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The bitcoin price has blown past $50,000 per bitcoin, pushing bitcoin’s market capitalization over $1 trillion (though another shock is now on the horizon) and the wider crypto market, including major coins ethereum and XRP, over $2 trillion.
Now, as Russia’s Vladimir Putin stokes fears Joe Biden is killing the U.S. dollar, one closely-watched bitcoin and crypto analyst has raised his bitcoin price target, with bullish traders pointing to a perfect storm of factors that could send the bitcoin and crypto market higher in coming months.
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The bitcoin price has doubled since this time last year, pulling the wider ethereum price, XRP price … [+]
“Bitcoin appears to target $57,000 as its next resistance, and considering bitcoin’s performance in the previous halvings, the odds for another leg being higher are increasing,” Markus Thielen, head of research at 10x Research, said in an emailed report.
Thielen and other bitcoin and crypto market watchers have pointed to ongoing inflows into the newly created spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and bitcoin’s looming supply cut, expected in April and known as a halving, as driving the recent bitcoin price rally.
“Overall, the market structure appears healthy with futures positions being built, USDT tether
This week, Wall Street giant JPMorgan has suddenly changed its tune on bitcoin and crypto exchange Coinbase thanks to the arrival of institutional “fomo.”
“Bitcoin is the critical directional influencer,” Thielen added, arguing the likes of ethereum, XRP and other major coins will likely rise and fall with the bitcoin price.
“Bitcoin prices are rallying, innovations are expanding globally ahead of the election year, and the upcoming bitcoin halving,” Ben Weiss, the chief executive of bitcoin ATM operator CoinFlip, said in emailed comments.
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The bitcoin price has bounced back from a brutal 2022 price crash, with the wider crypto market, … [+]
Bitcoin bulls have also named an expected Federal Reserve interest rate cut as potentially powering a further price rally.
“With bitcoin back over $50,000, [the] average investor [is] again wondering: ‘did I miss buying opportunity?’ Answer is hard ‘no’,” Anthony Scaramucci, the founder of hedge fund Skybridge Capital, posted to X.
“Interest rates falling, spot ETFs driving billions in new flows, halving two months away. Face-ripping rally incoming in my opinion.”
Last week, influential crypto trader Arthur Hayes has predicted a Fed flip will cause the bitcoin price to explode to $1 million—something that would give bitcoin a market capitalization of around $20 trillion.
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