Bitcoin has stalled in the high-$11,000s over the past few days after the cryptocurrency faced its second rejection at $12,000. As of the time of this article’s writing, the cryptocurrency trades for $11,650. This is a price above critical support levels such as $10,500 and $11,500, but it is clear that the uptrend Bitcoin was…
Yesterday, Bitcoin broke above $10,000 with a $1,500 daily price candle and a push to above $11,400 at the high. During the rally, however, there was evidence of a whale manipulating the crypto market for maximum profit. Was this whale responsible for the Bitcoin pump, or were they simply well prepared in advance to take…
Crypto derivatives exchange, BitMEX, has announced the launch of Litecoin quanto perpetual contracts on its trading platform.We’re further diversifying trading opportunities with the launch of our fifth quanto swap – say hello to the LTCUSD quanto perpetual swap, launching on 30 July 2020. More details on our blog: https://t.co/ObYhgH86od pic.twitter.com/HhJydXNU4X— BitMEX (@BitMEX) July 21, 2020The…
After weeks of consolidation, Bitcoin decisively broke below $9,000 just minutes ago. The cryptocurrency dipped as low as $8,840 on leading spot exchanges and slightly lower on margin-enabled exchanges like BitMEX.BTC price chart of the drop from TradingView.comThis move caught many traders off guard, according to derivatives data.Skew.com reported that more than $20 million worth…
Following Bitcoin’s brutal dump at $10.4k, the inquest into what went wrong is taking place now.Theories regarding whale manipulation consistently make the rounds during such times. But a more tangible explanation alleges that manipulation at derivatives trading platform BitMEX contributed heavily to the losses sustained yesterday.While the likes of Binance and Huobi bottomed out at…
Just hours after Ethereum rocketed higher, so too has Bitcoin.The leading cryptocurrency recently reached $9,750, the highest price BTC has traded at in over a week. $9,750 is just over 13% higher than last week’s lows of $8,600, established as miners were seemingly dumping their coins in response to the May 11th block reward halving.Bitcoin…
Over the past few weeks, analysts have said Bitcoin is finally finding a local top.For the third time in a matter of months, the cryptocurrency was rejected in the $10,000 range. It was a rejection that caused many to reconsider their bullish stance on BTC due to the level’s importance.Though derivatives data and simple technicals…
Just a day after Goldman Sachs came out with a scathing presentation on Bitcoin, the asset is rallying. Investors are clearly shaking off the “FUD” the multinational bank through the cryptocurrency market’s way.Just minutes ago as of the time of this article’s writing, BTC shot higher to cross $9,600. It reached a local high of…
Just minutes ago, Bitcoin made its latest attempt at rallying to $10,000, reaching $9,950 after the close of Sunday’s candle. The cryptocurrency fell short of the key $10,000 price point, since retracing to $9,900.Bitcoin chart from TradingView.comThis move has not sparked much a reaction from the derivatives market, potentially because short traders were expecting the…
Good things don’t last forever it seems. After rallying 20% from the lows to tap $10,000, Bitcoin plunged $500 within the span of 20 minutes this hour, falling from ~$9,750 to $9,200 in that short period of time.It was an 8% reversal from the ~$10,000 highs of the Thursday trading session.Bitcoin price chart of the…