Traders remain cautious following last week’s brutal sell-off, but on-chain data is beginning to signal increasingly bullish activity while the crypto market awaits the next major move. Price action for Bitcoin (BTC) and the wider cryptocurrency market was relatively subdued on May 27 as nervous traders remain unsure of what comes next following last week’s…
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Strong hands accumulated Bitcoin throughout last week’s historic correction but BTC’s inability to reclaim the $40,000 level has some traders afraid of a dead cat bounce. The recent extreme volatility in the cryptocurrency market following Bitcoin’s (BTC) dip to $30,000 and the recovery to $38,000 has traders confused about whether the current price action is…
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Nassim Taleb persists in his belief that Bitcoin is not a good hedge against inflation. Untied to any single government or country, Bitcoin is often labeled as a store of value asset and a hedge against other areas of finance. Nassim Taleb, a former risk analyst and author, thinks otherwise, however. In an interview with…
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Analysts say Bitcoin whale wallet accumulation and persistent dip-buying by institutional investors signal that BTC price has plenty of room to appreciate. Bitcoin (BTC) bulls finally mustered enough strength to push the top-ranked cryptocurrency through the $60,000 level and citing key on-chain metrics, analysts believe the bull run has a ways to go before reaching…
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Lyn Alden likens Ethereum to the Concorde aircraft: functional, but not “an economically sustainable project.” One reason strategist and investment guru Lyn Alden isn’t invested in Ether is she considers the Ethereum network an “unfinished product” when compared with Bitcoin. Alden’s economic analysis of Ethereum released today compares the smart contract network to the Concorde…
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Potential listing could provide a valuation anchor, not only for future crypto IPOs but also for crypto-native exchange tokens. Following cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase filing a draft registration for a public offering with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday, research company Messari has valued the company at $28 billion. Messari’s model examined the company’s…
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Analysis of sentiment and on-chain data shows that a correction was likely to occur. Is there still room for growth? According to data collected from 1000+ crypto social media channels, the average crowd sentiment towards Bitcoin adapted from slightly bullish to overwhelmingly bullish over the days leading up to Thursday’s dramatic pullback, mirroring the levels…
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Bitfinex specifically lost 2/3 of its balances within the same timeframe. According to data from Glassnode, the exchanges it tracks currently hold 2.6 million Bitcoin. That is the lowest this amount has been since November 2018. Bitcoin balances on exchanges. Source: Glassnode. The trend toward users withdrawing their funds from the custodial exchanges first manifested…
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Could Bitcoin, the world’s “digital gold,” replace physical gold in the future? As the world turns more digital, crypto’s pioneer asset Bitcoin (BTC) could take on gold’s store of value role, according to the CEO and co-founder of Digital Assets Data, an analytics firm. “I see Bitcoin replacing gold as the hardest money for…
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