Bitcoin

The price of Bitcoin (BTC) brutally rejected the $11,100–$11,300 resistance range with a 6% drop. Following the steep pullback, analysts remain cautiously optimistic toward BTC and the rest of the cryptocurrency market. Analysts have generally attributed the short-term fall of Bitcoin to the uncertainty around the COVID-19 pandemic. On Sept. 21, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by over 800 points at the day’s lowest point. Bitcoin, gold and other risk-on assets fell in tandem,… Source link

In seeking to explain Monday’s sell-off across traditional markets and cryptocurrencies, the digital-asset firm QCP Capital rattled off a list of seven major market events that occurred in Septembers past, from the 1929 stock-market crash to the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy in 2008.  There might be some deep human connection with the fall equinox — when the days turn shorter than nights in the northern hemisphere and summer turns to fall, according to the firm. “The human nervous… Source link

Bitcoin (BTC) hitting its highest in over a year was different from the 2019 bull run because exchange balances fell, a new report says. Published on Sep. 21 and seen by Cointelegraph, Delphi Digital’s Bitcoin Outlook highlights unique trends in BTC price action. Report: Bitcoin hodlers now have “longer time horizons” According to the three researchers who compiled the report, Bitcoin reaching $12,500 last month had little in common with its run to $13,800 in 2019. This is because exchange… Source link

Markets are expected to be volatile this week, as a great number of bitcoin and ethereum options are set to expire this Friday. Data shows more than 87,000 bitcoin options will expire and 77% of the action is held on the Deribit exchange. U.S. stocks dropped hard on Monday, as the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped more than 700 points during the stock market’s afternoon trading sessions. Meanwhile, bitcoin (BTC) took a hit on spot markets dropping over 4% in value. A number of other… Source link

Before the recent halving, many were prophesying a so-called “death spiral” for Bitcoin. This theory hinges on the idea that the halving of the block reward leads to an exodus of miners due to the sudden unprofitability of mining activities. As a result, the network hashrate decreases and the block time increases, meaning that miner revenue further diminishes, pushing more miners off the network. This loop would then allegedly continue until there is no one left to mine Bitcoin (BTC).

Bitcoin’s (BTC) price has been showing some slight strength in the previous week as BTC rallied from $10,000 to $11,200. However, the crypto market’s overall consensus has been showing weakness with double-digit selloffs for many of the smaller-cap cryptocurrencies. This selloff appears to have taken hold as Bitcoin price confirmed $11,200 as resistance in the previous weekend. Rejection as $11,200 leads to a downward spiral BTC/USD 1-day chart. Source: TradingView In the previous analysis,… Source link

According to the latest data from Skew, Bitcoin (BTC) has not seen three positive consecutive quarters since 2017. If BTC ends Q4 with a net gain, it would be three consecutive winning quarters for the first time in three years. Q4 has been mostly bearish for Bitcoin since 2018  But historical data is not in Bitcoin’s favor as the last two Q4s closed with 42.54% and 13.6% drops, in 2018 and 2019, respectively. The historical quarterly returns of Bitcoin. Source: Skew.com From late 2016 and up… Source link

Bitcoin traders and investors have seen a return to volatility this month, with the bitcoin price suddenly dropping in early September. The bitcoin price, which had broken $12,000 per bitcoin at the end of August, dropped to around $10,000 amid a broader market sell-off before somewhat rebounding. This week, the bitcoin market is braced for almost half of nearly $2 billion worth of bitcoin options to expire—something that could bring a fresh wave of volatility. MORE FROM FORBES

Bitcoin (BTC) starts a new week still looking for $11,000 support as macro markets wobble over coronavirus and banks’ criminal activities. Cointelegraph highlights five factors that could shape BTC price action in the coming days. Banks face money laundering deluge While central banks grappled with dramatic shifts in United States economy policy, fresh leaked files showed yet more evidence of largescale money laundering. A huge trove of documents from the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network… Source link

Historical data shows that some miners began to sell Bitcoin (BTC) at the end of July, leading to increased selling pressure in the cryptocurrency market. Eventually, the dominant cryptocurrency fell steeply from mid-August, recording a 13% fall and since then BTC has struggled to retake the $12K mark. Bitcoin selling by miners from 2017-2020. Source: CryptoQuant According to CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju, continued selling by miners might not be enough to prevent a bull run. On-chain data… Source link