Meanwhile, crypto assets continue to decline in what has been a divergence from tech stock markets, which continue to see growth. Last week’s economic reports painted a rosy picture of a robust economy, resilient consumer spending, and gradually cooling inflation. This is the fuel for the Federal Reserve to ease its monetary policy, with investors […]
Bitcoin’s price has been showing a willingness to drop lower. However, market fundamentals point to something different. BTC is down by nearly 10% in the past week, currently struggling to remain above $58,000. Technical Analysis By TradingRage The Daily Chart On the daily chart, the asset has been consolidating around the $60K level, following a […]
Around 62,000 Bitcoin options contracts are due for expiry on Friday, August 30. They have a notional value of around $3.65 billion. Today’s options expiry event is a large one due to it being the end of the month. However, spot markets are rarely rattled by these derivatives developments which serve more as an indication […]
Bitcoin prices have crashed again with a huge four-thousand-dollar dump from just over $62,000 to bottom out at $58,000 during late trading on Tuesday, Aug. 27. According to Coinglass, 87,920 traders have been wrecked, with the total liquidations coming in at $320 million over the past 24 hours. BTC has since recovered marginally to trade […]
Bitcoin’s price movements took a massive turn for the worse in the past 24 hours as the asset plummeted to a 9-day low of just over $58,000. The altcoins have bled out heavily as well, with notable declines from the likes of ETH, SOL, DOGE, LINK, AVAX, SHIB, and others. The total value of liquidations […]
The current U.S. benchmark rate for massive overnight money market loans from the central bank is in the range of 5.25% and 5.5%. When Powell spoke in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, on Friday, markets expected more signals of a regime of interest rate cutting ahead. Instead, he went a step further and explicitly endorsed rate cuts. In […]
Crypto markets have held on to gains over the weekend following an upsurge in the wake of the Federal Reserve meeting last Friday. Speaking at Jackson Hole, Fed Chair Jerome Powell affirmed expectations of an impending monetary policy pivot stating “the time has come for policy to adjust,” before adding that the “timing and pace […]
After a relatively weak period of trading sideways for days and days, bitcoin’s price went on the offensive on Friday evening and Saturday morning and tapped $65,000 for the first time since early August. Some of the most probable reasons behind this $5,000 daily surge seem to be connected to the US central bank and […]
Around 18,400 Bitcoin options contracts are due for expiry on Friday, August 23. They have a notional value of around $1.1 billion. Today’s options expiry event is a little smaller than last week’s, so its impact on spot markets is likely to be limited. The much larger month-end expiry event next week has a notional […]
On Aug. 22, technical analyst and creator of the stock-to-flow model Willy Woo posted a chart of Bitcoin inventory on exchanges. He noted that things have been bearish until the start of August due to an influx of around 100,000 BTC from the German and US governments selling and Mt. Gox distributions. He added that […]