Bitcoin Price Watch; Responding With A Safe Haven
Here's what impact the Brexit poll has had on the bitcoin price, and how we are going to respond to the vote from a trading perspective. So it looks as though the UK is set to leave the European Union, after its people voted in a slim, but important, majority on the side of the leave campaign. We have said a few times that bitcoin might play a part as a safe haven asset. On a few occasions over the past couple of years, this has proven accurate. Price has gained a global economic uncertainty pushes people to transfer value from one asset, a riskier one, to another, a safer one.....
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There has been a lot of talk about investors looking to Bitcoin as a safe haven for their investment portfolio. Safe haven markets are very small and hard to get into. Bitcoin may not fit that bill as perfectly as some people think it does. Now that the Brexit doom scenario has happened, there is a lot of uncertainty across the markets. Gold is surging,....
Here’s what we are looking at as we head into what could be a volatile week in the bitcoin price market. We’ve had a pretty crazy few weeks in the bitcoin price space, and this has translated to some volatility in the effectiveness of our strategy. We have seen some macro events – the Brexit, politics in the US, etc. – and some micro shocks such as the ethereum hack and the Bitfinex freeze, and each of these has impacted the price of bitcoin in their own way. We were looking for some risk off sentiment towards the end of last week, and in turn, a shift to bitcoin as a risk off (safe haven)....
A few weeks ago, Devere Group CEO and founder Nigel Green said that he believed the U.S. election would bolster the price of bitcoin. Speaking with the financial broadcast MoneyFM on Monday, Green said he also believes that bitcoin will replace gold as the ultimate financial safe haven within the timespan of a generation. Devere Group CEO Nigel Green is a big believer in crypto assets like bitcoin (BTC) and he’s been more vocal about his forecasts in recent days. Last August, news.Bitcoin.com reported on Green explaining why he thinks the U.S. presidential election would have....
The global stock markets are rocketing today on news that a vaccine that would put an end to the ongoing pandemic has 90% effectiveness This news signals that it may only be a matter of months before things start going back to normal, which means a reduction in government spending and economic turbulence Naturally, this is a bad thing for safe haven assets, with today’s news sending the price of gold nosediving Bitcoin has seen […]
Despite the increase in the price of bitcoin amid the UK’s recent EU referendum, a new research note from Needham & Company asserts it might be too early to call the digital currency a “safe haven” asset. Global bitcoin prices have risen nearly 6% over the day’s trading to reach a high of $680, a figure up more than $100 from a low of $561.46 on 23rd June. Market observers were quick to assert the increase, which occurred as sentiment in the 'Brexit' vote shifted, was a sign this uncertainty had encouraged new investment in the digital currency markets. However, Needham said its....