For bitcoin, a stronger dollar outlook means more people will likely prefer to hold the buck, said one analyst. Photo: AP Bitcoin fell to a 6-month low on Tuesday, breaking a key support level of $30,000. Cryptocurrencies were broadly under pressure on Tuesday morning amid a market sell-off. Analysts said a strengthening dollar and a global move to de-risk investments was hitting the asset class. Bitcoin (BTC-USD) was down about 5.6% to trade at $29,834 (£21,832) on Tuesday morning in London…. Source link
Read More »Bitcoin Drops Below $30K for First Time in 4 Weeks
Bitcoin dropped below $30,000, breaking below a trading range that had held for the past four weeks and potentially setting up the largest cryptocurrency for deeper price declines. The cryptocurrency was trading around $29,998 at press time and is down about 5% over the past week. Bitcoin has been locked in the broad price range of $30,000 to $40,000 since mid-May, and briefly broke below the $30,000 mark on June 22. The cryptocurrency fleetingly traded at $29,700 a day after the People’s… Source link
Read More »Bitcoin Resumes Slide Toward $30,000 as Crypto Confidence Ebbs
(Bloomberg) — Bitcoin’s selloff accelerated Monday, pushing it closer to $30,000 once again. The world’s largest digital coin, down as much as 3.3% at one point during the session, continues to ebb closer to the pivotal round-number level, trading around $30,628 as of 9:41 a.m. in New York. Chartists are watching to see if it breaks below that support, which could exacerbate its decline and set it up for its lowest close since the start of the year. The retreat comes amid a broader… Source link
Read More »Bitcoin Drops as Investors Buy $22K and $20K Puts
Bitcoin is falling a day after the options market saw increased demand for out-of-the-money or lower strike put options at $22,000 and $20,000. The leading cryptocurrency was trading at a three-week low of $30,700 at press time, representing a 3.5% drop on the day. The decline has flipped the crucial 50-week simple moving average (SMA) support of $32,250 into resistance. On Sunday, 500 contracts of the $22,000 put option expiring on Dec. 31 changed hands via the institution-focused… Source link
Read More »Bitcoin Trending Lower With Possible Break of $30K Support
Bloomberg Bitcoin Resumes Slide Toward $30,000 as Crypto Confidence Ebbs (Bloomberg) — Bitcoin’s selloff accelerated Monday, pushing it closer to $30,000 once again.The world’s largest digital coin, down as much as 3.3% at one point during the session, continues to ebb closer to the pivotal round-number level, trading around $30,628 as of 9:41 a.m. in New York. Chartists are watching to see if it breaks below that support, which could exacerbate its decline and set it up for its lowest… Source link
Read More »Bitcoin Heads for Its Worst Weekly Close in Over a Month
Bloomberg Crypto Insiders Posit Bitcoin Price Floor Around $30,000 Level (Bloomberg) — Bitcoin has been grinding lower in a trading range just above $30,000, prompting cryptocurrency insiders to flag the round number as a potential floor for the virtual coin.Crypto prognostication is fraught with risk, not least because Bitcoin’s price has roughly halved from a record high three months ago. Even so, some in the industry are coalescing around $30,000 as a support point, citing clues from… Source link
Read More »When to buy and sell bitcoin? It’s ‘exactly the opposite’ of stocks: DataTrek
Bitcoin was trading for well over $60,000 in April, after making an astounding run from $11,000 in October. But after a tough first half of May, it’s been at about $33,000 as the crypto buzz died down. The cycles of bitcoin’s (BTC) popularity are a hallmark of the digital asset, so far at least, and despite its novelty, it’s old enough (12 years) for some patterns to have emerged. Though there’s no guarantee that what comes next won’t be different, hedge fund veteran and co-founder of… Source link
Read More »Ohio turns Bitcoin green with nuclear energy deal
Ohio has launched itself headlong into reducing Bitcoin’s carbon footprint after signing a five-year deal with Bitcoin mining company Standard Power to provide a nuclear-powered mining centre. The operation will be live from December 2021 and will produce so-called ‘green Bitcoins’. Ohio has successfully bid to host the state-of-the-art facility in Coshocton in an effort to boost the number of tech jobs in the region. Energy Harbor Corp is an independent power producer, fully integrated… Source link
Read More »Bitfarms Provides Bitcoin Production Update
TORONTO, Ontario and BROSSARD, Québec, July 14, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Bitfarms Ltd. (“Bitfarms”, or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: BITF // TSXV: BITF), a publicly traded Bitcoin mining company, currently powering an estimated 1.5% of the Bitcoin network with greater than 99% green hydroelectricity, today announces a Bitcoin production update. Mining Production Highlights as of July 12, 2021 Using green hydroelectricity, Bitfarms mined 1,357 Bitcoin in the first six months of 2021, the… Source link
Read More »Visa Approves Australian Startup to Issue Debit Cards for Spending Bitcoin
Australians will soon be able to spend crypto via existing brick-and-mortar point-of-sales with the issuance of a new physical debit card, the Australian Financial Review reported Wednesday. Global payments giant Visa has approved local Australian startup CryptoSpend to begin issuing debit cards for the startup’s users. Those using the CryptoSpend app can then pay using their bitcoin and other supported crypto at retail stores and hospitality venues. Instead of needing to convert from crypto… Source link
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