Raoul Pal believes institutions have finished taking profits as year winds up

Raoul Pal believes institutions have finished taking profits as year winds up

Raoul Pal suggested that profit-taking by institutions was the likely reason for recent Bitcoin sell offs, but that the selling is likely done for now. Real Vision CEO Raoul Pal believes the recent volatility in the Bitcoin price is due to institutions selling to help shore up their end-of-year profits, The perennial Bitcoin (BTC) bull told Vlad from The Stakeborg Talks in a Dec. 27 interview that he believes the market is currently lopsided due to the effect of institutions. Pal said that they have been selling to lock in their profits. It was a way for institutions to say “I believe in....


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