Bitcoin (BTC) recovered from new lows of $45,550 on Jan. 5 as analysts waited patiently for a “squeeze” to trigger fresh volatility. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView Analyst weighs prospect of “fakedown” towards $40,000 Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD returning to the previous day’s levels near $47,000 on Binance at…
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Bitcoin (BTC) is in line for “explosive” price action as derivatives markets return to form in 2022, a new forecast states. In a tweet on Jan. 4, Vetle Lunde, an analyst at Arcane Research, confirmed that BTC denominated open interest (OI) had returned to all-time highs seen in November. Open interest demands “fireworks” within weeks…
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Bitcoin (BTC) exchange reserves are back near record lows as 2022 sparks renewed appetite among buyers. Data from on-chain analytics firm CryptoQuant shows reserves across 21 exchanges at 2.308 million BTC as of Jan. 4. Exchanges return to overall BTC balance downtrend Late December saw a macro low of 2.303 million BTC left on exchanges’…
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Bitcoin (BTC) crisscrossed $47,000 on Jan. 3 as the first Wall Street trading days of 2022 got off to a modest start. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView Ethereum steals the limelight Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD acting in a narrow range as the week began, with traders split over…
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Bitcoin (BTC) begins its first full week of 2022 in familiar territory below $50,000. After ending December at $47,200 — far below the majority of bullish expectations — the largest cryptocurrency has a lot to live up to as signs of a halving cycle peak remain nowhere to be found. With Wall Street set to…
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Bitcoin (BTC) bears lost out at the last minute as 2021 came to an end — and consensus is building around China again being the reason for weakness. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView China “last hammer” could now provide optimism on BTC Hours before the yearly close, BTC/USD dived $2,000 to lows of…
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Bitcoin (BTC) is about to hit a new all-time high in one essential area — and major mining pools have likely already clinched the title. Data from monitoring resource MiningPoolStats shows that, as of Dec. 20, the Bitcoin network hash rate is practically at its highest ever. Hash rate vanquishes specter of China Despite the…
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Bitcoin (BTC) stuck rigidly to its tight range on Dec. 23 as price action continued to contradict strong buying activity. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView Hodlers busy accumulating Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD failing to hold $49,000 after hitting ten-day highs. The pair remained stuck in a trading zone only…
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Bitcoin (BTC) stayed rangebound after hitting ten-day highs on Dec. 22 amid fresh warnings over market “complacency.” BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView How about a new year squeeze? Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView followed BTC/USD as it consolidated after coming within $400 of $50,000 overnight. Bulls were up against a significant sell…
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Bitcoin (BTC) may have fluctuated in price this year, but BTC remains a better play than the biggest crypto stocks. New data currently circulating shows that for all the growth in the industry surrounding Bitcoin, it still pays simply to buy and hold. Stocks fail to compete with BTC, ETH Looking at the stock performance…
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