Bitcoin

Grayscale Bitcoin Fund (BTC, GBTC) Is Big Casualty of Crypto Selloff – Bloomberg

One of the biggest casualties of the cryptocurrency selloff is the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust.  The $27 billion fund (ticker GBTC) has plunged nearly 17% so far in 2022, outpacing Bitcoin’s nearly 9% decline. As a result, GBTC’s price closed 26.5% below the value of the Bitcoin it holds on Tuesday, widening GBTC’s so-called discount to record levels, according to Bloomberg data. Source link

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Analysts warn that Bitcoin could dip to $38K ‘before an eventual breakout’

The cryptocurrency market faced another day of weakness on Jan. 18 as the price of Bitcoin (BTC) dropped lower and additional pressure was also put on the altcoin market. Currently, the crypto Fear and Greed Index registered “Extreme Fear” among investors and some traders caution that BTC price could soon fall below its recent $39,000 swing low. Crypto Fear & Greed index. Source: Alternative Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView shows that bulls lost control of the $42,000… Source link

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What bear market? Current BTC price dip still matches previous Bitcoin cycles, says analyst

Bitcoin (BTC) has “at least one more upward impulse to come” before reaching this halving cycle’s all-time high, new research maintains. In a series of tweets about the current state of BTC price action, popular analyst TechDev argued that contrary to many opinions, there is nothing unusual about BTC/USD in 2022. Bitcoin in 2021: Nothing to see here With a drawdown of 40% from November’s all-time highs of $69,000 still ongoing, sentiment has likewise taken a hit — “extreme fear”… Source link

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‘Black Swan’ author Nassim Taleb compared bitcoin to a disease, called it a speculative bubble, and warned it was worthless. Here are his 8 best tweets about the crypto. | Currency News | Financial and Business News

Nassim Taleb. Mohd Zakir/Hindustan Times via Getty Images Nassim Taleb has compared bitcoin to a disease and called it worthless in recent months. “The Black Swan” author said the cryptocurrency is in a fragile, speculative bubble. Bitcoin isn’t a currency, store of value, inflation hedge, or haven for investors, Taleb said. Nassim Nicholas Taleb has fired off a bunch of incendiary tweets about bitcoin over the past six months. The author of “The Black Swan” and “Antifragile” has… Source link

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Bitcoin price can’t find its footing, but BTC fundamentals inspire confidence in traders

Bitcoin’s (BTC) sudden crash on Jan. 10 caused the price to trade below $40,000 for the first time in 110 days and this was a wake-up call to leveraged traders. $1.9 billion worth of long (buy) futures contracts were liquidated that week, causing the morale among traders to plunge. The crypto “Fear & Greed” index, which ranges from 0 “extreme fear” to 100 “greed” reached 10 on Jan. 10, the lowest level it has been since the Mar. 2020 crash. The indicator measures traders’ sentiment using… Source link

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Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dogecoin continue to slide

Kasta co-founder Carl ‘The Moon’ Runefelt provides his outlook for bitcoin in 2022 on ‘The Claman Countdown.’ Bitcoin prices tumbled on Monday with stock and bond markets closed for the Martin Luther King holiday.    The largest crypto by market value slipped over 1% in afternoon trading, hovering around the $42,000 level.  BITCOIN MINER REVEALS HOW TO MINE CRYPTOCURRENCY FROM YOUR TESLA Ethereum and Dogecoin were also lower.  LIVE: CRYPTOCURRENCY PRICES     Despite the ongoing… Source link

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