Crypto analyst EXCAVO has alluded to the potential Litecoin ETFs and how they spark a massive price surge for LTC. The analyst also revealed how high LTC could rally to at the end of this bull cycle thanks to these ETFs. How The Litecoin ETFs Could Drive LTC’s Price To $800 In a TradingView post, EXCAVO highlighted the Litecoin ETFs as one of the factors that could drive LTC’s price to $800 at the end of the cycle. He noted that Litecoin is just a fork of Bitcoin, and there is not much technology in it. However, he added that a decentralization and adoption issue is occurring, making LTC a suitable candidate for a potential ETF. Related Reading: Meet The New King Of Crypto Payments: Why Users Are Choosing Litecoin Over Bitcoin The analyst indicated that these Litecoin ETFs are one of the bullish fundamentals that could send LTC to this price target. Grayscale. Canary Capital and CoinShares have all applied with the SEC to offer a Litecoin ETF. According to Bloomberg analysts Eric Balchunas and James Seyffart, there is a 90% chance of the US SEC approving these funds this year. As such, if approved this year, these Litecoin ETFs could easily send the LTC price to $800, as EXCAVO predicted. Meanwhile, from a technical analysis perspective, the analyst also stated that the crypto has a standard triangle with horizontal resistance on top. He added that such resistances tend to break out strongly. As such, the analyst is confident that LTC can reach $800 in this cycle thanks to its bullish fundamentals and technicals. EXCAVO also alluded to the LTC/BTC pair, noting that the fall has stopped and the bottom has been minimized. In line with this, he remarked that he expects an upward jump soon enough. LTC Is Headed To $180 In The Short Term In an X post, crypto analyst Dom opined that the Litecoin price is headed to $180. This came as he explained why he doesn’t believe LTC has topped in this cycle. Alluding to historical patterns, the analyst asserted that Litecoin’s chart is nothing like a topping formation. He added that tops have always been put in quickly. Related Reading: Forget Bitcoin Holders: Litecoin Investors Are The Real Diamond Hands, According To This Metric Dom also remarked that Litecoin’s price is bullish, above the all-time high (ATH) Volume-weighted average price (VWAP). However, he added that a full invalidation would be an acceptance below $103. Meanwhile, crypto analyst Crypto Bullet highlighted how “LTC will fly soon.” His accompanying chart showed that the Litecoin price could reach $210 when this parabolic rally happens. Crypto analyst Charting Guy is also bullish on Litecoin, describing it as XRP 2.0, indicating that it could make a comeback like XRP did last year. At the time of writing, the Litecoin price is trading at around $123, down almost 1% in the last 24 hours, according to data from CoinMarketCap. Featured image from iStock, chart from Tradingview.com
Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas warned that an imminent change in the SEC leadership could shake things up.
According to Bloomberg, the Bitcoin and Ether options trading platform may be worth up to $5 billion.
Bloomberg Intelligence expects MicroStrategy’s stock, MSTR, to join the Nasdaq 100 index later in December, with an announcement to come as soon as this week.
The two analysts had their fingers on the pulse of one of crypto’s biggest financial stories of 2024.
MicroStrategy saw more trading volumes than the US spot Bitcoin ETFs combined as its shares tanked over 25% on Nov. 21.
The role would be the first-ever crypto-specific White House role and may report directly to Trump, Bloomberg reported.
The combined daily trading volume of shares in MicroStrategy, Coinbase and Bitcoin ETFs hit $38 billion as Bitcoin breached $89,000.
