The US Treasury Secretary, known for having an ill-opinion about the cryptocurrency, sat alongside his knee-shaking buddy, the Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, before the Senate Banking Committee on Thursday. He testified about the coronavirus’s impact on the US economy and how his office is planning to handle the situation by vouching for more stimulus.
For months, the Bitcoin price rose this year – regardless of a fast-spreading pandemic, the resulting economic turmoil, and poor evaluations by the mainstream media houses. Then, in September, the cryptocurrency came crashing down. It was March 2020 all over again, minus severity. Bitcoin established a year-to-date high near $12,500, started correcting lower on profit-securing…
Bitcoin fell below $10,000 this weekend even as a majority of crypto warriors on Twitter were expecting a supersonic price boom towards $13,000, $14,000, $15,000, $20,000, and beyond. That was obvious for most of us. Bitcoin had every ingredient to dish out a delicious bull run. A central bank that committed to raise inflation rates…
Bitcoin price came in the middle of uncertainty this week as investors waited for Jerome Powell, the Federal Reserve chairman, to deliver his keynote address at this year’s Jackson Hole Symposium, an annual retreat that sees global central bankers breaking bread over high-profile economic table-talks. Mr. Powell’s speech is set to become a benchmark of…
Bitcoin this week broke up its three-month-old relationship with the US stocks. The hottest cryptocurrency is now dating gold. A rebound relationship ensues. In non-Woody Allen’s terms, the short-term correlation between Bitcoin and the S&P 500 plunged this week – from 78.8 percent two weeks ago to 42 percent. At the same time, the cryptocurrency’s proximity with…
Last week, CoinStats discussed how Bitcoin investors should prepare for a stormy second half of 2020. So it appears, the raining has started in China. This Monday, the CSI 300 index, a collection of China’s most significant stocks listed in Shenzhen and Shanghai, surged 5.67 percent. It kept on rising higher further into the week, with…
It’s only halftime, and Bitcoin is leading the financial crisis sentiment by 1-0. During the first six months of the year 2020, the benchmark cryptocurrency experienced one of its biggest quarter-swings in more than two years. First, the coronavirus pandemic caused an unprecedented lockdown that soon resulted in a global market rout. Stocks fell, gold…
The relationship between the U.S. and China is on the verge of a breakdown. The global superpowers are battling each other on a range of geopolitical and macroeconomic issues – including trade, security, investment, Hong Kong, and the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic. The risks of such a situation are evident. At worst, they could…
The week began on a very negative note for the cryptocurrency industry. Matic, one of the first tokens issued via Binance Launchpad, witnessed one of the harshest crypto crashes. It plunged by up to 70 percent within a matter of two hours. The wild downswing led social media to scream price manipulation, with noted market…
Bitcoin is back in the news again. This time, due to all the bad reasons. The benchmark cryptocurrency earlier this month slipped by up to 38 percent from its local peak of $10,540, according to data provided by CoinStats’ cryptocurrency portfolio management app. Meanwhile, it remained stuck in a much larger downtrend after establishing $14,000…
