Supply chains have ground to a halt and dozens of millions are unemployed but this hasn’t stopped crypto from getting a big fundamental boost: one of Silicon Valley’s most respected venture capital firms just raised half a billion dollars to invest in industry startups.Related Reading: Crypto Tidbits: Bitcoin Hits $9ks, a16z Raises $500M Crypto Fund,…
Despite the roaring recovery in the S&P 500, crypto, and other markets, many facets of the global economy remain in recession. Dozens of millions are unemployed, consumer spending is down, and the global supply chain has come to a screeching halt.With cashflows going negative around the world, meaning firms are at risk of going bankrupt…
There is no doubt Bitcoin has been adversely affected by the outbreak of COVID-19.Crypto assets, like many other mainstream asset classes, experienced a large downturn in the middle of March. It was a move in global markets based on fears that the coronavirus lockdowns could cause a widespread economic contraction, maybe even a full-blown recession.Considering…
The short-term moving average on Bitcoin’s daily chart is flattening out.The phenomenon comes after the cryptocurrency hits the highest level since mid-March sell-off.Coupled with favorable fundamentals, such as halving, the MA indicates an extended bull run towards or beyond $9,000.A lagging technical indicator that determines bitcoin’s near-term market bias has flattened out in favor of…
Now just over two weeks out is 2020’s Bitcoin block reward reduction, also known as a “halving.” It’s an event that has become the topic of conversation for many watching the cryptocurrency space. The halving has become so hyped, in fact, that an extensive article on the subject was recently featured on Bloomberg’s Terminal.With the…
Altcoins — crypto assets that are not Bitcoin — have done extremely well over the past four weeks.Per data from TradingView.com, after reaching 68%, Bitcoin dominance — the percentage of the crypto market that consists of BTC — has fallen to 64%. It’s a 4% drop that amounts to billions in this multi-billion-dollar asset class.Chart…
Ethereum is back in the spotlight after surging as high as $195 in the last 24 hours. The bullish impulse saw more than 220,000 addresses that had a balance in Ether go to zero, based on IntoTheBlock’s “Daily Active Addresses” model.The selling pressure has been so significant that the drop in addresses nearly outpaced the…
If you told an early Bitcoin adopter ten years ago that the cryptocurrency would one day hit $1 million, they would’ve laughed. Ten years ago, a single coin traded for less than $1.00; at times, it traded for a price well under a cent.But times have changed. Now, instead of getting laughed at, those predicting…
MATIC is trending sideways after bottoming out in mid-March.The underperforming token is, nevertheless, flirting with key resistance area to pursue a breakout.Favorable fundamentals hint a near-term bullish scenario for the cryptocurrency.Matic, a cryptocurrency that underwent a huge pump-and-dump last year, has been unable to revive its bullish momentum in 2020.The low-cap token bottomed at 154…
While Bitcoin has embarked on a steep recovery since the $3,700 lows seen in March, some have still been questioning the value of cryptocurrency. Case in point: a hedge fund manager named Mark Dow recently shared that he thinks the cryptocurrency is on the “edge of a cliff,” adding:“I’ve been saying…that Bitcoin on the chart…