Market Wrap


Marchés

Market Wrap: Crypto Traders Reduce Leverage, Selling Pressure Subsides

Analysts expect cryptocurrencies to stabilize given signs of healthier market conditions.

Traders on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange, New York City, USA, 2nd June 1981. (Photo by Barbara Alper/Getty Images)

Marchés

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Sentiment Turns Extremely Bearish

Indicator shows “max fear” among the cryptocurrency’s traders.

brown bear (Fabe collage, Unsplash)

Marchés

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Dips as Dominance Over Ethereum Shrinks

BTC declines below $45K after the U.S. Fed points to a possible rate hike in March.

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Marchés

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Gains May Be Limited in January, Altcoins Outperform

Bitcoin continues to trade in a tight range on relatively light volume.

January (Debby Hudson, Unsplash)

Marchés

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Celebrates Birthday on Dull Note, Analysts Expect Sideways Trading

Bitcoin’s 13th birthday caused little cheer as the cryptocurrency remains stuck in a sideways range.

Bitcoin's birthday (Sagar Patil, Unsplash)

Marchés

Market Wrap Year-End Review: Bitcoin ETF Rally Proved Short-Lived, and $100K Dreams Faded

In October, the long-awaited U.S. bitcoin ETF approval sent BTC’s price toward an all-time high of almost $69,000. But extreme leverage preceded a sell-off back down to $47,100 by the end of the year.

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Marchés

Market Wrap Year-End Review: El Salvador Adopted Bitcoin, Then Bought the Dip

The country’s adoption of BTC as legal tender wasn’t enough to keep the cryptocurrency near $50K in September.

El Salvador (Esaú González, Unsplash)

Marchés

Market Wrap Year-End Review: Altcoins, NFTs Filled Void When Bitcoin Got Boring

In mid-2021, crypto traders turned their attention to “Ethereum killers” and ridiculous-seeming NFTs that fetched hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Artist's rendition of a Bored Ape NFT. (Adam Levine/CoinDesk)

Marchés

Market Wrap Year-End Review: When Institutions Cashed Out of Bitcoin

One big investment firm pocketed big profits by selling bitcoin near the market top in April before the price tumbled.

Bitcoin price events (Ruffer Investments)

Marchés

Market Wrap Year In Review: Remembering Bitcoin’s FUD-Fueled Crash

As crypto markets moved through April and May, many buyers began to cash out as fear, uncertainty and doubt (”FUD”) overwhelmed traders. Concerns included U.S. capital gains taxes on digital assets, bitcoin’s environmental footprint and an outright ban on crypto mining in China.

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