getty Last week I sold my bitcoin (BTC) and my ether (ETH) and in an article entitled Bitcoin: Time To Exit I said I thought it could go to $40,000 but I didn’t have the nerve for the next 20%. I said I thought $40,000 was the most likely top but in effect I didn’t care because I had to sell to keep to the law of diversification. Here is the chart: This was my prediction fro bitcoin’s top Credit: ADVFN The file name is even… Source link
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First Mover: Don’t Like $34K Bitcoin? Stellar, Litecoin Yet to Conquer Old Highs
Bitcoin snapped a four-day losing streak, appearing to stabilize around $34,000. After the recent market correction, prices for the cryptocurrency are still up 18% year-to-date, versus a 1.2% gain for the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index of large U.S. stocks. “Now is probably not the time to panic,” Matt Blom, head of sales and trading at the cryptocurrency exchange firm Diginex, wrote in a daily newsletter. In traditional markets, European shares fluctuated and U.S. stock futures were… Source link
Read More »Bitcoin has fallen below $35,000 to key technical levels that analysts say could be make or break for the next move higher | Currency News | Financial and Business News
A visual representation of the digital Cryptocurrency, Bitcoin. Chesnot/Getty Images The Bitcoin price hovered around $35,000 and technical analysts said this point was a pivotal one on the daily charts. A break above this level could push Bitcoin back towards all-time highs around $41,000, while a marked drop below could trigger a fall towards key support at $30,000, they said. Although the longer-term outlook for both cryptocurrencies remains skewed to the topside,… Source link
Read More »Valid Points: Price Dips, 60K Validators and Eth 2.0’s ‘Graffiti’ Messages
It’s been a rough start to the week for crypto investors, although numbers are starting to point upwards once again. Eyes were anxiously set on a new all-time high for ether that failed to materialize as Bitcoin miners largely pulled the price rug last weekend out from under the entire crypto market. Let us not despair too much, however. There’s much to be discussed in the world of Ethereum 2.0. This week, we’ll look at some network stats that continue to show healthy growth among… Source link
Read More »Analysts Are Gloomy About Bitcoin’s Short-Term Price Outlook Right Now
The near-term outlook for bitcoin has dimmed, analysts say, with some now seeing a possible extension of Monday’s major price drop. “There could be another dump as outflows from the cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase Pro have dried alongside an increased transfer of coins onto exchanges,” David Lifchitz, chief investment officer for Paris-based quantitative trading firm ExoAlpha, told CoinDesk. Bitcoin fell by over 20% on Monday to $30,305 amid heavy selling in the spot market. Bitcoin… Source link
Read More »Lindsay Lohan Records Video Predicting $100,000 Bitcoin And $10,000 Ethereum—Is 2017’s Celebrity Crypto Mania Back?
Bitcoin has soared to fresh all-time highs in recent weeks—propelling the world’s largest cryptocurrency back into the limelight after a tough three years. The huge bitcoin bull run has been cheered by long-suffering cryptocurrency supporters and boosted by fresh crypto converts, with billionaire Elon Musk last week saying he would never turn down being paid in bitcoin. Now, actress Lindsay Lohan has recorded a paid video via the personalized celebrity video website Cameo predicting… Source link
Read More »Monero outperforms all other privacy-centric coins in 2020, now XMR price prepares for a 25% move
Monero leads privacy-oriented coins in year-on-year growth, up 249% in 2020. A symmetrical triangle pattern hints at a possible upswing to $200 following the ongoing consolidation. Monero, a $2.7 billion cryptocurrency performed incredibly well in 2020, leaving other privacy-oriented coins in the dust. According to Messari, a cryptocurrency analysis platform, XMR is up 249% year-on-year and is trading at $155. Decred emerged as the second best-performing privacy… Source link
Read More »Bitcoin’s wild ride leaves traditional money managers queasy
A strong jolt of volatility in cryptocurrencies has dulled hopes that large pension funds and traditional investors will pile into bitcoin anytime soon as a pick-up in institutional interest remains dominated by speculators. Bitcoin, the most actively-traded cryptocurrency, has endured its worst bout of tumult since the global market ructions in March. At one point on Monday, it traded $10,000 below the peak of almost $42,000 it reached just days earlier before recovering to… Source link
Read More »20 Pct Of Bitcoin Trapped In ‘Lost’ Wallets
Share Tweet Share Share Share Email Goldman Sachs Global Head of Commodities Research Jeff Currie told CNBC the bitcoin market is maturing. “I think in any nascent market you get that volatility and those risks that are associated with it,” he said, according to CNBC, following a sharp… Source link
Read More »Market Wrap: Bitcoin Hovers Around $34.2K While Options Traders Pay Up for Possible ETH Upside
After a record day in spot volume, bitcoin’s price went up, down and back up. Meanwhile, most ether options traders are bearish, some are paying up in case it gets close to record highs. Bitcoin (BTC) trading around $34,278 as of 21:00 UTC (4 p.m. ET). Gaining 3% over the previous 24 hours. Bitcoin’s 24-hour range: $32,528-$36,605 (CoinDesk 20) BTC below the 10-hour and 50-hour moving averages on the hourly chart, a bearish signal for market technicians. Bitcoin trading on Bitstamp since… Source link
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