Re: Wall Observer BTC/USD - Bitcoin price movement tracking & discussion

Quote from: AlcoHoDL on Today at 09:16:17 PM

Quote from: bitcoinPsycho on Today at 08:20:38 PM

Interesting article

https://www.kitco.com/news/2023-12-05/Bitcoin-breaches-44k-as-BlackRock-secures-seed-capital-for-spot-BTC-ETF.html

"BlackRock sees a high probability that its application will be approved, and Bloomberg Intelligence ETF analysts Eric Balchunas and James Seyffart say there is a 90% chance that the first spot BTC ETF will be approved by Jan. 10.

Max Keiser, a well-known Bitcoin maximalist, has also caused a stir of speculation by tweeting about “rumors” that the sovereign wealth fund for Qatar – which is responsible for managing the nation’s vast oil and gas-generated wealth – is “looking to buy” $500 billion worth of Bitcoin. Keiser suggested that this could lead to a “$100,000 God Candle” on the BTC chart"

God candle! I like the sound of that!

I also thought this part of the article was fun...

Data provided by Coinglass shows that as a result of the move higher for BTC and multiple altcoins, over the past 24 hours, a total of $167.26 million short positions have been liquidated, to go along with $82.94 million long positions.

“Traders do not have enough upside leverage, this is the conclusion from the elevated premium that perpetual futures are trading at,” said Markus Thielen, head of research at Matrixport. “While for most of the year the perpetual futures traded at a 5-10% premium, since November, this has expanded to 10-15% and occasionally trading with 20-30%. This shows panic buying from traders who are closing out shorts or increasing leveraged longs.”