Bitcoin plunged roughly 12 percent on Thursday, breaking below critical support levels to target $30,000 for a potential pullback. The sell-off occurred despite a positive risk-on sentiment across the traditional markets. That prompted analysts to blame a flurry of fundamentals, ranging from the US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s remarks on Bitcoin’s use for illicit purposes…
Bitcoin didn’t die—all over again. The flagship cryptocurrency climbed to an intraday peak of $40,127 in the early New York session Thursday, up more than 7 percent. Its upside move followed a massive bearish reversal at the beginning of this week, wherein the price fell from near $42,000 to as low as $31,100 (data from…
Bitcoin prices drifted higher on Wednesday, breaking away from bearish calls as Christine Lagarde raised the need to regulate it at the global level. In an interview with Reuters, the European Central Bank President said that Bitcoin is a highly speculative asset that has facilitated “some reprehensible activity,” such as money laundering, adding that “there…
Bitcoin wobbled between gains and losses on Wednesday as traders measured on-chain sell-off signals against the drop in the benchmark bond yields. The flagship cryptocurrency surged around 0.5 percent to $34,335 ahead of the New York opening bell. It was trading at $35,233 on Coinbase exchange at its intraday high, pointing to bullish attempts to…
Ethereum’s native token ETH fell by more than 20 percent from its session high of $1,350 on profit-taking sentiment. While technical indicators point to further correction lower, one analyst believes the second-largest cryptocurrency could hit its record high levels in the sessions ahead. The pseudonymous entity rested his bullish setup on one condition: that the…
A recent volatile run-up in the Ethereum and Bitcoin markets has exceeded their value into “overbought” regions, as per Relative Strength Indicator (RSI). In retrospect, the RSI is a momentum indicator that measures the magnitude of recent price changes in an asset to determine its overbought or oversold conditions. Displayed as an oscillator, it can…
Bitcoin looked to end its first official week on a strong note as its price claimed another record high this Friday. The benchmark cryptocurrency soared above $41,000 for the first time since its inception, hitting an all-time peak of $41,499 before correcting lower. Its gains appeared shortly after the European equities reported profits in early…
Bitcoin rallied continued during the European session Thursday as traders ignored Washington’s political unrest to focus instead on the potential for higher sovereign spending. The BTC/USD exchange rate established a new record high of $38,180, adding 10 percent to what has been a relentless uptrend in the last four quarters. While the pair pared some…
Ripple’s native token XRP was among the best performers in the cryptocurrency space even as its delisting across exchanges picked momentum. The XRP/USD exchange rate surged by more than 40 percent on a 24-hour adjusted timeframe, hitting an intraday high of $0.328. Measured from its bottom of $0.17 from December 30, the pair was trading…
The intraday returns on the Bitcoin spot market rose above 2 percent as Democrats took the lead in Georgia’s runoff elections. By the late Asian trading session on Wednesday, the flagship cryptocurrency had surged to another record high of $35,868, according to Coinbase crypto exchange, up 7.54 percent from its intraday low of $33,352 at…