Bitcoin
Bitcoin is still an early adoption technology with a future of volatility, Anthony Scaramucci says
Scaramucci asked Bitcoin investors not to lose focus of the bigger picture He also compared Bitcoin’s volatility during growth to Amazon’s stock in the late 90s SkyBridge Capital founder Anthony Scaramucci has asked investors to hold onto their crypto assets as he believes the current market dip will come to an end soon. “Take a chill pill, stay long bitcoin, other cryptocurrencies like Algorand and Ethereum, and I think you’re going to be very well-served long-term in those investments,” he said. Bitcoin is not yet a mature store of value Speaking during a CNBC interview, he explained that the Dollar will always be the Dollar hence Bitcoin’s change relative to it should not elicit much concern from investors. He asked them to focus ahead and make long-term investments, noting that Bitcoin...
SEC pushes decision on ARK 21Shares Bitcoin ETF to April 3
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has extended its window to approve the ARK 21Shares Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) originally proposed in July 2021. According to a Tuesday filing from the SEC, the regulatory body will push the deadline for approving or disapproving the ARK 21Shares Bitcoin ETF from Feb. 2 for an additional 60 days, to April 3. SEC Assistant Secretary J. Matthew DeLesDernier noted in the filing that it was “appropriate to designate a longer period” for the regulatory body to consider the proposed rule change, allowing the ETF to be listed on the Cboe BZX Exchange. The exchange originally filed the paperwork to apply for the ARK 21Shares Bitcoin ETF in July 2021, with the SEC able to delay its decision and open the offering to public comment for up to 180 day...
Polygon (MATIC) sees a strong oversold bounce after $250B crypto market rebound
Polygon (MATIC) emerged as one of the best performers among high-ranking cryptocurrencies on Jan. 26 as the price rose nearly 17% to reach an intraday high at $1.825. The gains surfaced amid a synchronous rebound across the crypto market that started on Jan. 24. In detail, investors and traders poured in over $250 billion across digital assets, benefiting Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH) and many others in the process. Performance of the top-fifteen cryptocurrencies in the last 15 days. Source: TradingView Polygon, a secondary scaling solution for the Ethereum blockchain, also cashed in on the crypto market rebound. The valuation of its native token, MATIC, rose from as low as $9.77 billion on Jan.24 to as high as $13.58 billion two days later. Meanwhile, its price jumped from $1....
Valkyrie aims for ETF linked to Bitcoin mining firms on Nasdaq
Crypto asset manager Valkyrie has filed an application with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission to trade an exchange-traded fund (ETF) with exposure to Bitcoin mining firms on the Nasdaq Stock Market. In a Wednesday SEC filing, Valkyrie said its Bitcoin Miners ETF will not invest directly in Bitcoin (BTC) but at least 80% of its net assets would offer exposure to the crypto asset through the securities of companies that “derive at least 50% of their revenue or profits” from BTC mining or providing hardware or software related to mining. The filing added Valkyrie would invest up to 20% of the ETF’s net assets in companies holding “a significant portion of their net assets” in Bitcoin. Valkyrie launched a Bitcoin Strategy ETF in October 2021, which offered indirect exposure ...
Price analysis 1/26: BTC, ETH, BNB, ADA, SOL, XRP, LUNA, DOGE, DOT, AVAX
Bitcoin (BTC) and most major altcoins have bounced off their strong support levels but could the rally sustain to the extent that traders feel confident that a bottom in place? Bloomberg Intelligence senior commodity strategist Mike McGlone said that Bitcoin’s price is “about 30% below its 20-week moving average,” roughly at the same position, which had led to bottom formations in March 2020 and July 2021. Although Bitcoin has corrected sharply in January, the exchanges’ balances dropped from 2.428 million Bitcoin on December 28 to 2.366 million Bitcoin on Jan. 24, according to data from CryptoQuant. This indicates that investors may be stashing away their recent purchases safely. Daily cryptocurrency market performance. Source: Coin360 However, it may not be a V-shaped recovery for ...
IMF asks El Salvador to reconsider Bitcoin decision amid risk concerns
IMF directors want the scope of the Bitcoin law constricted to strip legal tender status off the digital asset Last year on September 7th, El Salvador, led by a Bitcoin optimistic president, Nayib Bukele, officially adopted the king cryptocurrency Bitcoin as legal currency. Several financial institutions, including the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), advised against the move, but El Salvador went ahead nonetheless. The IMF board has now, once again, asked the nation to renounce its position on the matter. The Latin American country has been in discussion with the monetary body to over a $1.3 billion loan. As part of the consultation, the IMF wants it to change the legal currency status of Bitcoin in the country. The IMF has long held a stance against the idea of using...
