This week on The Market Report, the resident experts at Cointelegraph discuss the real reasons behind the recent price pump in the market. Can this lead to a $25,000 Bitcoin (BTC) and beyond, or will some unforeseen event ruin the party? Tune in to find out. We start off this week’s show with the latest news in the markets: Stablecoin data points to ‘healthy appetite’ from bulls and possible Bitcoin rally to $25K Bitcoin rallied 11% between Jan. 20 and Jan. 21, reaching the $23,000 level and shattering bears’ expectations for a pullback to $20,000. Even more notable is that …

Ether's (ETH) rally versus Bitcoin (BTC) is not only showing signs of exhaustion, but is also in danger of breaking below a key technical support level. ETH slides vs. BTC in second half of January The ETH/BTC pair declined nearly 9.25% on Jan. 24 from its local top of 0.0779 BTC established on Jan. 11. Since the start of the year, Bitcoin is slightly outpacing Ether in USD terms, rising 38% versus 35%, respectively. Interestingly, Ether's pullback versus Bitcoin has landed its price at the bottom of its EMA ribbon range, as shown below. The EMA ribbon indicator shows numerous …

Cathie Wood's Ark Invest offloaded a chunk of its Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) shares since November's Bitcoin (BTC) price lows, the latest data shows. Cathie Wood's Ark short-term cautious on GBTC Ark Invest added 450,272 GBTC shares worth $4.5 million to its ARK Next Generation Internet ETF (ARKW) in November 2022. At the time, GBTC was trading in the $7.46-$9.48 range versus $12.25 in January 2023. GBTC price, of course, recovered alongside Bitcoin, rising roughly 40% from its November lows. The recovery in January also helped reduce the GBTC "discount" from nearly 50% to 40%, according to YCharts. Interestingly, the …

The two-week-long Bitcoin (BTC) winning streak has finally come to an end after the cryptocurrency formed its first red candle on Jan. 18. The day prior, BTC was shaping up to match or even beat its November 2013 record of 15 consecutive days of positive price movement, the longest of such streaks in its history. While the record wasn’t beaten, Bitcoin did post the longest win streak since the 2013 record in a “ridiculous” run up according to some commentators on Twitter. #Bitcoin - One red daily candle doesn't erase 2 weeks of bullish green candles. We needed one already, …

The beginning of 2023 has provided Bitcoin (BTC) with bullish indicators and the rally to a year-to-date high at $21,647 has crypto traders hopeful that the worst part of the bear market has ended. The surge effect of BTC’s bullish price action is also carrying over to Ether (ETH) and Bitcoin mining stocks. The reduction in Bitcoin Fear and Greed index to neutral is possibly driven by volume increases, Bitcoin on-chain data and BTC price decoupling from equities markets. While not all analysts believe a market bottom is in, let’s dive into the data. Trading volume and volatility return Bitcoin’s …

This week on The Market Report, the resident experts at Cointelegraph discuss whether the recent and long-awaited Bitcoin (BTC) price rally is a bull run and the beginning of the next bull market or whether it is just a bull trap and investors should be cautious. We start off this week’s show with the latest news in the markets: Bitcoin price breakout or bull trap? 5K Twitter users weigh in Bitcoin is trading at its highest levels in over two months, but the phrase on every trader’s lips is “bull trap.” After delivering 25% returns in a single week, BTC/USD …

Bitcoin (BTC) shows the potential of stretching its ongoing price recovery to $25,000 by March, based on a mix of bullish technical and macro indicators. Bitcoin price exits descending channel range First, Bitcoin's potential to hit $25,000 comes from its exit from a prevailing descending channel range. A bull run or bull trap? — Cointelegraph (@Cointelegraph) January 16, 2023 Notably, the BTC price broke out of the range late last week while accompanying a rise in its trading volumes. The cryptocurrency's move upside also pushed the price above its resistance confluence, comprising a psychological price ceiling of $20,000 and its …

The highly-referenced Bitcoin Fear and Greed Index moved into neutral territory over the weekend following several months of fear. On Jan. 15, the index reached a neutral level of 52, its highest since April 5. The move follows a 24% gain for the BTC over the past seven days. The market sentiment tracker hit a multi-year low of 9 in June 2022. Since then it has been hovering between 20 and 30 in the “Extreme Fear” category. Furthermore, it registered its longest-ever streak of extreme fear in mid-2022, as reported by Cointelegraph. The fear and greed index uses “motions and …

Gold and stocks have underperformed in 2022, but the year has been difficult for Bitcoin (BTC) investors, in particular. Worst year for Bitcoin since 2018 Bitcoin price looks prepared to close 2022 down nearly 70% — its worst year since the crypto crash of 2018. BTC's depressive performance can be explained by factors such as the Federal Reserve hiking interest rates to curb rising inflationary pressures, followed by the collapse of many crypto firms, including Terra, Celsius Network, Three Arrow Capital, FTX, and others. Some companies had exposure to defunct businesses, typically by holding their native tokens. For instance, Galaxy …

The chaos we’ve experienced in global markets this year — global geopolitical upheaval magnified by the confluence of broken supply chains, inflation and heavy national debt loads — seems to signal the beginning of a new era. All of this is within the context of the United States dollar serving as the primary global reserve currency, currently accounting for about 40% of global exports. But monetary history tells us that multiple global reserve currencies can exist at one time. Many countries are actively seeking a reserve settlement that is insulated from global political strife. Bitcoin (BTC) may fit the bill, …

Bitcoin (BTC) price is showing notable resilience at the $17,000 level, and according to data from Glassnode, a number of metrics that track the pace of selling and the on-chain behavior of investors are beginning to show a reduction in the factors that trigger sharp sell-offs. The FTX bankruptcy fueled a historic sell-off resulting in $4.4 billion in realized Bitcoin losses. By analyzing realized losses with the daily weighted average metric, Glassnode analysts found that the on-chain losses are subsiding. According to Glassnode, Bitcoin hit an all-time low in the realized profits versus losses ratio. Toward the end of the …

The value of Bitcoin (BTC) is being touted to drop as low as $5,000 in 2023 according to Standard’s Chartered global research head and chief strategist. As initially reported by Bloomberg, a note to investors published on Dec. 4 from the multinational bank’s chief strategist Eric Robertsen weighed-up a potential drop in Bitcoin’s value correlated with a surge in physical Gold. Robertsen outlined prospective scenarios for 2023 that could see interest rate reversals from hikes in 2022, further cryptocurrency sector bankruptcies and negative sentiment towards the market. This could include further downside for Bitcoin next year, with a 70% decline …