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Crypto Market’s Outlook for Next Week: Is a Severe Crash Waiting for Traders?

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3 weeks ago

March 10, 2023

Crypto Market’s Outlook for Next Week: Is a Severe Crash Waiting for Traders?

The crypto market has witnessed a severe plunge this week, and traders are now wondering if the market has reached its bottom or if another crash is on the horizon. As several macro events continue to shake the industry, the next week is crucial as several game-changing events will take place, determining the crypto market’s movement in the upcoming week.

Volatile Sessions Will Rule The Market

Today, the crypto market witnessed a massive selloff as investors identified risks after the collapse of the crypto-friendly bank Silvergate. Moreover, President Joe Biden’s proposed budget aims to “reduce mining activity” and could potentially subject crypto miners in the United States to a 30% tax on their electricity costs, resulting in a negative impact on the crypto space’s future.

The U.S. jobs data is under close scrutiny by traders, who are looking for signs of strong growth like in January with a low unemployment rate. Recently, the Labor Department released data showing that the U.S. economy added 311,000 jobs in February, with the unemployment rate increasing to 3.6 percent. The gain in jobs exceeded economists’ expectations, potentially increasing pressure on the Federal Reserve to accelerate rate hikes.

This could result in an extension of rate hikes and a 50-bps rate hike announcement this month. However, doubts over the Fed’s monetary policy in the upcoming months will be clarified after the release of U.S. CPI inflation data on March 14.

Hence, a rate hike after 14 March will eventually bring more volatility for crypto assets and lower the demand from investors willing to invest in the sector.

Bitcoin To Determine Next Week’s Trend

If the Fed comes up with strict monetary policies and rate hikes to combat the high inflation rise, it may significantly affect Bitcoin’s price and plunge the asset with another crash to the $15K level.

As of writing, Bitcoin price trades at $20K, with a decline of over 7% in the last 24 hours. The sharp decline in the BTC price chart has forced other assets to witness a similar meltdown. Over the past day, Dogecoin, Shiba Inu, Solana, and XRP have all experienced losses of approximately 10%, 9.20%, 9.50%, and 8%, respectively. The global crypto market also saw a downturn, falling by almost 8% and dropping below the $1 trillion mark for the first time since mid-January to reach $918 billion.

If the crypto market comes across another bad news next week, it may plunge Bitcoin’s price to December levels near $16K, marking another crash for the industry.

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Bitcoin Surges By More Than 37% Against US Dollar This Week, Taps $28K On Sunday

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2 weeks ago

March 19, 2023

Jamie Redman

Bitcoin Surges By More Than 37% Against US Dollar This Week, Taps $28K On Sunday

Bitcoin reached a high of $28,422 per unit on Sunday at around 3 p.m. Eastern Time as the leading cryptocurrency has continued to rise during the last week. Since last Sunday, bitcoin has increased in value by 37.9% against the U.S. dollar, and the cryptocurrency’s overall market capitalization has swelled to $546 billion.

Global Cryptocurrency Market Valuation Increases by 1.11% to $1.18 Trillion; Bitcoin Dominance Remains Above 45%

At just before 3 p.m. ET on March 19, 2023, bitcoin (BTC) surpassed the $28,000 zone, rising to $28,422 per unit on Sunday afternoon. Presently, the leading cryptocurrency’s value is hovering within that region, at just above $28,300 after meandering just below it at $27,925 per unit. Bitcoin has gained more than 37% against the U.S. dollar in seven days, and over the last 24 hours, it has increased roughly 3.5% higher.

Currently, there are $42.9 billion in global bitcoin trades out of the $203 billion in trade volume among all digital assets in existence. While bitcoin reached a high of $28,422 on Sunday, it also saw a low of $27,009 per unit during the course of the day. Bitcoin has $23.94 billion left to surpass Tesla’s market capitalization of $569.94 billion to become the tenth-largest asset by market valuation.

The global cryptocurrency market valuation was $1.18 trillion on Sunday, a 1.11% increase over the past day. The last time bitcoin was trading above the $28,000 region was in June 2022, following the collapse of the Terra blockchain and UST. Current statistics also show that the second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap, ethereum (ETH), jumped 1.7% higher over the past day and 24.3% over the past week.

