A Happy New Year to all of you, and let’s hope it is a better year than 2020, which took us all by surprise with the coronavirus.

Cryptocurrency enthusiasts have had an excellent start as the value of Bitcoin, and the leading altcoins, such as Ethereum (ETH) and Litecoin (LTC) have been surging in value over the Christmas period. It has kept many of us glued to the price on an hourly basis. There were definitely days of waking up and nervously opening whichever device you prefer and checking the numbers, often to find that Bitcoin had achieved yet another All Time High while we slept.

Now that Bitcoin has breached the $30,000 barrier, and even almost touched $35,000 at one point, the predictions for an even higher climb are coming in, as might be expected. We’ve seen a small correction this morning, but the USA-based Binance CEO Catherine Coley is suggesting BTC could reach $100,000 by 2022. Only another year to HODL your crypto then! Coley said, “Where maybe we thought maybe $50,000 made sense, this number is definitely going to be a little bit higher than that in my opinion,” said Coley. “I think we’re going towards $75,000 to $100,000 for Bitcoin by the end of 2021.”

Dan Held, crypto exchange Kraken’s growth lead says Bitcoin could be entering a “supercycle” in 2021 eventually driving the price to $1,000,000. That’s mind-boggling.
Ethereum has also seen a massive surge and is now over the $1,000 mark after a few weeks of apparently hovering around $700. Cointelegraph points out that ETH has “broken a critical price point against Bitcoin, signalling that altcoins may be about to see huge gains.” Michael van der Poppe, a market analyst at Cointelegraph said, “I do believe that we’re seeing money shift from BTC towards altcoins and that Ether has bottomed out on the BTC pair,” explained Van de Poppe. “So probably continuation of altseason in this quarter with the topping out of Bitcoin dominance.”

So, buckle up folks, it’s going to be an interesting year in cryptocurrency, even if other things in the world are less inspiring.

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No signs of selling as miners hoard their earnings and institutions keep piling into the latest Bitcoin exposure products to hit the market.

Bitcoin is looking shaky at the start of a new week as $60,000 remains out of reach — could anything change in the coming days?

After an average weekend that failed to deliver the breakout that many had hoped for, Bitcoin (BTC) is clinging to the mid-$50,000 range.

Cointelegraph takes a look at five factors that can help shape future price performance.

Coinbase IPO a beacon in flat macro sea
Stock markets were unimpressive on April 5, with many Asian markets closed for public holidays and United States futures seeing little movement.

Following the Suez Canal debacle, oil was the only commodity with noticeable energy as a decision from OPEC+ countries to increase supply put pressure on prices.

With a lack of momentum available, Bitcoin, therefore, had little to sustain any macro-influenced price run, and $60,000 resistance remained in place at the time of writing.

One major event that crypto analysts are eagerly waiting for, however, is Coinbase’s initial public offering, set for April 14.

As Cointelegraph reported, the event is a milestone for the industry but could be accompanied by selling on launch day — a practice seen with other IPOs both old and new.

Elsewhere, U.S. bond yield rises remained a worry this week, with their upward trajectory coinciding with a lack of progress for safe havens more widely.

“The repricing of inflation risk and U.S. rates, which will impact discount rates of future earnings and the way stocks are being valued is a source of uncertainty,” Johanna Chua, chief economist for Citigroup Global Markets, told Bloomberg.

https://cointelegraph.com/news/the-big-60k-hodl-is-on-5-things-to-watch-in-bitcoin-this-week

No signs of selling as miners hoard their earnings and institutions keep piling into the latest Bitcoin exposure products to hit the market.

Bitcoin is looking shaky at the start of a new week as $60,000 remains out of reach — could anything change in the coming days?

After an average weekend that failed to deliver the breakout that many had hoped for, Bitcoin (BTC) is clinging to the mid-$50,000 range.

Cointelegraph takes a look at five factors that can help shape future price performance.

Coinbase IPO a beacon in flat macro sea
Stock markets were unimpressive on April 5, with many Asian markets closed for public holidays and United States futures seeing little movement.

Following the Suez Canal debacle, oil was the only commodity with noticeable energy as a decision from OPEC+ countries to increase supply put pressure on prices.

With a lack of momentum available, Bitcoin, therefore, had little to sustain any macro-influenced price run, and $60,000 resistance remained in place at the time of writing.

One major event that crypto analysts are eagerly waiting for, however, is Coinbase’s initial public offering, set for April 14.

As Cointelegraph reported, the event is a milestone for the industry but could be accompanied by selling on launch day — a practice seen with other IPOs both old and new.

Elsewhere, U.S. bond yield rises remained a worry this week, with their upward trajectory coinciding with a lack of progress for safe havens more widely.

“The repricing of inflation risk and U.S. rates, which will impact discount rates of future earnings and the way stocks are being valued is a source of uncertainty,” Johanna Chua, chief economist for Citigroup Global Markets, told Bloomberg.

https://cointelegraph.com/news/the-big-60k-hodl-is-on-5-things-to-watch-in-bitcoin-this-week