Bitcoin options data shows sub-$17K BTC price gives bears a $200M payday on Friday

Bitcoin (BTC) crashed below $16,000 on Nov. 9, driving the price to its lowest level in two years. The 2-day correction totaled a 27% downtrend and wiped out $352 million worth of leverage long (buy) futures contracts. To date, Bitcoin price is 65% down for 2022, but it’s essential to compare its price action against the world’s biggest tech companies. For instance, Meta Platforms (META) is down 70% year-to-date, and Snap Inc. (SNAP) has dropped 80%. Furthermore, CloudFare (NET) lost 71% in 2022, followed by Roblox Corporation (RBLX) and Snapchat…

Bitcoin Bounces On Lower Than Expected CPI Data

Bitcoin has taken 10% back in a dramatic move following the announcement of October CPI data. CPI came in below expectations, causing a melt up in risk assets including cryptocurrencies. Take a look at the video below: VIDEO: Bitcoin Price Analysis (BTCUSD): November 10, 2022 Before suggesting any type of bottom is in, more downside could still be ahead, with this recent movement being nothing more than a bearish retest. Did The Drop Fill Out A Bullish Wedge Pattern? The downward move might have filled out a massive bullish wedge,…

FTX appears to have resumed withdrawals Blockchain data shows

According to data from Etherscan on Nov. 10, troubled cryptocurrency exchange FTX appears to have resumed withdrawals. The exchange’s hot wallet address, which has remained inactive after FTX announced on Nov. 8 it would be halting all user withdrawals, has resumed activities as of 3:50 pm UTC. Blockchain data shows that multiple types of tokens and large sums of transactions have since left the hot wallet, which has a balance of $469 million at the time of publication.  Earlier today, Sam Bankman-Fried, CEO of FTX, stated on Twitter that FTX…

Bitcoin price gains $1K in minutes as CPI data deals DXY fresh 2% dip

Bitcoin (BTC) surged $1,000 in five minutes before the Nov. 10 Wall Street open as United States inflation and jobs data boosted risk assets. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView CPI comes in lowest since the start of 2022 Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD climbing to daily highs of $17,782 on Bitstamp. The pair was just hours from a more-than-two-year low below $15,700 at the time, taking its 24-hour low-to-high to 12.8%. At the time of writing, BTC/USD circled $17,400 with volatility still rampant as…

Here Are The Most Recent Stats & On-Chain Data

Is this the beginning of the end for FTX and Alameda Research? Or will both organizations come out stronger on the other side? As NewsBTC reported, Binance’s CZ smelled blood in the water and announced his exchange was selling their FTT reserves. That created a sort of a bank-run that left FTX in a dangerous position. Are both of the Sam Bankman-Fried-led organizations’ destinies tied to the FTT token? Or will they be fine even if it falls? In the most recent Bitcoin Magazine Pro report, they describe the current…

Goldman Sachs Launches Data Service to Help Investors Analyze Crypto Markets – Finance Bitcoin News

Global investment bank Goldman Sachs has launched a new data service in collaboration with MSCI and Coin Metrics to help investors analyze crypto markets. The new system is “designed to provide a consistent, standardized way to help market participants view and analyze the digital assets ecosystem,” Goldman detailed. Goldman Sachs’ New Crypto Classification System Global investment bank Goldman Sachs announced Friday “the launch of Datonomy, a new classification system for the digital assets market,” in collaboration with global index provider MSCI and crypto data firm Coin Metrics. The announcement details:…

The market is hot, but Solana is not — Data explains why SOL price is lagging

Solana (SOL) has been in a steady downtrend for the past 3 months, but some traders believe that it may have bottomed at $26.80 on Oct. 21. Lately, there’s been a lot of speculation on the causes for the underperformance and some analysts are pointing to competition from Aptos Network. Solana price at FTX, USD. Source: TradingView The Aptos blockchain launched on Oct. 17 and it claims to handle three times more transactions per second than Solana. Yet, after four years of development and millions of dollars in funding, the…

Bitcoin Price Surges As U.S. October Jobs Data Comes To Light

The level of price fluctuation in Bitcoin and crypto market is sometimes very discouraging. Many cryptos in 2022 have continually lost value, while others record more pullbacks than rallies. This situation has been the bane of the market since the start of the inflation growth. Currently, bad news in the macroeconomic environment might affect crypto prices. For instance, releasing inflation data usually leads to a price crash. That’s why the general market usually dreads the days when the Feds make the announcements. Latest US Data Affects Crypto Prices As usual,…

Traders expect 200% upside from MATIC, but does Polygon network data support that?

In the past year, Polygon (MATIC) has focused on growing their list of high-profile partners which includes luminaries like Disney, Starbucks and Robinhood. The recent announcements of partnerships with both Instagram and JPMorgan have speculators pushing the token price up nearly 200%.  In addition to partnerships, blockchain adoption through network usage is important to analyze. Blockchain adoption can be analyzed by looking into daily active users of the blockchain, protocols using the technology, number of transactions and total locked value. Total value locked on Polygon rises above $1B Total value…