The time between May 12th and May 23rd is a period ETHUSD bulls would want to forget. The second largest cryptocurrency fell from an all-time high of $4380 to as low as $1730. While some might consider crypto to be gold 2.0, crashes like that one reveal that the space is still a wild west…
Bitcoin Bears Needed a Catalyst. Tesla Obliged
Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced the company would stop accepting Bitcoin as payment due to environmental concerns. The EV-maker’s Bitcoin stunt lasted for just three months, apparently the time it took for its CEO to realize how inefficient and energy-consuming BTC mining is, something we wrote about in March. The price of Bitcoin, of course,…
Harmony Coin Draws Bullish Elliott Wave Setup
Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dogecoin, you name it. There are already thousands of cryptocurrencies in existence, most of which serving no other than speculative purpose. The fact that even the big guys on Wall Street can’t resist the urge to dip their toes in the space only makes retail investors more confident. We remain skeptical. Today, however,…
Bitcoin Can Never Be a Global Currency. Here’s Why
Bitcoin’s relentless rise in the past year forced even some its most vocal critics to throw in the towel. Kevin O’Leary, for example, used to call Bitcoin “garbage”, but recently said that he has 3% of his portfolio in BTC and ETH. And indeed, many, us included, have been calling Bitcoin a bubble for years,…
Bitcoin: When Prediction is Hard, You Can Still Prepare
Bitcoin bulls are in retreat, at last. After the cryptocurrency’s meteoric surge to $42 000 at the start of 2021, the price dipped below $29 000 earlier today. And since BTC is one of the most-widely followed assets these days, experts were quick to offer their views. J.P. Morgan analysts stated that $40k is a…
Ahead of Bitcoin ‘s 2017-Style Surge with Elliott Wave
Bitcoin is surging again. The cryptocurrency is approaching $16k in a rally reminiscent of the late-2017. Near-zero interest rates make speculative instruments such as Bitcoin very appealing. The BTC-as-an-inflation-hedge narrative is also helping the bulls right now with the Fed and ECB pumping cash into the financial system. But Bitcoin is far from a true…
Bitcoin Is Up 35% Since Christmas. Here is Why
The price of Bitcoin was hovering around $7200 on Christmas, down from $13 880 six months earlier. And while the majority of headlines were all doom and gloom, the cryptocurrency‘s price charts were telling a very different story. Bitcoin was down 48% from its recent top, but that wasn’t the time to join the bears.…
Financial Bubbles: A Short History (Infographic)
Markets go bust so often we somehow accepted that it is a fact of life. The truth is that financial bubbles can be forecast accurately and prevented successfully way ahead of time. Our friends at Fortunly explain that the life-cycle of a financial bubble always starts with emotional investing. Overblown asset valuations and irrational expectations…
Ethereum Price to Face an Important Decision Soon
Bitcoin has been unstoppable in 2019 and the old “to the moon” chatter is getting louder and louder once again. Ethereum – the second biggest cryptocurrency – has been delivering generous returns since the start of the year, as well. ETHUSD, currently hovering around $343, is up 325% from its December 2018 low of $80.90.…
Here is Why BTCUSD is Down 40% in Less than a Month
The price of Bitcoin is declining at an unprecedented speed. Less than a month ago, BTCUSD was hovering above $5500. Last week it fell to as low as $3210, prompting Peter Mallouk, chief investment officer at Creative Planning Inc., to call Bitcoin a “dead man walking”. However, the truth is it didn’t take a professional money manager…
Bitcoin Was Going “to the Moon”… And Then It Wasn’t
What a difference a year can make. This time last year Bitcoin was thought to be going “to the moon” by a great majority of people. BTCUSD was approaching the $20 000 mark at the time and financial gurus, hedge fund managers, celebrities and small individual investors alike were rushing to join the bulls. Many…
Bitcoin Selloff Crushes Bulls’ Faith in $6k Support
The last several months have been unusually quiet for the price of Bitcoin. The largest cryptocurrency first touched the support area near $6000 in February and has been testing it multiple times since. This support looked so strong for so long that traders and investors started believing BTCUSD was getting ready for the next major…
Elliott Wave Ahead of Bitcoin ‘s Goldman-Inspired Crash
Bitcoin was trading above $7400 on Wednesday morning, following a recovery from as low as $5880. Crypto investors hoped the rally will continue, but they could not predict that just a few hours later Goldman Sachs will say it is abandoning its plans to establish a cryptocurrency trading desk, citing the ambiguous regulatory environment as…
Bitcoin and BitMEX Trading Halt in Elliott Wave Context
Bitcoin shot up by over $400 in as little as 20 minutes today in a move some crypto experts attributed to a short squeeze during BitMEX’s scheduled maintenance. Unfortunately, BitMEX’s trading halt can explain the surge only in hindsight, which means even crypto experts did not expect it. For example, Don Le, CEO of ChainRock…
Bitcoin Falls Because of a 13th Century Mathematician
The price of Bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency out there, just fell to its lowest level since the start of the year. The previous major low of $5920, registered in early-February, has finally been breached. BTCUSD is currently hovering around $5850, which brings its total loss for the week to 9.3%. But why is Bitcoin crashing…
