Bloomberg Intelligence senior commodity strategist Mike McGlone says Bitcoin's (BTC's) relative discount to its high hash rate in October — the largest since the first quarter of 2020 — could soon see Bitcoin return to "its propensity to outperform most assets." In an Oct. 19 Twitter post, the Bloomberg analyst suggested that Bitcoin's ever increasing hash rate — a measure of the processing power and securit of a blockchain — relative to its price points to "to risk/reward leaning favorably." Many believe that in theory Bitcoin's hash rate should go up relative to its price. McGlone pointed to a graph …
Bitcoin miners are accumulating Bitcoin (BTC) as the network hash rate continues to recover, according to on-chain analytics provider Glassnode. In its Sept. 20 Week on Chain report, Glassnode stated that miner BTC balances are increasing, with wallets associated with miners having stockpiled 14,000 BTC (worth roughly $600 million) over the past six and a half months. The report also noted that the bull markets of 2020 and 2021 have seen miners hold onto a larger portion of their rewards than in previous market cycles. Miners usually sell BTC to cover their expenses, including electricity bills and hardware. The trend …
China’s ongoing crackdown on Bitcoin (BTC) mining resulted in a mass relocation of mining operations out of the country and it has led to a more than fifty percent drawdown in the Bitcoin network hashrate from an all-time high of 197.9 exahash per second (ehash/s) on April 15 to its current rate at 97 ehash/s. One token that was hit especially hard by the hashrate drop was the Bitcoin Standard Hashrate Token (BTCST), a project that collateralized the Bitcoin hashrate with each token representing 0.1 TH/s of Bitcoin mining power. Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView shows that BTCST …
Analysts at Bloomberg Intelligence predict that Bitcoin (BTC) “has further to fall,” Bloomberg reported Nov. 16. “Bitcoin’s no longer boring” declares Bloomberg, before stating that analysts predict the price could fall as low as the $1,500 point, a further 70 percent drop in the coin’s price. Bloomberg cites hedge fund founder Travis Kling saying that he “didn’t sleep well” because of the potential turmoil in wider crypto markets due to the recent Bitcoin Cash hard fork: “There’s a small chance that, it’s difficult to estimate, that something really bad could happen related to Bitcoin Cash that could then impact the …
Bitcoin (BTC) starts the last week of “Uptober” in a firmly average mood as the trading range to end all trading ranges continues to stick. After a welcome attempt to break out, BTC/USD remains bound to a narrow corridor now in place for weeks. Some of the lowest volatility in history means that Bitcoin has found a temporary function as a "stablecoin" — even some major fiat currencies are currently more volatile. The longer the status quo drags on, however, the more convinced commentators are that a major trend change will enter. This week is as good as any, they …