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Bitcoin (BTC), the world’s first digital currency has notably outperformed other institutional assets in the first quarter of 2021. The...

Bitcoin nearly triples its price in 2020 and ends the year close to $29,000, but ether gained 450%.

Bitcoin has soared past $23,000 price to set yet another yearly high of $23,586 early morning on Thursday extending its price gains to over $3,000. The top cryptocurrency is on a...

Bitcoin is entering a period of uncertainty amid a growing conflict between its fundamental bullish mood and bearish technical setup. The benchmark cryptocurrency has attracted hundreds of millions of dollars worth of capital from corporations that see it as a hedge against a potentially weaker US dollar. At the same time,...

An overnight attempt to crash Bitcoin alongside the US stock market met with extreme resistance as the cryptocurrency bounced back handsomely. The BTC/USD exchange rate lost $465, or 3.51 percent, after the New York opening bell Monday. The pair fell to as low as $12,785, only to find a considerably...

Bitcoiners have to endure a lot of criticism from those who are still skeptical of the digital asset. A lot of the time, this skepticism comes from misunderstandings about the true nature of what the network is capable of. Headlines like “Bitcoin Was Hacked,” “Bitcoin Is Used By Criminals,” and “Bitcoin Is Bad For The Environment” are examples of the common misunderstandings that...

Recently, the discussion around Bitcoin "maturing" and becoming a respected mainstream asset, has prompted comparisons to the stock market, gold, currencies, commodities, and more. One notable difference between the stock market and Bitcoin is that the crypto market is always on, and because this exists, the leading cryptocurrency by market cap will have traded more hours than the S&P 500 since its debut...

Bitcoin (BTC) is at risk of extending its ongoing downside correction as it breaks below a so-called "legacy trendline." As spotted by an independent, pseudonymous chart analyst, the said trendline was acting as a support to Bitcoin since March 2020. On September 30, the BTC/USD exchange rate fell below the price floor and flipped the Ascending Trendline into resistance. The pair lately tested...

Bitcoin faces the prospects of undergoing broader downside corrections as hedge funds rush to short stocks that surged impressively during the coronavirus pandemic. According to the Financial Times, some fund managers have increased their bets against the shares linked to technology, home gym equipment, grocery...

There was no major stimulus announcement, but Bitcoin was still able to hit a five-week high on the first day of the week. The benchmark cryptocurrency established an intraday high of $11,736 before profit-taking sentiment pushed its exchange rate lower. Its price landed around a concrete support...

2020 has been a rollercoaster year for Bitcoin. The lockdowns caused by the coronavirus pandemic earlier in the year pushed the crypto lower by almost 60 percent. Its crash shortly followed an equally aggressive rebound that took its price up by 220 percent. It is safe to say that Bitcoin is sitting in a...

Bitcoin did its own thing during the late Monday trading session. The benchmark cryptocurrency plunged suddenly towards $10,600 after maintaining intraday gains above the $10,800-support all day. The sell-off appeared despite a healthier macroeconomic outlook led by signs of progress...

For the past few months, Bitcoin's price action has largely been beholden to legacy markets like the S&P 500, the U.S. dollar index, and gold. The cryptocurrency has crashed and surge intandem with these markets, suggesting it is not uncorrelated as many once said. While this may be true in the short term, analysts think that the markets will decouple eventually. Bitcoin Is...

Any attempts from Bitcoin to secure higher price levels may fall short as long as its correlation with the US stocks sustains. So predicts Ronnie Moas, a stock market analyst heading Florida-based research firm Standpoint Research. He said in an early Thursday tweet that Bitcoin might fall by another $400 (or more) in the coming sessions. The expected downside move should come if...

Bitcoin faces the prospects of breaking below $10,000 after failing to extend a rally that pushed its price up by 70 percent earlier this year....

Bitcoin is trading almost 17 percent below its year-to-date high near $12,500. And, according to analysts at TradingShot, the downside bias is about to turn a lot worse. The independent market analysis portal spotted the benchmark cryptocurrency testing the support of a...

The S&P 500 closed at 3,340 after defending the 50-SMA on the daily chart. The bounce was notable, from 3,310 to 3,369 and bulls are now hoping to see a continuation move from this bounce. The last candlestick is fairly close to a bullish reversal hammer, however, bulls needed a bit more strength. [caption id="attachment_77687" align="aligncenter" width="2223"]...