Bitcoin

Bitcoin and cryptocurrency markets have swung wildly over the last week with the bitcoin price briefly nudging its 2017 all-time high. The bitcoin price climbed to around $19,500 per bitcoin last week before a sharp correction saw it fall as low as $16,000. Now, the bitcoin price has bounced back, giving a boost to other major cryptocurrencies, after a $200 billion asset-manager revealed it could “seek investment exposure to bitcoin indirectly” to the tune of $500 million via the… Source link

Bitcoin (BTC) is back this week as a rebound takes the largest cryptocurrency ever closer to new all-time highs — what’s in store? Cointelegraph takes a look what could move Bitcoin markets in the coming days as buyers emerge and $16,000 gets left behind — at least for now. Bitcoin cancels Black Friday discounts The main story among Bitcoiners on Monday is its performance over the weekend. After plumbing depths of $16,300 last week and failing to get much higher than $17,000 in the days… Source link

Today I want to talk about code. I know, this newsletter is for professional investors and not developers – why aren’t we talking about price? Don’t worry, we will further down. But things are evolving with Bitcoin technology that are worth keeping an eye on. While these changes have little to do with the short-term price movements, they are likely to play a significant role in bitcoin’s long-term value proposition. Two things happened this week to make this top-of-mind: a new… Source link

Digital asset markets have recaptured some of the losses taken three days ago, as a great majority of the crypto economy has started to rebound after the market rout. Bitcoin has climbed above the $18k handle once again and a myriad of crypto assets are up between 1-6% during the last 24 hours. After dropping to a low of $16,300 per coin, bitcoin (BTC) has rebounded 11.3% to where the price stands today at $18,138 per… Source link

The price of Bitcoin (BTC) faces two crucial events on Dec. 1 right after the weekly and monthly candles close. The upcoming weekly candle close is particularly noteworthy because it could mark the first red weekly candle since late September. The monthly candle will be significant since it would mark the highest close in Bitcoin’s history if the price remains over $13,791. Bitcoin realized volatility. Source: Cointelegraph Markets, Digital Assets Data There are three key factors that could… Source link

The price of Bitcoin (BTC) surged above $18,000 on Nov. 29, reaching as high as $18,209 on Binance. However, traders are turning cautious despite BTC’s weekend rally. Bitcoin currently faces resistance at around $18,200, which is also the 10-day moving average (MA) on the daily chart. As Cointelegraph reported yesterday, some traders still anticipate BTC to see another drop in the near term before the rally can continue. BTC/USDT 4-hour chart (Binance). Source: TradingView.com Why a bull trap… Source link

A month ago, one would be hard pressed to find any investor who would have expected a $32,000 Bitcoin (BTC) price for January. At the time, a 140% upside was needed from the $13,300 price on Oct. 30 and this seemed quite far fetched.  Therefore, the January $32,000 BTC call (buy) options traded at Deribit for a meager $67, or 0.005 BTC in late October. BTC $32,000 Jan. 2021 call option, in BTC. Source: Deribit Fast forward to now, and the same call option peaked at $705. That’s an almost… Source link

Based on the fractal, Bitcoin is in an early phase of a prolonged rally that could allow BTC to experience exponential growth in the longer term. Bitcoin versus gold price fractal. Source: Bloomberg Bitcoin may be on the same trajectory as gold There are two main reasons why Bitcoin could follow the macro trend gold saw from the 1970s. First, BTC has a fixed supply that cannot expand, which makes it an attractive hedge against inflation. Second, BTC has the same qualities of a safe-haven asset… Source link

The price of Bitcoin (BTC) has been consolidating above $17,000 on Nov. 28 following a major correction from $19,400. In the near term, traders anticipate the dominant cryptocurrency to see another steep pullback. There are three main reasons why traders expect a deeper drop to occur in the near future, namely,  historical cycles, the Fibonacci Sequence, and the record-high open interest of the futures market. BTC/USDT 4-hour chart (Binance). Source: TradingView.com Historical cycles hint at… Source link

The price of Bitcoin (BTC) dropped sharply on Nov. 26 following a mass sell-off from whales. Data from on-chain data firms, namely Santiment, Intotheblock, and CryptoQuant, show heightened levels of whale exchange inflows. Whales selling right under Bitcoin’s all-time high, particularly when the market sentiment was overly euphoric, led to a massive drop. Roughly $1.8 billion worth of futures contracts were wiped out, as Cointelegraph reported. Some exchanges, like Binance as an example,… Source link