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Bitcoin price ‘macro top’? Not so fast — Data shows the real FOMO isn’t even here

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1 month ago

February 26, 2021

Bitcoin bears thinking that $58,000 was this cycle’s top will be sorely disappointed, fresh investment data from past bull markets shows.

Compiled by on-chain analytics resource Whalemap, statistics covering Bitcoin (BTC) buys of between $5 million and $7 million conclude that even at recent all-time highs, Bitcoin was far from a “macro top.”

“No FOMO in sight” for BTC

During the 2017 and shorter 2019 bull market, Bitcoin saw mass buy-ins of a similar size: $5million to $7 million.

When investments of that amount hit a peak, price action began to reverse, signaling the start of consolidation or a heavier retracement.

According to Whalemap, cash injections in that area have been far from their previous peaks this year, indicating that the current correction will likely be temporary and on par with BTC’s typical corrections during a bull run.

“Previous macro tops have occurred when thousands of transactions worth 5 to 7 million dollars each were flooding the blockchain. True FOMO,” researchers tweeted on Feb. 25.

“Currently, no such FOMO in sight for BTC.”

*Bitcoin $5 million to $7 million transaction volume vs. BTC/USD. Source: Whalemap/Twitter*

The expectation of further buy-ins supports existing data that came to light this week, notably from Coinbase Pro, which has seen multiple tranches of over 10,000 BTC leave its books for private or custody wallets.

The first negative premium on the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) since early 2017 may also point to the conclusion that the 2021 bull cycle still has a lot more room to run.

“Another significant Coinbase outflows at 48k. US institutional investors are still buying $BTC,” Ki Young Ju, CEO of fellow monitoring resource CryptoQuant, tweeted on Friday.

“I think the major reason for this drop is the jittering macro environment like the 10-year Treasury note, not whale deposits, miner selling, and lack of institutional demand.”

Liquidity grab?

The start of the turnaround may be sooner than many think. In his latest analysis, pseudonymous cryptocurrency trader Rekt Capital eyed the four-hour BTC/USD chart for proof of a turnaround.

“Pulls back but still holds the wick-to-wick Higher Low. Turn $46720 in to support (black) and BTC will move higher. Strong bullish divergences on the 4HR are appearing as well,” the trader commented alongside an annotated screenshot of the chart.

*BTC/USD 4-hour candle chart. Source: Rekt Capital/Twitter*

Speaking to Cointelegraph, the Whalemap team noted that in the short term, the spent output profit ratio (SOPR), which tracks overall market profit and loss, was indicating that a deeper sell-off is off the cards, at least for now.

“Hourly SOPR shows potential for at least a short term bounce,” they said.

Friday further sees a major expiry event on Bitcoin options, something that has dictated temporary downward pressure on BTC in the past.

The day’s low of $44,150, some say, was merely an attempt to suck up liquidity before the next leg higher.

“Yes, market dumped after ‘mega-whales’ sold into the rally (as warned), but since then, they have been buying dips!” observed the creator of exchange order book data analysis service Material Indicators.

“With stonks uncertainty, I don’t know how many more dips there will be, but they’re being bought!”

That “uncertainty” is being exacerbated by concerning trends in bond yields, Cointelegraph reported this week, with behavior seen as similar to before the global financial crisis of 2008.

Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-price-macro-top-not-so-fast-data-shows-the-real-fomo-isn-t-even-here

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Real Estate Giant Teams up with Gemini to Buy Bitcoin and Allow BTC Rent Payments

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54 mins ago

April 10, 2021

Republished by Plato

Caruso, one of the largest estate companies in the US, has entered the BTC space with an undisclosed investment. The organization also revealed it will begin accepting bitcoin as payment for rent following a partnership with Gemini – the cryptocurrency exchange founded by the Winklevoss twins.

Pay Rent with Bitcoin

Without specifying the precise amount, Caruso announced earlier that it had made a “significant initial investment” in the primary cryptocurrency as part of its treasury management strategy. The move has made the company “the first to adopt the technology in the real estate industry.”

The firm completed the purchase through a partnership with Gemini, a US-based cryptocurrency exchange and custodian. The innovation reinforced the company’s confidence in the digitizing space.

Additionally, the firm enabled its tenants to pay rent with bitcoin, should they choose to do so.

Rick Caruso, founder, and CEO of the company weighed in on the topic:

”We believe that cryptocurrency is here to stay. We believe that bitcoin is the right investment for us. We’ve allocated a percentage of what would normally go into the capital market into bitcoin.”

The billionaire went further and stated crypto is a long-term resolution and ”it’s not about the next year or five years”.

”We are thrilled to partner with Caruso as they continue to push the real estate sector to new heights by embracing cryptocurrency for the benefit of both their customer experience and their own business operations. We are excited to help them execute their digital asset treasury strategy and advise them more broadly throughout their cryptocurrency journey.” – commented Gemini’s CEO Tyler Winklevoss.