The management of bankrupt crypto exchange FTX has launched a lawsuit against American financier Anthony Scaramucci and his hedge fund company SkyBridge Capital to recoup funds invested by the exchange’s former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF). This legal action forms part of major efforts by the FTX bankruptcy estate to recover ill-spent funds by the previous […]
In an interesting development, the creator of the fraud NFT collection “Mutant Ape Planet” Aurelien Michel is set to avoid a prison sentence following a recent court ruling. However, the defendant has been ordered to forgo over $1 million as punishment for conducting a rug pull. Related Reading: NFT Market Down 92%, Analyst Thinks This […]
Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has announced plans to issue more licenses for crypto asset exchanges by the end of 2024. This decision comes after a five-month evaluation period, during which only three platforms received full licenses and 11 held provisional licenses, raising initial concerns about the possibility of further approvals. Related Reading: […]
Circle chief executive officer, Jeremy Allaire has confirmed that the stablecoin issuing company remains committed to launching an initial public offering (IPO). Interestingly, these comments have come amidst a controversial report on Circle’s biggest competitor Tether. Related Reading: Tether Proposes Bold Plan: Boron-Backed Tokens For Turkey’s Market—Here’s Why Circle Financial Standing Strong, No Need For […]
The world’s largest asset manager, BlackRock, aims to expand its foray in the digital asset industry following the successful launch of spot Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs in 2024. In a new venture, the American asset manager is attempting to push the adoption of its money-market token BUIDL as a collateral asset in the crypto derivative […]
A portfolio manager says market participants are a bit too optimistic about an aggressive Fed interest rate cut, which could pose risks.
Amid Bitcoin (BTC) continuous struggle for a major rally to new heights, miners powering the Bitcoin network are experiencing significant economic shifts. Particularly, recent data shows a stark reduction in Bitcoin reserves held by miners, signaling potential shifts in market stance or miner strategies. Related Reading: $0 Flows: BlackRock Unshaken Despite Recent Bitcoin Market Crash, Data Shows Bitcoin Miner Reserves: A Plunge To 3-Year Low Following the latest Bitcoin Halving—an event that reduced the block rewards miners earn for their computational efforts—which occurred back in April, the total Bitcoin reserves held by miners have plunged to a three-year low. The data shown by Kaiko revealed that as of August 3, BTC miner reserves witnessed a notable plunge to roughly 1,510,300 BTC, marking a 2.4% decrease from the peak earlier in December 2020. This reduction translates to an estimated value of $86 billion, accounting for about 8% of all BTC currently in circulation. In its latest report citing Kiako, Bloomberg attributes this decline in the miner’s reserves to the increased sell-offs from the miners ahead of the recent halving. These sales have been primarily driven by the need to cover operational costs amidst reduced income from block rewards. The report read: The main source of revenue for crypto-mining companies such as CleanSpark Inc. and Riot Platforms Inc. was dramatically reduced by the halving. The preprogrammed update slashed rewards the firms get from validating blockchain data, which is referred to as mining. Although it is worth noting that the network fees on the Bitcoin network saw a spike immediately after the halving, providing temporary relief, this was short-lived as it was quick to adjust back to lower levels, with average fees now at $1.2 as of today, down significantly from more than $120 seen in April post-halving. There’s A Glitch Interestingly, despite the market-wide trend of reduced reserves or holdings from these miners, some public mining companies appear to be bucking this trend, with their Bitcoin reserves increasing significantly. Bloomberg, citing reports from the US Securities and Exchange Commission, noted: [P]ublic mining companies have actually increased their holdings of Bitcoin by 60% to 54,000 tokens since January 2023. […] Marathon Digital Holdings Inc. recently reported that it bought $100 million worth of Bitcoin. This accumulation, considered strategic given the current market condition, may suggest a bullish outlook from certain mining industry sectors despite the broader sell-off. However, the financial health of these mining companies appears to be somehow varied. Related Reading: Analyst Predicts Bitcoin Could Plunge Back To $51,000 On Wedge Pattern Breakdown According to Bloomberg, Core Scientific Inc. had already recently reported a substantial loss of about $804 million for Q2 of this year, which can be due to a “write-down” of the value of its Bitcoin holdings to reflect the current market prices. Featured image created with DALL-E, Chart from TradingView
Formally, Bloomberg Businessweek has apologized to Binance and Changpeng Zhao, co-founder, for a 2022 story that falsely characterized Zhao as the head of a “Ponzi scheme.” Related Reading: Bitcoin Bites The Dust? Peter Schiff Celebrates Gold ATH, Trashes Crypto Modern Media CL, Bloomberg’s publisher, issued a public apology in their 250th edition, indicating a great […]
However, the impressive flows from BlackRock’s IBIT and Fidelity’s FBTC haven’t been enough to gain on the leading ETF asset manager by total flows, Vanguard.
