Bitcoin nearing late stages of bear market: Jamie Coutts, Real Vision
Bitcoin could be entering the latter stages of the bear market, with downside momentum beginning to slow down, according to Real Vision chief crypto analyst Jamie Coutts. “I think we’re getting through most of the bear market action. It’s still not over, clearly. But you know, I think we’re approaching at least the second half,”
Bitcoin unlikely to replicate January’s surge to new high: 21Shares founder
Current market conditions will make it difficult for Bitcoin to replicate its early 2025 price gains going into 2026, says 21Shares co-founder Ophelia Snyder. “It’s unlikely that the factors driving the current volatility will fully resolve in the short term,” Snyder told Cointelegraph. “A repeat performance next January will depend heavily on broader market sentiment.”
December Fed cut unlikely, but Bitcoin will be fine: Kevin O’Leary
American entrepreneur and investor Kevin O’Leary has pushed back against speculation that the US Federal Reserve will cut interest rates in December — a move that typically signals a favorable outlook for crypto. However, O’Leary doesn’t anticipate a Fed rate hold negatively impacting Bitcoin’s (BTC) price. “I don’t actually think the Fed’s gonna cut in
ETH may reclaim $3.2K soon, based on low stablecoin yields: Santiment
Stablecoin yields not being overly high suggests the market hasn’t reached a “major top” and Ether may reach $3,200 in the near term, according to Santiment. Ether’s price may rise nearly 7% in the near term, as subdued stablecoin yields suggest the crypto market has yet to reach overheated conditions, according to crypto sentiment platform
Nasdaq crypto chief pledges to ‘move as fast as we can’ on tokenized stocks
Nasdaq’s head of digital assets strategy, Matt Savarese, said the stock exchange is ready to answer any questions the SEC may have for its proposal for tokenized stocks. The US Nasdaq stock exchange is making SEC approval of its proposal to offer tokenized versions of stocks listed on the exchange a top priority, according to
Crypto sentiment moves up from ‘extreme fear’ after 18-day stretch
The crypto sentiment indicator has moved up from extreme fear, and other social media indicators suggest sentiment is moving more bullish toward Bitcoin. After 18 days at the bottom of a widely used crypto market sentiment index, the market appears to be showing early signs of improving sentiment. The Crypto Fear & Greed Index, which
Ethereum tripling its gas limit is the ‘floor, we can go higher’ — Sassano
Ethereum educator Anthony Sassano said the goal to significantly increase Ethereum’s gas limit to 180 million next year is a baseline rather than a best-case scenario. “I think that’s the floor, that’s the minimum, I think we can go higher than that,” Sassano said during an interview on the Bankless podcast on Friday, just a
Bitcoin hasn’t seen such ‘asymmetric risk-reward’ since COVID: Analyst
Bitcoin may have significant upside from here as its current price appears to be out of step with the forward macroeconomic outlook, according to a crypto researcher. “The last time I saw such an asymmetric risk-reward was during COVID,” Bitwise Europe head of research André Dragosch said in an X post on Friday, referring to
Tom Lee softens $250K Bitcoin target, now says year-end ATH is a ‘maybe’
BitMine chair Tom Lee has seemingly eased off his widely promoted $250,000 year-end Bitcoin forecast, now only giving it a “maybe” that Bitcoin can reclaim its October all-time high of $125,100 before the end of the year. “I think it’s still very likely that Bitcoin is going to be above $100,000 before year-end, and maybe
BlackRock’s Bitcoin clients aren’t ‘underwriting’ the case for global payments
BlackRock’s head of digital assets, Robbie Mitchnick, said that most of the world’s largest asset managers’ clients aren’t considering Bitcoin’s use for daily payments when deciding whether to invest in the asset. “I think for us, and most of our clients today, they’re not really underwriting to that global payment network case,” Mitchnick said during