Massive Volume Pushes Bitcoin Briefly Above $22,500: Here’s Why There’s A Spike In Activity

Massive Volume Pushes Bitcoin Briefly Above $22,500: Here’s Why There’s A Spike In Activity

After being in the red for over a month, the largest digital currency by market capitalization, Bitcoin BTC/USD, has pared some of its losses and is trading up about 12% higher over the past week, making a brief high of $22,527 along with a spurt in volumes on July 8, before settling back to around $21,700 levels.

Experts caution the unexpected price uptick as a “one-off event” that is most likely a reaction to crypto exchange Binance’s decision to eliminate fees on BTC spot trading, and that it in no way signals a price reversal.

No substantial reason for price surge

Anndy Lian, Chief Digital Advisor to the Mongolian Productivity Organization, tells Benzinga the sudden price surge in BTC is unsustainable as there is no catalyst for the move.

“The only piece of good news that is closely linked to the surge would be Binance’s zero fees Bitcoin promotion. There were many people who were trying to gain VIP tiers, which resulted in a massive transaction volume. That volume can be subjected to wash trading and manipulations,” he says, adding that the incident is one-off.

Liquidation of leveraged short positions

Even as the price of BTC surged despite the lack of any significant announcement, Glassnode’s futures shorts liquidations metric reveals a substantial number of liquidations of leveraged short positions – from $10.23 million to $29.42 million between July 6 and 7, which could have exerted bullish pressure to propel BTC above the $22,500 level.

BTC price likely to fall back down

Raj Kapoor, founder and CEO of India Blockchain Alliance says given the crypto’s history of volatility, this uptick is in no way a long-term reversal and that BTC’s price is likely to fall back down.

“The uptick was accelerated when Binance put an offer [of] zero-fee trading for Bitcoin, with plans to eliminate the charges for more tokens in the future.  This was followed up with a stock market rally following the release of the Federal Reserve’s minutes,” Kapoor said.

Experts point out that the crypto market may not have hit the bottom as yet due to fears of a recession, several crypto deals falling apart, surging inflation, geopolitical crises, and rising interest rates. These concerns continue to drive extra short-term volatility in the crypto and stock markets.

Higher currency outflows

Exchange outflows have risen from 20,495 BTC against 18,648 exchange inflows on July 3, according to Glassnode. While on July 7, there were 50,966 BTC in exchange outflows against 43,601 BTC in exchange inflows.

Higher exchange outflows have led to higher buying pressure for BTC, with most of the volumes coming in from the retail segment. Metrics from Santiment, point to a significant downside in the supply held by whales since July 4, indicating that whales have been gradually reducing their positions as the price of BTC climbs higher.

Economic downturn priced in

Sharat Chandra Vice President of Research and Strategy at EarthID, says BTC has begun exhibiting decisive price action as investors have priced in the incoming data about an economic downturn.

“Lack of liquidity coupled with lower trading volume accounts for Bitcoin’s intraday activity. Bitcoin prices will continue to be volatile depending on the incoming data about the impending recession,” Chandra says.

BTC surge with high volumes increases optimism

Jenny Zheng, NFT Business Development Lead at Bybit, tells Benzinga that BTC’s hourly chart gives an optimistic outlook and a 4-hour chart suggests a double bottom formation, signaling a bullish price movement ahead.

“The volumes were only on Binance. This could be because of the removal of Bitcoin spot trading fees on its anniversary. But such action has certainly triggered more buys for Bitcoin on other exchanges too. This is reflected in various communities that I am in,” Zheng says.

 

Original Source: https://www.benzinga.com/markets/cryptocurrency/22/07/28009285/bitcoin-briefly-above-22-500-experts-remain-wary

Anndy Lian is an early blockchain adopter and experienced serial entrepreneur who is known for his work in the government sector. He is a best selling book author- “NFT: From Zero to Hero” and “Blockchain Revolution 2030”.

Currently, he is appointed as the Chief Digital Advisor at Mongolia Productivity Organization, championing national digitization. Prior to his current appointments, he was the Chairman of BigONE Exchange, a global top 30 ranked crypto spot exchange and was also the Advisory Board Member for Hyundai DAC, the blockchain arm of South Korea’s largest car manufacturer Hyundai Motor Group. Lian played a pivotal role as the Blockchain Advisor for Asian Productivity Organisation (APO), an intergovernmental organization committed to improving productivity in the Asia-Pacific region.

An avid supporter of incubating start-ups, Anndy has also been a private investor for the past eight years. With a growth investment mindset, Anndy strategically demonstrates this in the companies he chooses to be involved with. He believes that what he is doing through blockchain technology currently will revolutionise and redefine traditional businesses. He also believes that the blockchain industry has to be “redecentralised”.

