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A new report indicated Bitcoin ETFs could release $600 billion in new demand — double Bitcoin's current market cap. Here's some math behind the estimates. A United States appellate court directed the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in August to reassess its denial of Grayscale's application for a Bitcoin exchange traded fund (ETF). A little-noted consequence of that decision is that it could open the floodgates for $600 billion in new cash to enter the crypto currency market. ETFs provide investors with a regulated way to gain exposure to different asset classes, including Bitcoin (BTC). The approval of a Bitcoin ETF could democratize investment in the crypto currency sector, drawing parallels to how the iShares MSCI Brazil ETF and the VanEck Brazil Small-Cap ETF have democratized investing in the Brazilian market. Despite some hurdles, market analysts anticipate potential Bitcoin ETF approval by early 2024. A Bitcoin ETF could unlock an estimated $600 billion i...

Bitcoin’s current price action leaves much to be desired, but multiple indicators point to what could be a generational buying opportunity for patient investors. Bitcoin (BTC) price action suggests that the asset remains in a precarious position and a recent report from ARK Invest said that short-term Bitcoin investors had no choice but to capitulate in August as the percentage of Bitcoin supply in profit fell by 14 percentage points.  Bitcoin market sentiment and monthly valuation change in August. Source: ARK Invest Although many traders view significant price dips as buying opportunities at this point in the Bitcoin halving cycle, a notable bearish move was Bitcoin’s price falling below its 200-week moving average for the first time since June 2023. As shown in the chart below, the 200-WMA generally acts as a key support level during major downtrends and ARK suggests that any future bearish catalysts could see BTC price fall as low as $20,300 where its realized price currently r...

The Dollar Index disconnect from Bitcoin does not necessarily mean that BTC price is about to experience a big rally, historic data suggests. There is a common belief that when the U.S. dollar declines relative to other main global currencies, as measured by the Dollar Strength Index (DXY), the impact on Bitcoin (BTC) is positive, and vice versa. For instance, the DXY index dropped from 103.0 on Jan. 2017 to a 92.6 low on Aug. 2017, while Bitcoin rallied from $1,000 to $4,930 in the same period. But is there enough evidence to justify a bull run similar to 2016–17, as some analysts are arguing? But is there enough evidence to justify a bull run similar to 2016–2017, as some analysts are arguing? Is the Bitcoin-dollar inverse trend real? Traders and influencers frequently warn about this negative correlation and how a reversal of DXY will likely push the Bitcoin price higher. Investment research @GameofTrades_ recently posted a chart presenting the pattern in early 2023 and then rep...

The bullish rise of Bitcoin and other altcoins in January helped the Nasdaq Crypto Index to register its third-highest monthly gain. Bitcoin’s bullish surge in January has helped the Nasdaq Crypto Index to register its third-highest monthly gain, with a 38% surge. The cryptocurrency market started the year on a bullish note, defying major bearish market outlooks. Bitcoin (BTC) and a number of altcoins touched new multi-month highs as inflation cooled off.  Nasdaq Crypto Index monthly price chart Source: Google NCI recorded its third-biggest monthly gain since its inception in February 2021. The crypto asset index was launched by Brazilian asset manager Hashdex in partnership with the United States stock exchange. The index consists of eight cryptocurrencies: Bitcoin, Ether (ETH), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Litecoin (LTC), Chainlink's LINK, and Stellar's Lumen (XLM), among a few others. BTC has the highest weightage in the index , with 69.8%, followed by ETH (27.08%). The rest of t...