Out of the $1.18 trillion in value, bitcoin’s dominance on Sunday is 45.7%, while ethereum’s is 18.8%. Bitcoin’s top ten trading pairs on Sunday include Tether (USDT), BUSD, USD, KRW, EUR, JPY, USDC, TRY, GBP, and CHF. In addition to bitcoin surpassing the $28,000 zone, there is also a small ‘Kimchi premium’ in South Korea, with bitcoin trading for $200 more per unit in the country than most crypto exchanges abroad.

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US Could Be Hit by Potential Hyperinflation Soon-Will Bitcoin’s (BTC) Price Make It to $100K?

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2 weeks ago

March 16, 2023

Sahana Vibhute

US Could Be Hit by Potential Hyperinflation Soon-Will Bitcoin’s (BTC) Price Make It to $100K?

The crypto space appears to have relaxed a bit as the prices of the popular tokens have been consolidating within a very narrow range. Bitcoin, the star cryptocurrency, appears to be accumulating gains as it prepares to fly past previous highs very soon. Hence, the altcoins may also begin with a fresh bullish wave as the possibility of the global crypto market cap achieving the milestone of $2 trillion appears to be pretty high.

But how will the BTC price reach $100k? And by when?

The US economy has been badly hit by the ripple effects of the fallout from the major banks in the state. Although customers are assured they will get access to their funds, the stability of the banks continues to remain shady. In the meantime, JP Morgan, a leader in investment banking, raises the possibility of the FED releasing an emergency loan.

According to JP Morgan, the Fed’s emergency loan program may inject as much as $2 trillion of funds into the US banking system.
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As per the reports, the FED may soon inject $2 trillion into the US banking system to stabilize the prevailing crisis. This facility is likely to be used by the largest banks, which may help the centralized banks recover from their losses.

The reserve balances at the FED had depleted, but they spiked since the beginning of 2020 and marked highs during the first half of 2021. This was when the inflation rates began to surge. The rates, which were 1.40% in January 2021, soared to 9.06% in July 2022, which was the highest in the past 42 years!

One needs to take note that this was the time when the crypto markets underwent a massive bull run where Bitcoin prices soared from around $10,000 to as high as $69,000. Now that the FED is preparing to inject $2 trillion into the economy, the dropped inflation rates may rebound and surpass the 2022 highs.

This may be when the US could be hit with hyperinflation, resulting in a bull run in the crypto markets. Many tokens may rise more than 10x to double their ATH as the BTC price is assumed to hit $100K then!

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Bitcoin (BTC) breaks $25k mark, a day after breaching $24k

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1 month ago

February 16, 2023

Priya NV

Bitcoin (BTC) breaks $25k mark, a day after breaching $24k

Bitcoin breached the $25,000 mark for the first time since June 2022
The coin has maintained the upward momentum, which it gained yesterday after breaking past the $24,000 level

Bitcoin (BTC), the king coin, has broken another level within a span of 24 hours. The largest cryptocurrency by market cap breached the $25,000 mark, a day after the coin broke another key level. The coin reached a high of $25,256 on Coinbase, as per the data presented on Trading View. The coin’s price has retracted ever since it peaked at this level.

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According to CoinMarketCap, Bitcoin was trading at $24,790 at press time and saw an uptrend of over 8% in the past 24 hours. The cryptocurrency registered a market cap of over $482 billion and had a market dominance of 42.8%.

Bitcoin (BTC) price | TradingView

Notably, the current level of Bitcoin was last seen in June 2022. Additionally, the coin added the additional numbers just a day after it swung past $24,000, a level first seen since August last year.

Speaking about the new breach, Cameron Winklevoss, co-founder of Gemini, stated that Bitcoin’s price levels have surpassed the lows it registered post-FTX collapse in November 2022. At the time, the king coin saw a sharp decline, with BTC’s price collapsing from the $20k level to the $15k level within a few days. Winklevoss said,

“Bitcoin just broke 25k, price levels well above pre-FTX collapse. A clear signal that our industry is moving beyond this painful chapter — we will not be defined by it. We are back to building the future.”

Bitcoin short holders take the losing end

The coin’s rise in the market has left Bitcoin’s short traders on the losing end of the stick. According to Coinglass, the ratio of long/short positions for BTC saw the long position holders topple the short position holders. The ratio was at 1:16, with over 53% of traders taking a long position, and over 46% of traders still holding a short position.

BTC Long/Short Ratio | Coinglass

Moreover, over $7 million was liquidated in the past hour. And, the total liquidation of short positions as of February 16 was $26.81 million.