Bitcoin

Bitcoin (BTC) fell further with stocks on the Wall Street open Feb. 17 as nervous markets awaited further U.S. economic policy cues and battled geopolitical tensions. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView Macro conditions stay grim for stocks, crypto Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD losing the $42,000 mark for the first time in several days at the start of trading. The Fed and tensions over Ukraine had already formed a backdrop to… Source link

An uptick in Bitcoin (BTC) supply to whales’ addresses witnessed across January appears to be stalling midway as the price continues its intraday correction toward $42,000, the latest data from CoinMetrics shows. Whales, fishes take a break from Bitcoin The sum of Bitcoin being held in addresses whose balance was at least 1,000 BTC came to be 8.10 million BTC as of Feb. 16, almost 0.12% higher month-to-date. In comparison, the balance was 7.91 million BTC at the beginning of this year, up… Source link

Bitcoin (BTC) dipped below $43,000 on Feb. 17 as another day on ranging compounded hopes for an incoming breakout. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView Fed teases over rate hikes Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD acting in a slightly widened zone with $44,500 as a ceiling over the past 24 hours. The pair had returned to the top of its intraday range overnight on the back of United States Federal Reserve comments. Expected to provide cues… Source link

Bitcoin (BTC) miners are selling off coins from their stockpiles and shares in their companies after the profitability of mining took a dive since November. With Bitcoin currently holding around $43,500, about 33% below the all-time high (ATH) of about $69,000, miners are selling at a less-than-opportune time. However, electricity and equipment bills must be paid. Data from on-chain analytics firm Glassnode shows that Bitcoin miners have become net sellers after being net hodlers for months.

The cryptocurrency market remains in a state of flux as investors are once again focused on what steps the U.S. Federal Reserve might take to combat rising inflation and markets wobble as the situation in Ukraine remains tense. Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView shows that the price of Bitcoin (BTC) has hovered around the $44,000 support level and traders are hopeful that an inverse head and shoulders chart pattern will lead to a sustained bullish breakout. BTC/USDT 1-day… Source link

Image source: Getty Images Managing Partner at Fundstrat Global Advisor, Tom Lee, has a $200K price target for Bitcoin, but a lot would have to happen to hit that this year. Key points Bitcoin’s current price action is trading at a 35% discount off its peak. More than 90% of all Bitcoin coins… Source link

Outside of major cryptocurrencies, metaverse tokens continued to surge on Wednesday. In the past 24 hours Decentraland’s MANA was up 10.5%, The Sandbox’s SAND up 6%, and Axie Infinity’s AXS up 11%. The tokens are used for blockchain-based games in separate virtual worlds broadly referred to as a “metaverse.” Source link

A recent price recovery in the Bitcoin (BTC) market risks getting erased due to an eerie fractal from 2018. Bitcoin price cycle similarities First spotted by CryptoBullet, an independent market analyst, the fractal shows Bitcoin recreating an inverse head-and-shoulders (IH&S) pattern that preceded its price decline toward $3,100 later in December 2018. As a result, anticipations that BTC’s price will undergo similar declines in 2022 might grow.  That is primarily because of the strikingly… Source link

Bitcoin (BTC) broadly held levels at $44,000 and above on Feb. 16 amid fresh optimism that another macro low would be avoided.  BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView OBV sparks 2021 recovery comparisons Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD rebounding after an overnight dip to $43,725 on Bitstamp. In a tightening range, the pair looked increasingly primed for a breakout up or down Wednesday, as support and resistance levels stayed within a… Source link

Yet, Seth Ginns, managing partner and head of liquid investments at crypto investment firm CoinFund, struck an optimistic note for crypto during a discussion on CoinDesk TV’s “First Mover” show. Ginns noted that the Fed had proceeded cautiously after a stronger-than-expected jobs report earlier this month and that crypto markets on Tuesday “shrugged off” the high PPI number. “Things are not slowing as much as expected, which meant there’s no reason to think that the Fed is going to be data… Source link