This week MicroStrategy, a Nasdaq-listed company, announced that it had added 16,796 Bitcoin (BTC) to its existing holding of 21,454 Bitcoin. This means in less than a year the firm has amassed 38,250 Bitcoin. This is a defining moment as MicroStrategy becomes the first public company to adopt a Bitcoin standard. Other large companies may follow in MicroStrategy’s footsteps but they are likely to purchase at much higher levels according to Datavetaren, a pseudonymous software engineer. CNBC Mad Money host Jim Cramer also suggested that he might place 1% of his portfolio into Bitcoin as he considers gold ‘dangerous’. During …

Most retail traders find it difficult to go against the herd and buy when the market is down. They generally wait for the price to recover and for improvements in sentiment before jumping in. By doing this, retail traders typically miss the larger part of relief rallies and pocket a smaller profit. On the other hand, professional investors capitalize on sharp corrective moves by purchasing if they believe that the fundamental long-term trajectory remains intact. Daily cryptocurrency market performance. Source: Coin360 New research by OKEx Insights and Catallact indicates that retail traders were “shaken out” by Bitcoin’s (BTC) crash in …

In recent weeks, most of the cryptocurrency market has been doing poorly except for a few select altcoins. One of them is Yearn.finance (YFI), which was discussed in an earlier article. The other large-cap cryptocurrency doing well is Binance Coin (BNB), as the token of the cryptocurrency exchange dropped to $18 and immediately ran to $32 within one week. This is a rally of 80% in a matter of days and, therefore, ripe for technical analysis to gauge where BNB may be headed next. Crypto market daily performance. Source: Coin360 Binance Coin faces final resistance before test of all-time highs …

This week Digital Assets Data CEO Mike Alfred told Cointelegraph that mainstream investors are still “skeptical of Bitcoin and the ecosystem." However, Alfred believes that this “skepticism and disbelief” will turn out to be a positive for Bitcoin (BTC) because when the “traditional folks capitulate, they will be forced by their clients and partners to get involved at significantly higher prices." While Bitcoin has struggled to start a sustained uptrend in the past few weeks, select altcoins and tokens in the DeFi space have been in a strong bull run. This shows that traders attention has shifted away from Bitcoin. …

The President of the European Central Bank (ECB) Christine Lagarde said that the coronavirus pandemic has acted as a catalyst in boosting the adoption of digital payments in the European Union. Lagarde expects the majority of the consumers to continue using digital services even in the future. In order to support the digitalization, the ECB has formed a task force, which is “exploring the benefits, risks and operational challenges” of developing a digital euro and is expected to announce its findings within the next few weeks. While a central bank digital currency might build up consumer interest in the short-term, …

The short-term gyrations in crypto and stock prices are usually based on sentiment and technicals, while the long-term trends generally follow stronger underlying fundamentals. Therefore, if the fundamentals do not weaken, smart investors view short sharp corrections as a buying opportunity. Data suggests that large investors, oftentimes dubbed ‘whales’, have been accumulating Bitcoin (BTC) since March. Along with them, several new small traders have also been buying Bitcoin and this suggests that retail and high net worth traders believe that Bitcoin will work as a store of value during the next crisis. Daily cryptocurrency market performance. Source: Coin360 Morgan Stanley’s …

Corrections are healthy for the strength of an uptrend because they shake out the excess exuberance and provide an opportunity to the traders who missed the bus earlier to make an entry at lower levels. About 68 crypto investors did the same thing when they used the recent dip to purchase anywhere between 1,000–10,000 Ether (ETH). Buying against the prevailing short-term negative sentiment during a correction is not an easy task but it is generally the right thing to do if the medium-term trend is bullish. Daily cryptocurrency market performance. Source: Coin360 Tops and bottoms are confirmed only in hindsight, …

The Nasdaq, S&P500 and Dow all corrected sharply on Sep. 3 and opened today with additional downside, suggesting that traders are rushing to the exit. Bitcoin (BTC) and several other major altcoins have also witnessed a strong bout of profit booking that has pulled down the total crypto market capitalization from $394 billion on Sep. 2 to about $339 billion today. Even gold, which is a traditional safe haven asset, has not been spared and lost ground in the past two days. This shows that traders are booking profits in every asset class that has run-up in the past few …

The U.S. stock market continues to hit new all-time highs while gold, which acts as a safe haven asset has retreated from it's all-time highs. This suggests that there sentiment is to own risky assets. Meanwhile, Bitcoin (BTC), which at times behaves as an uncorrelated asset, remains stuck in a range. However, with the U.S. presidential elections approaching, the volatility in all the markets is likely to pick up. If President Donald Trump is re-elected, then there is unlikely to be a huge change in the current economic policies. If Joe Biden wins the election, then economists, traders and corporations …

The U.S. stock market is on track to clock its best August performance since 1984. Meanwhile, Bitcoin (BTC) is attempting a positive close for the month after having declined consecutively in August 2018 and August 2019. However, gold futures and the U.S. dollar index (DXY) have not been in favor, as both could end the month in the red. Berkshire Hathaway disclosed a 5% stake each in five leading Japanese trading companies, and just a few days back, the company announced that it had a stake in a gold mining company. Daily cryptocurrency market performance. Source: Coin360 Max Keiser of …

In his speech on Aug. 27, U.S. Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell said that the central bank will allow inflation to stay above its 2% target level if the figure has been languishing below that level for a long time. Some analysts believe that this could mean no rate hikes for at least five years. In response to the speech, the U.S.dollar index (DXY) resumed its downtrend while gold is trading in the black. This shows that traders believe that the central bank’s change in strategy could debase the dollar further, hence, the demand for gold as a store of …

On Thursday, U.S. Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell is expected to deliver an important speech that will highlight a new strategy of targeting “average inflation.” This means that the Fed might allow inflation to overshoot the 2% target temporarily if it has spent a long time below that level. If the Fed adopts this new strategy, it could keep interest rates near zero for five years or more, according to a Bloomberg report. The abundant liquidity is likely to drive asset prices higher across the board and create bubbles that will eventually burst. If this occurs, investors are likely to …