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Peter Brandt, Bitcoin Halving and Coronavirus: is a famous trader and Bitcoin bear right about price fall? No matter what, he wants to convince you that Bitcoin is set to collapse. Recently, he said that Bitcoin can dive under $1,000, and here are some of his new thoughts.Peter Brandt broke forth into a series of hot Twitter posts, claiming that the Bitcoin halving, coming in 55 days, is irrelevant. He claims that the real Bitcoin‘s supply is its daily trading volume. So, the reduction of the...

Dow Futures lost another 800 points. Futures contracts for the indices were in “limit down” territory, a situation where trading is halted after they have hit a 5% loss and can go no lower.Trading of futures contracts has seen extreme volatility overnight, and some traders even thought of the possibility that computer trading has distorted trading moves in the market’s collapse deriving from the coronavirus outbreak. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 821 points, indicating a...

The world economy is in a state of emergency. Stocks are plunging continuously as investors are timid of the spreading novel coronavirus. While China appears to have managed to handle the situation and reports close to zero cases on a daily basis, countries from the European Union and the US see exponential increases.In yet another attempt to provide a helping hand to the markets, the US announced a second rate cut, bringing down interests to a near-zero. Additionally, the Fed will be buying...

Stocks fell sharply on Monday even after the Federal Reserve cut rates amid the coronavirus outbreak. The S&P 500 dropped 9.3% while the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 2,174 points. The Nasdaq Composite traded 9.3% lower.After the circuit breaker was lifted following a 15-minute halt in trading due to the S&P 500‘s fall of over 9% on Monday, stocks on Wall Street continued plunging amid extended coronavirus fears. Dow Jones has also experienced another loss and dropped by 9.4%.In...

The novel COVID-19 (coronavirus) continues with its adverse effects on the financial markets. The cryptocurrency space is no exception. Bitcoin, for instance, slipped below the significant $5,000 mark and is currently trading at around $4,500.Just hours ago, the leading cryptocurrency by market cap saw a spike of $800. When the U.S. Fed Reserve made a total injection of $700 billion in treasuries and mortgage-back securities, Bitcoin jumped to almost $6,000. The bullish move, however, was...

Previously, the target range of the interest rate varied from 1% to 1.25%. Now the benchmark for both short-term lending for financial institutions and a peg to consumer rates will be targeted at 0% to 0.25%. Dow Futures lost 1,000 points.Yesterday evening, U.S. stock futures plummeted by 5%. Dow futures plunged 1,041 points or about 4.5%. S&P 500 futures closed down about 4.8%, while Nasdaq futures were down 4.5%. The drop followed the initiative of the U.S. Federal Reserve.On Sunday,...

Bitcoin and S&P 500 Price Index correlation proves that cryptos and stocks have one thing in common – the American retail investors and corporation bosses. This week is one of the most dangerous in the last 11 years, as the corporate and personal income melts amid coronavirus preparations.People see what happens in Italy and rush to the supermarkets to buy tons of food, supplies, toilet paper and so on. The shares and stocks lost another part of their value, and cryptocurrencies received...

Donald Trump’s coronavirus test came back negative, his personal physician revealed on Saturday. According to the doctor, the test was performed Friday night and the president “remains symptom-free”.The United States President Donald Trump has tested negative for the coronavirus, according to a statement Saturday from the White House.Sean Conley, the physician to the president said:“Last night after an in-depth discussion with the President regarding COVID-19 testing, he elected to proceed....

After a terrible market crash on Thursday, Dow futures and a few others, are starting to slowly correct some of the losses they incurred.On average, 2020 has been quite a terrible year for the stock market. Stocks all over the world have been falling quite terribly for a while now, on fears of the coronavirus COVID-19. The outbreak has brought about so much volatility in the market that many analysts are finding it very hard to predict a reasonable trajectory like they normally would....

In general, the crypto market is on the wane today. Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP and other coins are dropping. More volatility is expected. BTC price has returned to the above $5,000 levels.The crypto market is so volatile that incredible changes can occur within minutes. A prime example of such a leap is the leading digital currency. First, Bitcoin price drops to $3,637, but in just 30 minutes, it bounds back and jumps to $5,260. Such performance is accompanied by the downward movement of the...