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Dogecoin up 40% in 3 weeks! Is there more steam left?

Dogecoin up 40% in 3 weeks! Is there more steam left?

New Delhi: For the last few weeks, Dogecoin has been the cryptocurrency to watch out for. The largest memetoken has rallied about 40 per cent in the last three weeks.

Dogecoin was flying high after the reports surfaced that Elon Musk owns a 9.2 per cent stake in the micro blogging website Twitter. This makes Musk the largest shareholder in the company.

The stake in Twitter of Elon Musk, who is fondly called as the ‘Doge Father’ by fans, propelled a strong rise in the Dogecoin prices, with speculators flocking to the memetoken.

Dogecoin hit $0.1553 levels on Tuesday, rising more than 5 per cent in the last 24 hours. Its marketcap topped the $20 billion mark, after a long period, the data from Coinmarketcap suggested.

However, the popular crypto token is trading about 77 per cent below its all-time peak of $0.6848 hit in June 2021. On a year to date basis, the crypto token has tumbled about 20 per cent.

However, market experts believe that Dogecoin is likely to continue to have positive momentum and the gains will sustain, on both technical and fundamental basis.

Vikram Subburaj, CEO of Giottus Crypto Exchange, said that Elon Musk’s Twitter investment has led Dogecoin to break out from a bearish structure with price action forming higher lows and higher highs.

“Doge has retested the trendline resistance and has held as support. Overcoming resistance at $0.175 and $0.195 will further indicate signs of strength. Doge faced rejection at these levels during its downtrend,” he added, decoding the charts.

There is no dearth of those who are expecting Dogecoin to do a ‘Twitter’ again and expecting the crypto asset to deliver solid returns in the near future. A number of players see Dogecoin as synonymous with Musk.

Echoing the similar tone, Anndy Lian, Chairman, BigONE Exchange said, “Twitter stock has rallied about 25 per cent after Elon Musk’s stake in the social media company. Speculators are expecting Dogecoin to have a similar impact if not more.”

Despite being a vocal critic of Twitter, Musk has been flirting with the possibility of having his own platform. Many now are expecting Musk to, perhaps, buyout Twitter.

A few market experts believe that Musk’s push is the major driving factor behind the rally in Dogecoin, whereas others said that is not all about Musk only. The memecoin has an army of faithful believers, who are the driving force.

“Dogecoin is tied to Musk’s actions on the positive side while it remains volatile and influenced by wider market structure in a downtrend,” Subburaj added.

The trading volumes of Dogecoin have been astronomical as the Doge token worth more than $2.57 billion exchanged hands in the last 24 hours, registering a rise of 125 per cent. There are more than 132.67 billion Dogecoins in circulation.

Shivam Thakral, CEO of BuyUcoin said that Dogecoin is the most popular Memecoin, and finds robust support from the mercurial figures like Elon Musk.

“The recent tweet by Elon in support of the German travel site ‘GetYourGuide’ announcing that Dogecoin will be accepted as a mode of payment sparked investor interest in Doge,” he added.

Market experts advise investors to be cautious while investing the memecoin. Dogecoin remains a volatile investment with no fundamental utility, they say.

“We advise investors to stick to a certain set of crypto assets according to their risk appetite given no possibility of offsetting losses from one crypto to another in the new tax regime,” said Subburaj from Giottus.

Lian from BigONE suggested investors look for the long term. “For those who are dealing with derivatives, monitor the price carefully and start off with lower leverages,” he cautioned the traders.

Anndy Lian is an early blockchain adopter and experienced serial entrepreneur who is known for his work in the government sector. He is a best selling book author- “NFT: From Zero to Hero” and “Blockchain Revolution 2030”.

Currently, he is appointed as the Chief Digital Advisor at Mongolia Productivity Organization, championing national digitization. Prior to his current appointments, he was the Chairman of BigONE Exchange, a global top 30 ranked crypto spot exchange and was also the Advisory Board Member for Hyundai DAC, the blockchain arm of South Korea’s largest car manufacturer Hyundai Motor Group. Lian played a pivotal role as the Blockchain Advisor for Asian Productivity Organisation (APO), an intergovernmental organization committed to improving productivity in the Asia-Pacific region.

An avid supporter of incubating start-ups, Anndy has also been a private investor for the past eight years. With a growth investment mindset, Anndy strategically demonstrates this in the companies he chooses to be involved with. He believes that what he is doing through blockchain technology currently will revolutionise and redefine traditional businesses. He also believes that the blockchain industry has to be “redecentralised”.

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