In less than one month, the Bitcoin network has added nearly one million wallets that hold a non-zero balance. According to data presented by Glassnode, in late February, the number of non-zero wallets on the network dipped from around 44.2 million to around 43.8 million by February the 23rd. However, this metric has since enjoyed a ferocious recovery to a new record high of 44.778 million as of Wednesday the 15th of March.
Bitcoin looks set to finish Wednesday’s session broadly unchanged in the mid-$24,000, handing market participants some much-needed time to catch their breath after a hectic seven days of price action. This time last week, Bitcoin had just dropped back under $22,000 for the first time in over three weeks, weighed alongside downside in US stocks amid concerns about Fed tightening.
A growing narrative amongst crypto and traditional asset class investors that Bitcoin might actually be a viable safe haven against potential turmoil in the traditional fiat-based fractional reserve banking system has helped propel the BTC to fresh multi-month highs versus its major altcoin peers this week.
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An Argentinian bitcoiner and blockchain industry insider has claimed that Bitcoin (BTC) and crypto should not be equated – and has explained that BTC could one day surpass gold as a trading commodity.
Bitcoin’s latest resurgence, which saw the world’s largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization hit a new nine-month high in the mid-$26,000s on Tuesday, has been accompanied by a number of key technical and on-chain indicators roaring back to health and once again send a bullish BTC signal.
Digital asset investment products saw their highest-ever weekly outflow last week, according to the latest Digital Asset Fund Flows Weekly Report released by CoinShares. The $255 million in net outflows amounted to 1.0% of total assets under management (AuM) fleeing from the space.
After falling another 1% on Friday to take its week-to-date losses above 10%, Bitcoin (BTC) is now oversold, according to the widely followed 14-Day Relative Strength Index (RSI) indicator. BTC/USD was last changing hands in the $20,100s, having dipped as low as the $19,500s earlier in the session, with its RSI last just above 28.
In wake of Bitcoin’s latest slide below the $21,000 level on Thursday as traders mull headwinds including a growing liquidity crisis amongst major crypto-friendly banks and ongoing macro headwinds as the US Federal Reserve signals risks, Bitcoin options have turned their most pessimistic on the cryptocurrency’s near-term price outlook this year.
As the bankruptcy proceedings of Mt. Gox continue, new developments have emerged regarding the Mt Gox Investment Fund, the exchange's largest creditor. According to reports, the fund has no intentions of selling the tokens it is due to receive later this year.
A deadline for when creditors to the collapsed bitcoin (BTC) exchange Mt. Gox can register their payment method to receive claims is coming up on Friday this week.
The positive correlation between the Bitcoin price and US stock prices, which reached a record high in 2022, is fading. The Bitcoin bulls will be hoping that this decoupling bodes well for Bitcoin, given it might mean that the US stock market’s ongoing struggles might be becoming less of a headwind for the world’s largest cryptocurrency.
Cryptocurrency markets have slipped on Tuesday in tandem with US stock prices as US yields and the US dollar rise in wake of hawkish commentary from US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell at the first day of his semi-annual testimony before the US Congress on Tuesday.
A key indicator of profitability in the Bitcoin market just turned negative, a bearish sign according to some analysts. In wake of Bitcoin’s latest price dip back to the $22,000 area, the 30-day Simple Moving Average of the average Spent Output Profit Ratio (aSOPR) recently fell back below 1, as seen in the below chart presented by crypto data analytics firm Glassnode.