Bitcoin Price Faces Deeper Dive as Bear Cross Confirmed
Bitcoin looks set to test support at $7,520 after a bearish cross was confirmed Monday and recent gloomy China news.
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Bitcoin Price Faces Drop to $8.5K After Consecutive Weekly Losses
View Bitcoin’s consecutive weekly losses and multiple failures at key resistance have shifted risk in favor of a drop to around $8,550 and perhaps as low as $8,000. Daily chart indicators have turned bearish for the first time in over a month, supporting the case for a deeper decline. A high-volume move above $9,335 (descending […]
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Why Bitcoin’s Next ‘Halving’ May Not Pump the Price Like Last Time
Noelle Acheson is a veteran of company analysis and CoinDesk’s Director of Research. The opinions expressed in this article are the author’s own. The following article originally appeared in Institutional Crypto by CoinDesk, a weekly newsletter focused on institutional investment in crypto assets. Sign up for free here. To find out more about crypto valuation metrics, […]
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Bitcoin Price Slides 2% After Deribit, Coinbase Flash Crash
Update (Nov. 1, 15:03 UTC): Deribit will reimburse over $1.3 million in losses from the BTC index calculation data issue witnessed at 21:00:00 UTC on October 31, 2019. Another flash crash has occurred for bitcoin (BTC), this time appearing on the Coinbase Pro and Deribit exchanges. At 19:55 UTC on Oct. 31, BTC’s spot price dipped […]
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Bitcoin Price Hits Five-Week High Above $10,000
Bitcoin’s price was quoted in five digits across cryptocurrency exchanges earlier today, but the breakout into $10,000 was short-lived. The number one cryptocurrency by market value jumped to $10,350 at 01:45 UTC – the highest level since Sept. 24 – according to Bitstamp data. Meanwhile, the global average price, as calculated by CoinDesk’s Bitcoin Price […]
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Bitcoin Looks South After Price Squeeze Ends With Drop to $9.6K
View Bitcoin fell to $9,600 earlier today, marking a downside break of recent low-volatility consolidation represented by the narrowing of Bollinger bands. The Bollinger band breakdown has opened the doors for a slide to $9,320 (August low). A break above $10,380 (Sept. 19 high) is needed to neutralize the bearish setup. Bitcoin’s recent low-volatility price […]
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Bitcoin Price Indicator is Most Bearish Since December
View Bitcoin’s weekly moving average convergence divergence (MACD) histogram is reporting strongest bearish bias since December, suggesting the cryptocurrency may soon dive out of a narrowing price range. Daily chart indicators are also biased bearish. A range breakdown, if confirmed, would open the doors for a drop below $9,000. A range breakout would imply a […]
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Bitcoin Teeters on $10K, But Can It Fend Off Another Bear?
Bitcoin’s recent market movements have thrown into contention consensus about its short-term price direction, with traders asking openly if demand is strong enough to fend off another bear market. Such a question has emerged in the wake of the world’s largest cryptocurrency’s inability to set new highs above those seen in June and July, when optimism […]
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$9,650: Bitcoin Price Dips Below Key Long-Term Support
View Bitcoin has dipped beneath the 100-day moving average, potentially opening the doors to support near $8,500 if the bulls can’t keep prices above the MA. Total weekly volume for the bears is lower than expected, offering a small hope for a bullish rebound. Price would need a firm close above the 100-day MA in […]
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Using the Awesome Oscillator to Find Bitcoin Buy and Sell Signals
Few trading tools are as simple and as elegant as the “Awesome Oscillator.” First developed by American trader Bill Williams, the aptly named Awesome Oscillator (AO) is a momentum indicator that takes advantage of an immediate trend. The AO plots its data using a histogram, similar to how the MACD histogram functions, in that it delivers […]
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