Analyst says Bitcoin price sell-off may occur as Chinese New Year approaches
Bitcoin is struggling to retake the $35,000 level as one analyst predicts miners will continue selling BTC ahead of the Chinese New Year holiday. On Jan. 29 Bitcoin (BTC) price briefly rallied to $38,500 before retracing the move and spending the majority of the day struggling to reclaim $35,000. The wild breakout in Bitcoin price has partially been attributed to Elon Musk changing his Twitter profile to simply “#Bitcoin,” which Musk subsequently followed up with a cryptic tweet saying “In retrospect, it was inevitable.”Dogecoin (DOGE) also continued to make waves across Twitter and with....
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The bitcoin price chart is becoming ambiguous as it approaches its first large move for the new year. Traders have been actively accumulating bitcoin, yet, regardless a potential sell signal is developing at the larger 4-hour timeframe. It would be a disappointment to see price fall back into decline at the beginning of the year. Although there is no current 4hr chart sell signal, a 20MA and 200MA cross-over at this timeframe has rarely failed to see the market capitulate. Should a sell signal occur then the initial target should be the previous low at $410 and 2550 CNY.
Stack Funds’ analysis suggests that Bitcoin’s floor price has yet to be found as the Chinese New Year approaches. The upcoming Chinese New Year holidays on Feb. 12 could have an indirect impact on the Bitcoin (BTC) price and drive sell-offs on the market, according to a recent analysis. Per a Jan. 28 report by cryptocurrency investment firm Stack Funds, the ongoing selling pressure on the Bitcoin price is likely to continue in the short term due to Asian miners increasingly offloading their funds amid the upcoming week-long holiday.With more than 60% of global Bitcoin mining pools are....
On Dec. 15, the Chinese bond futures market suffered a record crash, plunging from 102 to nearly 94. Offshore yuan has also increased significantly after the Fed raised rates, rising from 6.9 to approximately 6.95 overnight. As the Chinese New Year approaches and outflows accelerate, the Chinese yuan will presumably weaken even more in the upcoming months, which will ultimately push the price of Bitcoin further. On Dec. 13, the price of Bitcoin reached a 34-month high, mostly due to the depression and devaluation of the Chinese stock markets and yuan. As weakening of the yuan continued,....
Bitcoin price may have nosedived to $21,000 but this analyst says it’s not an entirely bad thing. Willy Woo, on-chain expert analyst says that Bitcoin’s recent decline to $21,000 is mostly due to the massive sell-off by traders. However, there’s no reason to hit the panic button because the sell-off is linked to negative net […]
The price of Bitcoin in China went past $990 this afternoon, as Chinese investors continued to push high volumes in local exchanges. Most investors at this time of the year are hoping to evade capital controls and circumnavigate cash restrictions, as noted by Holger Zschaepitz, financial author and editor of Welt. Further yuan devaluation and tightening of capital controls. Analysts revealed that Bitcoin hit record high volumes this past week, which ultimately led to its price rally and pushed the price of Bitcoin to increase by over 20 percent. Zero Hedge suggested that Chinese investors....