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Bitcoin [BTC] breaks $4,200 resistance; corrects itself to $4,100 level |

Bitcoin [btc] breaks $4,200 resistance; corrects itself to $4,100 level |

Bitcoin [BTC] breaks $4,200 resistance; corrects itself to $4,100 level |

Bitcoin [btc] breaks $4,200 resistance; corrects itself to $4,100 level |

Bitcoin [BTC], the largest cryptocurrency in the world, was surging over the past few hours, at press time. This pump in price helped BTC cross strong resistance at the $4,200-mark, pushing the king coin’s value to $4,228.05. The price surged as high as $4,275.14, before falling to the $4,100 level.

Bitcoin [BTC]

Source: CoinMarketCap

Bitcoin had a market cap of $74.48 billion, while noting a 24-hour trading volume of $11.30 billion. It also registered a 4.08% surge within a day. The coin’s price gradually rose by 4.76% over the week and was hiking by 1.21%, over the hour.

FCoin reported the highest BTC trading volume, recording $4.93 billion via the BTC/USDT pair. The exchange’s trading price for the pair was $4,242.37. FCoin was followed by BitMex, which traded XBT/USD for $4,077.50 and recorded a volume of $1.688 billion. FCoin took the third place as well via the ETH/BTC pair, at $4,220.27, and recorded a volume of $841 million.

Source: CoinMarketCap

Bitcoin managed to break its resistance at $4,200 and according to CoinMarketCap, reported a seven-day high of $4,296.81 and seven-day low of $3,934.03. The price change over the day was 0.74%.

The price of the Bitcoin [BTC] observed two movements, one from $4,215 to $3,984 and the second from $4,030 to $4,213. The new support for Bitcoin was at $3,781, while a new resistance was formed at the seven-day high point.

Recently, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission [SEC] stalled a publicly traded Bitcoin ETF proposal. Bitwise Asset Management with NYSE Arca, had put forward an application for a Bitcoin Exchange Traded Fund [ETF] in February.

However, a notice from the SEC said that a “longer period” was necessary to take a decision on the ETF. Given the extension, the regulatory body will confirm their stance on the Bitcoin ETF by 16 May, 2019, the notice stated. It read,

“The Commission finds it appropriate to designate a longer period within which to take action on the proposed rule change so that it has sufficient time to consider the proposed rule change.”

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Published at Sun, 31 Mar 2019 18:09:23 +0000

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Bitcoin and World Financial Markets Close Another Spectacular Week

bitcoin’s price sustained its spectacular momentum by remaining within its all-time high range during the week ending October 27, 2017. At the same time, the Dow Jones rose for the seventh straight week, fueled by technology stocks. Among these stocks, Nvidia, a bitcoin and Ethereum mining device maker, was the strongest.


bitcoin Remains the Best Performing Currency

bitcoin remains the best performer and the unchallenged leader among fiat and other digital currencies by staying within its all-time high price range. For the previous two consecutive weeks, bitcoin’s price had been breaking all record highs.

bitcoin started the week of October 23, 201, by reaching a value of $6,075 USD per coin, during intraday trading. On the same day, bitcoin’s blockchain was split, creating a new cryptocurrency, Bitcoin Gold.

During the early hours of the new cryptocurrency, and for several hours, hackers crippled the bitcoin Gold’s cloud site with a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. As a result, bitcoin Gold’s price descended as low as $127.79 USD. Similarly, bitcoin hit a low of $5,403 USD.

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However, showing its usual resiliency, bitcoin rapidly recovered, closing the week ending October 27, 2017 above $5,800 USD. bitcoin Gold, on the other hand, closed the week at $119.58 USD.

Dow Jones, NASDAQ, and bitcoin’s Amazing Upward Trend

Dow Jones, NASDAQ, and Bitcoin’s Amazing Upward Trend

Certainly, bitcoin is not the only financial asset about which investors are bullish. Indeed, the upbeat sentiment vis-a-vis financial markets also prevails intact, as the stunning data reveals for the week ending October 27, 2017.

For example, the NASDAQ 100 surged the most since the year 2009, closing at a new record high of 6,213.47 points. Meanwhile, the Dow Jones Index advanced 33.33 points, ending the session at 23,434.19.

Most financial experts agree that the technology sector earnings are fueling the extraordinary surge in the market.

And, the technology company that rose the most was bitcoin-friendly Nvidia. In effect, Nvidia broke an all-time record again, closing at $201.86 USD per share on Friday, October 27.

Nvidia manufactures graphics processing units (GPUs) designed explicitly for cryptocurrency mining. Nvidia’s sales had soared in the second quarter, due to bitcoin miners’ high demand for GPUs. In this connection, Fortune published an article entitled Wall Street Fears Nvidia Is Too Dependent on Bitcoin.

Nvidia is also heavily involved in manufacturing devices for driverless cars, artificial intelligence, and other Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies. Recently, Nvidia announced the introduction a new cloud-based GPU platform (GPUC) “to combine deep learning software with world’s fastest GPUs.”

For three weeks in a row, the value of both the stock markets and bitcoin has soared. This is amazing news. However, as always, cryptocurrency enthusiasts and investors need to take precautions before investing.

Do you think there is a relationship among bitcoin, technology companies, and the recent record high surge in the stock markets? Let us know what you think in the comments below.


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