Bitcoin Surge Blasts $170M in Bearish Shorts as BTC Price Targets $48K
Short traders betting against higher bitcoin (BTC) prices lost some $90 million on Tuesday alone, adding on to the $70 million in short liquidations on Monday.
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Investment Advisor Two Prime Sees $2B in Demand for Bitcoin-Backed Loans
“We have seen about $2 billion in demand for bitcoin-secured loans since we started offering them in September, ” Two Prime’s Alexander Blume said.
Solana’s Rally Marshalled by Buyers From Coinbase, Data Shows
SOL has gained over 50% in two weeks with buyers from Coinbase playing a major role in powering the cryptocurrency higher.
‘Santa Rally’ Could Propel Bitcoin to $56K by Year-End, Matrixport Says
“Bitcoin continues to offer upside potential, and a +65% year-end rally would lift prices back to $56,000,” Thielen added.
Crypto Assets Under Management Jump to $31.7B; SOL-Based Products Rise 74%: CCData
Bitcoin-based products have increased their market share to 73.3% from 70.5% amid optimism over the possible approval of a spot-price exchange-traded fund.
Can You Use Crypto YouTube Channels to Time the Market? Yes, Says Delphi
Tracking changes in the viewership and subscriber base of popular crypto-related YouTube channels can offer insights into retail investor sentiment and impending market trends.
Bitcoin Bulls Should Switch to Call Options, Crypto Services Provider Matrixport Says
Lower volatility has made option prices cheaper, Matrixport’s Markus Thielen said.
Large Crypto Token Unlocks Drive Prices Lower Within Two Weeks, Research Suggests
Unlocks that free up large amount of liquidity relative to average daily trading volume yield a deeper decline in the token’s price within two weeks after the event, research by The Tie shows.
Bitcoin Unlikely to Be Destabilized by Real Yields, Crypto Observers Say
The rise in real yields is more of a headache to blue chip stocks than to markets like technology or crypto and will not disrupt the medium-term growth story, one observer said.
Bitcoin-Ether Correlation Weakest Since 2021, Hints at Regime Change in Crypto Market
As Ethereum has shifted from PoW to PoS, the economics of supply and demand underlying the two cryptocurrencies will continue to diverge, one observers said.