Bitcoin Price Could End The Year Further Lower, Key Resistance Intact

Bitcoin price is struggling to clear the $17,000 resistance. BTC remains at a risk of more downsides below the $16,000 support zone before the year end. Bitcoin is showing bearish signs below the $17,000 and $17,200 resistance levels. The price is trading below $16,700 and the 100 hourly simple moving average. There was a break above a connecting bearish trend line with resistance near $16,610 on the hourly chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Kraken). The pair could resume its decline if it stays below the $17,000 resistance…

Chainlink Nears Crucial $6 Level As LINK Ushers In The New Year

Chainlink (LINK) has recently announced its new tie-up with Blueberry, which is set to automate and enhance the build and LP strategies of the network. With this collaboration, Blueberry is developed to provide incentives and network fees. LINK price down 0.85% Partnership with Blueberry bolsters buyer confidence Crypto experts expect LINK to go bullish before the year ends According to data by Coingecko, LINK price has plunged by 7.5% in the last seven days, and trading at $5.55 as of this writing. Technical indicators demonstrate that the coin has lost…

Worst year for US stocks and bonds since 1932

It’s been a torrid year for investors, and not just those in crypto, with United States (U.S.) bonds experiencing their worst year in centuries and U.S. stocks pulling back nearly 20% since 2022 began. As of Nov. 30, a Financial Times report noted that a traditional portfolio consisting of 60% stocks and 40% bonds will have seen its worst performance since 1932, when the U.S. was in the midst of the Great Depression. Nominal return for US stocks and bonds from 1871-2022. Source: Financial Times. Meanwhile, tech stocks, which some…

Mike Novogratz calls Helios a ‘transformative acquisition’ for Galaxy

Galaxy Digital Holdings CEO Mike Novogratz has called the Helios mining deal a “transformative acquisition” for the firm as it works to increase its exposure to the Bitcoin mining sector. The crypto investment firm’s $65 million acquisition of Argo Blockchain’s flagship mining facility was announced on Dec. 28 as part of Argo’s drastic action to stave off bankruptcy. Tweeting about the deal on Dec. 29, Novogratz emphasized that Galaxy is a “strong believer” in the long-term future of Bitcoin (BTC) and the company will continue to ramp up its mining…

Crypto’s recovery requires more aggressive solutions to fraud

It’s hardly an exaggeration to say that our industry is facing tough times. We’ve been in the midst of a “crypto winter” for some time now, with the prices of mainstays, including Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH), tumbling. Likewise, monthly nonfungible token (NFT) trading volumes have fallen more than 90% since their multibillion dollar peak back in January of this year. Of course, these declines have only been exacerbated by the numerous black swan events rocking the crypto world, such as the FTX and Three Arrows Capital meltdowns. Taken together,…

Nobel Prize Laureate Paul Krugman Compares Tesla to Bitcoin — They ‘Have More in Common Than You Think’ – Featured Bitcoin News

Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman says Tesla may have more in common with bitcoin than you think. He explained that Tesla sales have depended in part on the perception that CEO Elon Musk “is a cool guy” while the price of bitcoin is “being sustained by a hard-core group of true believers.” Paul Krugman Compares Tesla to Bitcoin Paul Krugman, who won the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel in 2008 for his analysis of trade patterns and location of economic activity, published an opinion…

What’s Next For Algorand Price As Coin Continues Downtrend?

The Algorand price has been downward for quite a few months now. The coin has fallen by 1.8% over the last 24 hours. The coin has lost over 4.7% of its market value in the past week. Algorand had been consolidating on its chart over the last few weeks, but the consistent lateral trading has pushed the bulls out of the market. The technical outlook has sided with the bears, with no clear indication of the price turning around in the coming trading sessions. Ever since ALGO lost the $0.28…