The Los Angeles-based company has become a part of the growing institutional adoption of bitcoin around the globe. According to experts, companies like MicroStrategy, MassMutual, Tesla, and more are a vital factor behind BTC’s recent price increase.

Bitcoin as a Form of Payment

While Caruso may be the first firm from the real estate industry to adopt BTC as a payment method, companies from other sectors have well preceded it. Most recently, the popular NBA team Sacramento Kings said it will give the option to its players to receive their salaries in the primary cryptocurrency.

Another fresh example is the UK private jet company – PrivateFly. The organization revealed that nearly 20% of its yearly payments were paid in bitcoin.

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Source: https://cryptopotato.com/real-estate-giant-teams-up-with-gemini-to-buy-bitcoin-and-allow-btc-rent-payments/

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Binance Coin, BitTorrent Token, Ontology Price Analysis: 10 April

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59 mins ago

April 10, 2021

Republished by Plato

Binance Coin registered huge gains in the past few weeks. BitTorrent Token could consolidate before seeing recovery, while Ontology could face selling pressure if it falls out of the rising channel it was trading within.

Binance Coin [BNB]

Binance Coin, BitTorrent Token, Ontology Price Analysis: 10 April

Source: BNB/USDT on TradingView

From March 25 to April 10, at the time of writing, BNB has climbed from $225 to $473. Using the Fibonacci tool for its move from $225 to $356, where BNB had faced some resistance in early April, extension levels were plotted. These levels have been reached, and more ambitious targets for BNB lie in the $550 region.

It is not out of the question that BNB reaches these levels, especially with the BNB quarterly burning set for later this month. On the hourly, the RSI continued to stay above neutral 50 to show an uptrend in progress, and no divergence was seen. The Stochastic RSI was dropping toward oversold territory.

BitTorrent Token [BTT]

Source: BTT/USDT on TradingView

On the hourly chart, BTT broke out of a descending channel but was rejected at the $0.01 resistance level. Sometimes, breakouts from descending channel consolidate within a range before reaching toward the peak of the channel.

This could be what is happening for BTT. It has resistance at $0.01 and support at $0.0075. The breakout point at $0.0085 is also likely to serve as support.

Trading volume was trending downward. The Awesome Oscillator showed bearish pressure was present, although it was not strong.

Ontology [ONT]

Source: ONT/USDT on TradingView

ONT was also trading within a channel, but this one was ascending. Again, the short-term outlook placed ONT right beside a level of importance. There was resistance for ONT at the $2.05 level, and support from the lower boundary of the rising channel.

ONT began trading within this pattern about three days prior to the time of writing. A session close beneath the channel would likely see ONT face further selling pressure to take it to the base of the channel at $1.72. THE OBV has been on an uptrend in recent days but the MACD was beginning to drop.

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Source: https://ambcrypto.com/binance-coin-bittorrent-token-ontology-price-analysis-10-april

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IOTA co-founder discloses Coordicide’s release date

Published

2 hours ago

April 10, 2021

Republished by Plato

The cryptocurrency market has seen the altcoins surge despite the correction witnessed in the short term. IOTA, the altcoin ranked 27th on CoinMarketCap, has grown dramatically on the charts right from the start of the month.

IOTA co-founder Dominik Schiener recently did one of his systematic AMA sessions. He elucidated some of the most important concepts about the development of IOTA and its updates, Chrysalis and Coordicide.

To begin with, Schiener answered a question about the challenges that IOTA 2.0 or Coordicide might face in its deployment process. One of the issues faced by the group of developers was to discover and fix bugs on major components.

The co-founder further shared his optimism on the progress in the AMA session.

“Coordicide will fully decentralize IOTA. On the theoretical side we are doing very well to deliver what is promised which is a fully decentralized IOTA. I think the biggest risk is the implementation.”

At this very moment, IOTA targetted Q4 of this year as a tentative date for Coordicide’s rollout. However, this depends largely on the results of the incentivized testnet, Schiener said:

“A lot of that will depend on how well the incentivized testnet goes, that’s why we always say that the incentivized test network is the most important part of Coordicide. That’s where the research combines with the implementation to test in an open environment.”

Furthermore, Schiener addressed concerns regarding data sharding. The Value Tangle team, just like the Coordicide team, reviewed all the “paths” and possible implementation of this component. Schiener stated:

“I think when it comes to sharding, if I had to sum it up, I think the biggest risk is going to be building a solution that is going to kill IOTA adoption. In a similar way of how they said the biggest risk to Ethereum is Ethereum 2.0.”

What’s interesting to note here, is the analogy with ETH and ETH 2.0.

Keeping all the risks in mind, Schiener concluded:

“With that in mind, the team have received feedback from their corporate partners to create a solution that the market wants. In large part, Chrysalis will be the culmination of that feedback.”

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Source: https://ambcrypto.com/iota-co-founder-discloses-coordicides-release-date