which have been particularly volatile, so let’s dive in. Bitcoin’s price went mad this week. On January 19th, it skyrocketed above $41.5K in a violent green candle and consolidated at that level for a few weeks, but it was on the 22nd when things started taking a turn for the worst. BTC...
Read More »Dogecoin (DOGE) Explodes 8% Daily, Bitcoin (BTC) Continues Trading Sideways (Weekend Watch)
Bitcoin’s untypical lack of volatility continues as the asset has failed to move during the weekend from the $41,500 mark. Most altcoins are also quite sluggish now, with minor gains seen from the likes of ETH, SOL, XRP, BNB, and ADA. BTC’s Stagnation Continues The ETF approvals from last week came amid enhanced volatility that saw BTC going up and down by several thousand dollars. The peak came on Thursday when the products reached the US financial markets, and Bitcoin...
Read More »Bitcoin Defends $41K Level, Chainlink Gains 5% Daily (Weekend Watch)
Bitcoin dumped once more yesterday to a new monthly low of under $40,500, but it reacted well and dumped above $42,000 hours later. The altcoins continue to be quite sluggish, with little to no movements, aside from LINK, which has jumped by around 5%. BTC’s Declines The primary cryptocurrency had two completely different weeks. Last week, it soared past $49,000 on the day that 11 spot BTC ETFs reached the US markets and dumped by more than three grand later. The landscape...
Read More »Bitcoin Price Nosedives Toward $40K as Crypto Markets Cool Off: This Week’s Recap
The cryptocurrency market seems to have been cooling off throughout the past seven days, decreasing to its current capitalization of $1.69 trillion. This comes a week after the United States Securities and Exchange Commission approved a spot Bitcoin ETF. Undoubtedly, the above has been on everyone’s mind for the last few months. Now that the approval is finally here, the market is cooling down. Somewhat expectedly, the ETF didn’t attract hundreds of billions of inflows. In...
Read More »Here’s a Timeline of Events Leading to Spot Bitcoin ETF Approval in The US
Earlier this week, a long wait for the launch of a spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) in the United States ended after the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved 11 products for listing and trading on several national exchanges. The journey began ten years ago, and there are industry participants who laid the foundation for the SEC’s decision, which now represents a major step toward legitimizing the crypto asset class. The First Application and Rejection In...
Read More »Ethereum (ETH) Outperformed Bitcoin (BTC) During ETF Approval Week (Market Watch)
Bitcoin has calmed at around $43,000 after the recent volatility propelled by the US Securities and Exchange Commission and the launch of 11 spot ETFs. On a weekly scale, though, BTC is in the red, unlike most cryptocurrencies, such as ETH, which has soared by double digits. BTC Down on ETF Approval Week After years and years of delaying and rejecting countless applications, the US securities regulator finally greenlighted spot Bitcoin ETFs on Wednesday, and the products...
Read More »Was the Spot Bitcoin ETF Approval Sell-the-News Event? BTC Tumbled by $7K in 2 Days
Arguably the most anticipated development in the cryptocurrency industry over the past decade became reality earlier this week when the US Securities and Exchange Commission greenlighted numerous spot Bitcoin ETFs. 11 such products reached the markets on Thursday, and the volumes exceeded $4 billion on the first trading day. Amid this, BTC faced mindblowing volatility that included a price dump from over $49,000 to under $42,000. Was it Bound to Happen? Bitcoin skyrocketed to...
Read More »ETF Hype Over? Bitcoin (BTC) Price Dumped to 2024 Lows of $41.5K (Weekend Watch)
The highly volatile moves after the approval of the first US spot Bitcoin ETFs continued in the past 24 hours, with a massive dump to under $41,600. The altcoins have suffered just as badly, with SOL, ADA, AVAX, and others slumping by more than 5-6% in the same timeframe. BTC’s Volatility Returns Bitcoin and the entire cryptocurrency industry had a very eventful week, in which the US SEC was expected to approve the first spot BTC ETFs in the country. While that indeed...
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