Bitcoin, Ethereum Technical Analysis: BTC Falls as Global Economic Slowdown H...
Bitcoin was back in the red during Friday’s session, as the token was once again trading below $19,000. The recent decline comes as the global economic slowdown has become more apparent. This week, both the Bank of England and United States Federal Reserve have moved to increase interest rates, with the Bank of Japan also intervening in the currency market. Ethereum was also lower on Friday, falling below $1,300. Bitcoin Bitcoin (BTC) fell back below $19,000 on Friday, as financial markets continued their sell-off, while the global economy continued to slow down. BTC/USD was moving....
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Ethereum fell below $1,900 earlier today, as crypto markets continued to react to disappointing economic data from China. Figures for July showed that both retail sales and industrial production in China had grown by less than expected, heightening concerns of an upcoming global recession. Bitcoin also declined on Tuesday.
Bitcoin
Bitcoin (BTC) was once again trading in the red, as crypto markets continued to move lower, following Monday’s disappointing economic data from China.
Figures from the world’s second-largest economy showed that retail sales had....
Ethereum was back below the $1,300 level on Wednesday, as the U.S. dollar rose following better than expected quarterly earnings. So far this earnings season, Netflix, Bank of America, and others have outperformed expectations, highlighting what some view as the resilience of the U.S. economy, despite the global slowdown. Bitcoin was also back in the red. Bitcoin Bitcoin (BTC) was trading lower on Wednesday, as prices continued to decline following a failed breakout of a resistance at $19,550. Following a high of $19,655.75 on Tuesday, which saw BTC/USD move past the aforementioned....
Meta joined Alphabet and Microsoft in releasing disappointing quarterly financials, following the company’s Q2 earnings call. In a week of a disappointment for mega-cap stocks, the trio has all missed revenue and earnings expectations, with Meta seeing its first quarterly sales decline ever recorded.
Economic Slowdown
Due to the current global economic slowdown, markets had anticipated that earnings of mega-cap stocks which account for 40% of the Nasdaq, and 30% of the S&P 500 could face a bloodbath.
However, although earnings have disappointed, and came in....
The selloff in cryptocurrencies continued to start the week, with bitcoin falling to its lowest level since July. Ethereum was also trading in the red, hitting multi-month lows in the process. This comes as the overall global market cap in cryptos was down close to 9% at the time of writing.
Bitcoin
Bitcoin (BTC), which has been the main focus of the recent decline in crypto prices, was trading 3% lower on Monday (at the time of writing), and almost 20% down from its position at the same time last week.
As of writing, BTC/USD hit an intraday low of $33,184.06 during....
The improving Chinese economy may still turn out to be a good thing for Bitcoin. China is on everybody’s lips lately. Be it electronics and consumer goods companies, economists or politicians, they all have their reasons to keep a close watch on the Asian economic powerhouse. Projected to be the next big global superpower alongside its neighbor India, the country is currently going through slight turbulence. Any developments in the Chinese economic situation is expected to have a widespread effect on a global scale. The slowdown experienced by the country in the past couple of years has....