First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Slips Below $39K
The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Jan. 23, 2024.
The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Jan. 23, 2024.
Over half of the profits accumulated by short-term bitcoin holders have been wiped out, Bitfinex analysts said in a Tuesday note.
Savvy traders are looking for signs of capitulation in the spot and perpetual futures market, and renewed demand for calls when calling market bottom and trend reversal higher.
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index and the CSI 300 both responded to Beijing’s plan to reboot China’s domestic stock market, but bitcoin remains in the red.
The CD20/USDC perpetual futures traded at a premium to the index price early Thursday, indicating a bullish broader market sentiment.
The rise of bitcoin and ethereum, and more favorable macro conditions, could be good news for altcoins this year, says Todd Groth, head of research at CoinDesk Indices.
Perpetual futures based on the index at crypto exchange Bullish, which owns CoinDesk, could help the CoinDesk 20 become a widely followed benchmark akin to the 128-year-old Dow Jones Industrial Average.
ETFs could open up a line of trading avenues centred around arbitrage, options and financing, Hayes said.
The cumulative volume delta (CVD) indicator show traders from Binance have led the so-called “sell-the-fact” pullback in bitcoin.
Much has changed since the Winklevoss filed unsuccessfully for the first Bitcoin ETF in July 2013.