Institutions Keep Buying Bitcoin’s Dip, Despite Near-term Volatility: Data

Bitcoin will still have notable value fluctuations, but it's out of bubble territory, according to Michael Wu. A number of entities have called Bitcoin (BTC) a bubble since its inception roughly 12 years ago. Michael Wu, CEO of digital asset financial services outfit Amber Group, thinks otherwise, however. “I think it’s always like this when people come into a new paradigm shift,” Wu said in a CNBC interview on Thursday, referring to the concept of Bitcoin as a bubble. “People start with doubts, with skepticism — it’s very natural because they will have to take time to understand what’s....

The likelihood of such a scenario is tenuous but not impossible. Famous for its volatility, Bitcoin’s price constantly waffles both north and south. While it recovered quickly from its pandemic-induced drop in March 2020, going on to break record highs, that doesn't mean the asset is bulletproof against a similar event in the future. The director of business development for smart chain platform Komodo, Jason Brown, recently weighed in on what could possibly cause another COVID-19-style price decline for Bitcoin (BTC).“I think such a scenario is unlikely given the current uptrend in....

CME Group’s recent announcement that it will launch ether (ETH) futures on Feb. 8, 2021, is the “writing on the wall” that institutions will being buying the cryptocurrency next year, according to a pair of tweets by Ryan Watkins, an analyst at crypto data provider Messari.

Bitcoin’s price action has been quite mixed as of late, with buyers and sellers both vying for control over the cryptocurrency’s trend Over a mid-term time frame, bulls are clearly in control and are showing no signs of letting up to bears anytime soon Where the market trends in the mid-term will likely depend on […]

Long-term Bitcoin holders remain unfazed by the recent sell-off, but there is still one alarming sign. A recent run-down in Bitcoin’s (BTC) price from about $65,000 to as low as $30,000 did not force long-term holders into selling, Glassnode data shows.The on-chain analytics platform revealed a spike in Bitcoin reserves held in wallets with lower unspent output just as BTC/USD’s bids were crashing. Meanwhile, the data also shows a Bitcoin collecting spree among miners — the entities that produce and supply newly minted cryptocurrencies for retail markets. As a result, the active BTC supply....