Bitcoin

Bulls target $11.5K, bears desire drop to $9.8K

Bitcoin (BTC) price appears to be gearing up for another shot at the $11K mark but traders shouldn’t get overly excited as resistance in the $11,000-$11,200 zone and at $11,389 have kept the price from moving higher for the last few weeks.  Crypto Fear & Greed Index. Source: Alternative.me Currently the Crypto Fear & Greed Index registers 49 which shows crypto investors feel neutral about the current state of the market. While it’s difficult to gauge the accuracy of the indicator, Bitcoin… Source link

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Jack Dorsey says Bitcoin and blockchain will shape Twitter’s future where ‘content exists forever’ | Currency News | Financial and Business News

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey. Associated Press Bitcoin and blockchain will shape Twitter’s future through a decentralized internet standard, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said at the Oslo Freedom Forum 2020 last week. BlueSky, a designated team tasked with developing the standard, will hire about five people to build a protocol enabling Twitter’s transition to a decentralized platform. Dorsey’s renewed motivation towards a “trusted system in a distrusted environment” comes after July’s… Source link

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Traders discuss what’s next for Bitcoin after abrupt 3% overnight drop

The price of Bitcoin (BTC) abruptly dropped on Sep. 29 from $10,950 to $10,630 overnight, recording a 3% drop. Following the rejection at $11,000, the sentiment of traders remains mixed. Some are cautiously optimistic under the premise that BTC reclaims the $10,700 level. Technically, analysts say that the $10.7k area is a critical pivotal price point for Bitcoin in the near term. Others say that the price trend of BTC has reversed in the short term after its rejection. The intense reaction of… Source link

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Bitcoin ‘difficulty ribbon’ chart hasn’t been this bullish since March

Bitcoin (BTC) simply needs history to repeat itself to see significant price rises, according to two indicators now flipping bullish. On Sep. 28, on-chain monitoring resource Glassnode noted that Bitcoin’s difficulty ribbon compression had broken out of its green “buy” zone for the first time since the March coronavirus crash. Glassnode hints at “significant” BTC price increases Difficulty ribbon compression is based on difficulty ribbons, a metric devised by statistician Willy Woo as… Source link

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Bored with Bitcoin price, traders chase gains in altcoins and DeFi tokens

For the few weeks Bitcoin (BTC) price has moved within a $850 range and recently the price resumed the trend of daily higher lows.  Despite this, $11,000 remains a hurdle the price has struggled to overcome but one positive is that altcoins are beginning to recover some of the hefty losses of the past few weeks.  Cryptocurrency daily market performance snapshot. Source: Coin360 Perhaps now that CME Bitcoin options closed without any major disruption and a new month is on the verge of… Source link

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Bitcoin’s Big Believers: 6-Digits ‘Inevitable,’ BTC Has a Better Chance of Going to $100K Than Zero

For a number of years now bitcoiners have predicted that the price of bitcoin will surpass its all-time high from 2017 and many believe it will rise to the $100k or six-digit price range. This week bitcoin enthusiasts discussed the possibility of the crypto asset reaching $100k at great length. In mid-December 2017, the price of bitcoin (BTC) touched an all-time high (ATH) of $19,600 per coin. Today, BTC is 45.81% lower than the 2017 ATH but a number of bitcoiners believe that the crypto… Source link

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Bitcoin price may surge as fear and uncertainty strain global markets

The global economy doesn’t seem to be in a good place right now, especially with countries such as the United Kingdom, France and Spain imposing fresh, new restrictions across their borders, thereby making the future financial prospects of many local business owners even bleaker. As far as the crypto economy goes, on Sept. 21, Bitcoin (BTC) dropped by nearly 6.5% to the $10,300 mark after having stayed put around $11,000 for a few weeks. However, what is interesting to note this time around… Source link

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First Mover: Bitcoin Low Exchange Balance Looks Bullish but Chart Looks Bearish as $11K Nears

There’s a degree of transparency in cryptocurrencies that doesn’t exist in traditional markets like stocks and bonds: Thanks to data that’s easily extracted from blockchains, everyone can see everyone else moving their money around.  That means traders can keep an eye on exchange wallets to gauge whether investors and crypto miners are getting their bitcoin into position for a possible sale — or taking balances down from the exchanges in anticipation of holding for the longer term.

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5 things shaping Bitcoin price action this week

Bitcoin (BTC) starts the week pushing for $11,000 as ranging behavior continues, but futures gap danger remains. Cointelegraph takes a look at five factors that could shape Bitcoin price action in the coming week. Trump tax files see $11,000 BTC price bounce Sunday provided an unexpected boost to Bitcoin after a week of lackluster price performance. This was thanks to an investigation into United States’ President Donald Trump’s tax records, the results of which were published by the New… Source link

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Bitcoin Balances on Exchanges at 2-Year Low and That May Be a Bullish Sign

The balance of bitcoin on major exchanges has hit its lowest levels since November 2018. Yet unlike that time, when bitcoin was in the depths of the crypto winter, some see this current spate of low bitcoin balances on exchanges as a sign that a new generation of investors is putting its money in it for the long term. Total Bitcoin Balances on All Exchanges(Glassnode) The last time bitcoin balances on exchanges were at this low a point was in November 2018, according to data from Glassnode. A… Source link

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