Mike McGlone, Senior commodity strategist at Bloomberg Intelligence, has made a rather pessimistic prediction for Bitcoin, emphasizing that the cryptocurrency’s potential rise to $150,00 was a long shot. The strategist has revealed factors that could make Bitcoin’s projected surge to $150,000 difficult, highlighting both macroeconomic trends and Bitcoin’s performance in 2024. Bitcoin Surge To $150,000 Unlikely In a recent interview with Scott Melker, the host of “The Wolf Of All Streets,” podcast, McGlone discussed Bitcoin’s price fundamentals and its possible rise to $150,000 in the 2024 bull cycle. Related Reading: Crypto Whale Spends $10.4 Million On PEPE, Do They Know Something You Don’t? Comparing Bitcoin with the stock market index, the S&P 500, the Bloomberg strategist disclosed that the cryptocurrency was currently showing “divergent weakness,” highlighting that Bitcoin’s performance against the S&P 500 in 2021 was greater compared to 2024. He also revealed that Bitcoin was displaying a similar weak performance to Gold, emphasizing current market conditions and the risk of short-term deflation in the financial market. The combination of these factors pushes McGlone to believe that Bitcoin’s short-term projected rise to $150,000 was unlikely. While the Bloomberg strategist made his foreboding prediction despite Bitcoin’s overperformance at the beginning of the year, McGlone still remains optimistic about the cryptocurrency’s price and fundamental value in the long term. Co-founder and CEO of CoinRoutes, Dave Weisberger, who was also in the podcast with McGlone, made a more optimistic prediction for Bitcoin. Basing his analysis on historical trends and patterns as far back as 2015, Weisberger forecasted that Bitcoin could rise to $200,000 this cycle. His forecast is also acknowledged by reformed hedge fund manager, James Lavish, who revealed in the podcast that Spot Bitcoin ETFs could become a potential driver for Bitcoin’s continuous growth. This is attributed to the massive impact Bitcoin ETFs had on the cryptocurrency’s price following its launch on January 11, 2024. After Spot Bitcoin ETFs were successfully released into the market, the price of Bitcoin skyrocketed to new all-time highs above $73,000. At the time of writing, the cryptocurrency is trading at $63,778, marking a 0.89% increase over the past seven days, according to CoinMarketCap. BTC Crash Presents Perfect Opportunity According to Lavish, if Bitcoin crashes down to the $30,000 to $40,000 range, it would present a “tremendous opportunity” for investors to acquire substantial value in a long-term asset that will essentially hold its value and continue to appreciate in the future. Related Reading: Crypto Analyst Says Cardano Bloodbath Far From Over, Sets Bottom Price For ADA The reformed hedge fund manager revealed that Bitcoin’s short-term volatility and market unpredictability could produce long-term capture of value. This suggests that by strategically navigating through the price fluctuations of Bitcoin, investors could potentially capitalize on its volatility to accumulate wealth over time, which in turn could favorably impact the price of the cryptocurrency. BTC bears and bulls continue tug of war | Source: BTCUSD on Tradingview.com Featured image from ETF Stream, chart from Tradingview.com
Bitcoin’s rally is likely influenced by persistent inflation, student debt forgiveness policies, and global trade restrictions.
The Bitcoin halving, one of the most anticipated crypto events in 2024, is less than a month away, and miners seem to be in full preparation for its aftermath. The April event is expected to slash mining rewards on the Bitcoin network in half, making the validation of transactions less lucrative. As of now, miners […]
The U.S. will appeal the ruling of a Montenegro Court to hand Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon to South Korea, according to Bloomberg.
BlackRock’s IBIT made up more than 50% of the daily trading volume and even smashed its own daily record by more than 30%.
Bloomberg’s ETF specialists remain convinced that the SEC will approve all spot BTC ETFs, so why are BTC derivatives losing their appeal?
“It just makes financial sense to do it in-house,” said CleanSpark’s CEO Zach Bradford.
Bloomberg ranked the former Binance CEO as the 35th wealthiest person on the planet, ahead of Citadel CEO Ken Griffin and behind Uniqlo CEO Tadashi Yanai.
Institutional investor interest soars as Bitcoin options open interest hits record high.