Bitcoin (BTC) begins a new week still under $20,000 — one which promises to give traders the excitement they have been looking for. After another very similar weekly close, BTC/USD is still waiting for the breakout from its multi-week trading range. The move has been long in the making, but so far, the market has lacked the catalyst to make it happen — support and resistance zones have remained unchallenged. This week, that might all change — the list of economic data prints due in the coming days is impressive, while geopolitical instability is gathering momentum in Europe as the …

It has been difficult for Bitcoin (BTC) and the cryptocurrency markets to start a strong sustained recovery while the United States dollar is near its multi-year high and the U.S. equities markets are near their June lows. This shows that the sentiment remains negative and traders are not interested in taking on risk in their portfolios. The U.S. equities markets fell sharply on Oct. 7 following the release of September’s nonfarm payroll data but they did manage marginal gains for the week. The S&P 500 rose 1.5% and the Nasdaq Composite climbed 0.7% last week. Meanwhile, Bitcoin is on track …

Bitcoin (BTC) stayed near the lower end of its trading range into Oct. 8 after bulls failed to recoup macro-induced losses. $20,000 disappears into weekend Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD circling $19,500 at the time of writing. Lows of $19,340 appeared on Bitstamp the day prior before consolidation began. The pair had seen swift, if predictable, downside accompany United States unemployment numbers, crypto markets copying equities while the U.S. dollar gained. Michaël van de Poppe, founder and CEO of trading firm Eight, described the unemployment rate as “way lower than expected.” “This week economic's data was …

This week, Bitcoin (BTC) raised investors’ hopes and then left them high and dry again. Traders placed a majority of their attention on BTC price pushing through a long-term descending trendline resistance, but according to Cointelegraph analyst Ray Salmond, “BTC price simply ‘consolidated’ its way through the trendline by trading in a sideways manner where price has been range bound between $18,500 and $24,500 for the past 114 days.” At the time of writing, BTC’s price continues to battle at $20,000, and it’s uncertain whether or not the level will hold as support. Data from on-chain analytics firm Whalemap shows …

The United States nonfarm payrolls increased by 263,000 in September, marginally below the Dow Jones estimate of 275,000, but the unemployment rate dropped to 3.5% compared to the forecast of 3.7%. Some analysts believe the report shows that the jobs market remains strong in spite of the Federal Reserve’s efforts to slow down the economy and that could encourage the Fed to go ahead with another aggressive rate hike in its next meeting in November. This led to a sharp fall in the U.S. equities markets on Oct. 7. Although Bitcoin (BTC) has traded in close correlation with the U.S. …

Bitcoin (BTC) saw rejection at a key area of whale resistance into Oct. 7 as its strict trading range continued. Charts point to impending breakout Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD staging two attempts to crack $20,400, both meeting rejection. The pair had crisscrossed the $20,000 mark during the week, with neither bulls nor bears able to effect significant trend disruption. For Michaël van de Poppe, founder and CEO of trading firm Eight, that could be about to change. “Big day today, unemployment data coming out,” he told Twitter followers on the day about forthcoming United States …

Bitcoin (BTC) adoption by governments and companies remains a dubious question and the “digital gold” thesis proposed by advocates faced harsh critics after Tesla sold 75% of its holdings in the second quarter of 2022. Larger entities buying or selling Bitcoin have always moved the needle on how close countries are to using cryptocurrencies as a store of value. Currently, the average purchase price of El Salvador’s Bitcoin holdings stands at $45,000, making it a rather unprofitable investment. Regardless of how long adoption by the large institutional holders will take, and its subsequent impact on price expectations, it is possible …

Traders’ sentiment about Ether (ETH) has noticeably improved as the price rallied 7.5% from Oct. 2 to Oct. 6, but the price recapturing the $1,350 level was not compelling enough to trigger any bullish activity from derivatives traders. Ether price is still 32% below the $2,000 level last seen on Aug. 14 and the network’s average transaction fee stood near $2 after the Merge. The most significant upgrade on the Ethereum chain happened on Sept. 15, switching from energy-intensive mining technology to a set of validators required to deposit 32 ETH in staking. Although necessary to implement future sharding or …

Bitcoin (BTC) stayed rangebound at the Oct. 6 Wall Street open with traders already planning for a “violent” breakout. Bitcoin whale activity highlights the importance of $19,000 Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView followed BTC/USD as it moved up and down by only a matter of a few hundred dollars on the day. $20,000 formed a focus for the pair, which meandered in step with consolidating U.S. equities and dollar strength. With no spot catalyst in sight on short timeframes, on-chain analytics resource Whalemap turned to largescale buy and sell points to sketch out likely support and resistance. To …

Bitcoin (BTC) reclaimed and held $20,000 into Oct. 6 as the latest rebound punished short speculators. Bitcoin preserves "important" $19,600 zone Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD bouncing from local lows of $19,740 on Bitstamp around the Oct. 5 Wall Street open. The pair then reversed prior losses, leading early shorters into $20 million in liquidations in 24 hours. At the time of writing, Bitcoin traded around $20,250, having gone on to reach $20,447 on the day. Michaël van de Poppe, CEO and founder of trading firm Eight, had flagged the lows as a suitable entry point. …

Australian-based Web3 game studio Ninja Syndicate's CEO and founder believes GameFi could usher in a new era where users can earn a living wage through blockchain games. Speaking to Cointelegraph, founder John Nguyen and CEO Alex Dunmow say that traditional jobs are increasingly at risk through factors such as automation. According to the game developers, blockchain games can and are playing a vital role for people to earn a living in the digital world through play-to-earn (P2E) and move-to-earn. The process often requires significant work, but Dunmow says many mainstream triple-A games already feature "grinding for hundreds of hours," though …

The Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan has had a “massive chilling effect” on the local cryptocurrency market, bringing it to an effective “standstill,” according to a recent report. Blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis in an Oct. 5 report stated the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region saw the largest crypto market growth in 2022 but noted that Afghani crypto dealers had three options: “flee the country, cease operations, or risk arrest.” The report states after the Taliban seized power in August 2021, crypto value received in August and September that year spiked to a peak of over $150 million, then fell …