
Bitcoin Consolidates between $60K and $70K, Analysts Wary of Potential Drop
Analysts suggest Bitcoin’s current consolidation phase could be beneficial for the bull run.
Analysts suggest Bitcoin’s current consolidation phase could be beneficial for the bull run.
Bitcoin miners saw a significant increase in earnings due to the Runes protocol. On the halving day, miner revenue soared to a record $107 million despite the 50% reduction in block rewards.
The Bitcoin race to $100K and beyond was triggered by the BTC halving event 2024 over the weekend amid heightened demand from institutional investors.
The price trajectory of Bitcoin has remained little unchained despite speculations and projections by different analysts before the halving.
Richard Teng cautioned that the extent of future growth will depend on various factors, including overall market sentiment and rates of adoption.
As Bitcoin price rebounded prior to options expiry, traders took advantage of negative funding rates to initiate long positions, leading to a recovery.
With Bitcoin’s recent price surge, it can be inferred that Schiff’s post questioning the leading cryptocurrency’s safe haven status may have been premature.
Breaking down the losses across different blockchains, BTC traders took the highest hit, with $4 million liquidated in the network in the last 24 hours.
Crypto whales have continued to defend Bitcoin’s support level around $61K ahead of the fourth halving over the weekend.
The speculations of these analysts underscore the previous opinion shared by Bloomberg Senior ETF Analyst Eric Balchunas.
A Bybit report suggests that the Bitcoin supply will be 2x scarce than gold after halving. With strong ETF demand, the Bitcoin reserves on centralized exchanges would last for nine months only.
Blockware Solutions analyst Mitchell Askew believes the upcoming Bitcoin halving event will turn out to be a buy-the-news event.
GBTC’s decline coincides with a recent downturn in the crypto market, resulting in Bitcoin price falling drastically.
Bitcoin price has struggled to rally beyond $72K despite its dominance against altcoins rallying further against all odds.
According to Crypto.com CEO, Bitcoin halving would be a buy-the-rumour, sell-the-news event. In the short term, it could lead to price volatility but would be overall positive in the long term.