Here is why ARK Invest believes Bitcoin will trade at $1 million by 2030
Cathie Wood’s investment management firm ARK Invest has laid bold predictions for Bitcoin and Ethereum in a recently published outlook report Disruptive innovation-oriented investment firm ARK Invest has predicted that Bitcoin’s market capital will reach $28.5 trillion by 2030. The firm’s analyst Yassine Elmandjra noted in its annual research report that the price of a bitcoin will surge to $1.36 million by then. He justified the prediction by pointing out that the crypto asset’s usage is only in its nascent stage. “Bitcoin’s market capitalisation still represents a fraction of global assets and is likely to scale as nation-states adopt as legal tender. According to our estimates, the price of one bitcoin could exceed $1 million by 2030,” Elmandjra...
Bitcoin pundits split over BTC floor as Bloomberg analyst eyes bounce
Bitcoin (BTC) could still fall under $30,000, but some prominent sources are already calling the end of the latest bearish turn on BTC/USD. In a tweet on Jan. 25, Mike McGlone, senior commodity strategist at Bloomberg Intelligence, eyed Bitcoin’s position relative to its 20-week moving average, noting that historically, current levels have marked a turning point. McGlone: Bitcoin “a bit extended” at all-time highs Still hopeful for Bitcoin to weather a macro storm this year, McGlone’s data places BTC/USD at the same position in which it halted downtrends in March 2020 and July 2021. Those incidences correspond to the coronavirus cross-march crash and the China miner rout, respectively. “The fact that Bitcoin is an up-and-coming asset, with less than $1 trillion market cap vs. about $100 tr...
Fading power? Weak DOGE spike after Elon Musk makes McDonald’s offer
Erratic billionaire and Tesla CEO Elon Musk has offered to eat a kids meal from McDonald’s live on television if the fast food giant adds Dogecoin (DOGE) as an official payment method. “I will eat a Happy Meal on TV if McDonald’s accepts Dogecoin” said the SpaceX CEO in a tweet on Tuesday morning. In the minutes following Musk’s tweet, the price of DOGE immediately jumped 7% from $0.135 to $0.145 where it remains at the time of writing Previous tweets from Musk have seen markets move far more substantially, with a recent announcement about using it for Tesla merchandise payments causing DOGE to surge over 25%. The current downturn may have something to do with it, but the smaller spike suggests Musk’s power to move markets is beginning to fade. I will eat a happy meal on tv if @McDon...
Bitcoin and Ethereum selloffs are coming to an end soon, says Mad Money’s Jim Cramer
Cramer suggested that Bitcoin could see a recovery like last year’s – a rally that pushed Bitcoin north to the November all-time high In a recent instalment of the Mad Money show, CNBC’s Jim Cramer analysed the markets, as predicted by Tom DeMark. Creator of the Symbolik financial markets analysis tool, Tom DeMark is not just any other head in market matters. With a long-running career in objective and mechanically-driven market indicators, he is credited with several past accurate predictions in the crypto market. Bitcoin and Ethereum set to embark on an uptrend Jim Cramer told viewers that the two leading crypto-assets, Bitcoin and Ethereum, could hit a trend exhaustion bottom this week. After days of massive selloffs that pushed markets to seek lower prices, Cramer pre...
Fundamentals and correlation models show that Bitcoin is undervalued
Chamber of Digital Commerce chief executive Perianne Boring told CNBC yesterday that correlation models suggest Bitcoin’s actual value is between $50k and $100k Founder and president of the Chamber of Digital Commerce, Perianne Boring, is the latest figure to assert that Bitcoin is currently undervalued, despite the volatility in crypto markets. During a CNBC Squawk Box Monday interview, Perianne advised investors to focus on Bitcoin’s underlying value rather than its price position. Several factors back her postulation Perianne said that the fundamentals of Bitcoin are showing real strength, and this is evidence that the asset is inaccurately valued. She pointed out that Bitcoin is currently growing at a higher rate than other technology elements – the internet during the late...
Orange-pilled by Michael Saylor, NorthmanTrader CEO now a Bitcoin supporter
There is still room for humility and humor amidst a gloomy January for Bitcoin (BTC). A former outspoken Bitcoin critic has flipped bullish on Bitcoin after conversations with Michael Saylor, CEO of Microstrategy. What’s more, Sven Henrich, the CEO of market analysis firm NorthManTrader, made light of his change of heart retweeting a jibe from Twitter account Documenting Bitcoin. Excellent https://t.co/tAIwLWJfKv — Sven Henrich (@NorthmanTrader) January 24, 2022 Despite his previous comments that Bitcoin “fixes nothing”, Henrich has followed the crypto markets for three years. He tweeted regularly about Bitcoin price action, offering market analysis as reported by Cointelegraph. However, he had no intentions of buying. In 2022, he is now a “supporter of Bitcoin.” That means an “expos...
