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Bitcoin Could Plunge to $3,000 Before the Trend Reverses

Bitcoin could plunge to $3,000 before the trend reverses

Bitcoin Could Plunge to $3,000 Before the Trend Reverses

Bitcoin could plunge to $3,000 before the trend reverses
Mar 16, 2019 at 18:52 // News

Bitcoin, the leading crypto by market cap, has plunged over 80% from its record high meaning that there is not much possibility for further dive. It is very likely to find a low ranging between $2,000 to $3,000. Bitcoin is currently trading at $4,037, according to coinmarketcap data.

   


The ultimate occurrence gone down, the
price was trading inside a downward triangle. This time around, the conditions are marginally different as the price is changing hands in an upside triangle. Several cryptoanalysts and investors regard it as an indication of a trend reversal that shows BTC/USD will return to its mean when it goes beyond this triangle and soars towards the earlier one.   


The price is now changing hands above the 50-day moving average, nonetheless, there is still a problem somewhere. The uphill triangle observed on the day-to-day chart for bitcoin could more likely develop into a bear flag very soon in case it breaks marginally underneath it and then gets a big rejection.   


Similarly, in October 2018, the rates broke above the downward triangle and went back inside it before reaching the daily close. That exact instance could occur this time but the price will have to make a long bundle to the downside. This simply implies that there is a robust likelihood of a flash crash to $3,000 before the big recovery.   

   


This plunge towards $3,000 can’t be measured the bottom. A large percentage of the crypto community will regard this as the bottom and start purchasing which in turn will give the price the buoyant momentum it requires to rebound before the ultimate helpful wave to the downward.   


Bitcoin is belated for one stout move to the positive trend which can complete the buoyant Gartley pattern clearly seen on the diurnal chart. This particular trend would also set BTC for a big plunge on the 7-day time frame and consequently set the ground for the ultimate curative wave to the downward tendency.   


On the other hand, before all that occurs, a trend to the upside is compulsory. This move will happen perhaps at the end of the week due to the fact that BTC will have to complete the 7-day candle above $4,000 price level. 


At press time, the rates hold resilient above the 21-day exponential moving average and it is very unlikely to slide underneath it before the upbeat Gartley comes to completion on this occasion.   


Recently, we saw several cryptocurrencies such as Ethereum (ETH) outpace Bitcoin for the reason that the altcoin space received healthier news than BTC. Samsung’s blockchain and cryptocurrency wallet came out to support ETH and ERC20 but not BTC.   

   


Correspondingly, several altcoins saw very positive developments, for instance, Stellar’s (XLM) official listing on Coinbase – a giant crypto exchange. The trading situations on the 7-day time frame strongly indicate that BTC has not been this massively purchased since the start of the correction. The total market cap now stands at $137.381 billion.   

   


As Bitcoin’s volatility begins to plunge, the market will move up and down. This scenario already occurred back in October, when the index dropped considerably as the price waned. The same thing is anticipated to occur this time.  

Published at Sat, 16 Mar 2019 19:15:03 +0000

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It’s A Wonderful Life for Bitcoin Evangelist as Community Expresses Its Gratitude

It’s A Wonderful Life for Bitcoin Evangelist as Community Expresses Its Gratitude

In “It’s a Wonderful Life,” the 1940s Christmas classic, George Bailey (played by Jimmy Stewart) is the guiding force of a small-town bank, who ends up sacrificing his own dreams for the betterment of his community.

Ultimately, facing financial ruin, he begins to question what it was all for. That is when his friends appear, one by one, with a flurry of donations, reminding him of how he touched each and every one of their lives, and Bailey realizes he is a rich man after all.

bitcoin evangelist Andreas Antonopoulos recently found himself at the center of a similar outpouring of gratitude. The author and public speaker has spent the last five years of his life traversing the globe and educating people about bitcoin. But, as it turns out, he hadn’t exactly made himself rich along the way.

WIth the price of bitcoin soaring into the $16,000s, a grateful community has decided to give Antonopoulos’s fortunes a karmic boost. A spontaneous giving spree, fueled by social media, is under way. Thus far, more than 100 BTC, valued at over $1.7 million has been sent to his bitcoin address. One individual alone sent an eye-popping 37 BTC, worth $500,000.

Along with the money, people are tweeting under the hashtag #ThankYouAndreas and reminding Antonopoulos of the many ways he made a difference in their lives.  

“Words are my craft but tonight I am speechless,” the author of Mastering bitcoin tweeted last night.

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Antonopoulos became involved with bitcoin in 2012. He has written two books on the subject, describing in detail the technical rules governing bitcoin in a way that a novice could understand, and has given more than 200 talks (many of them free) about bitcoin.

It is easy to imagine that someone who knows so much about bitcoin might have found a way to profit from it. A small investment in the virtual currency five years ago, when bitcoin was at around $6, would have netted the bitcoin writer a humongous profit. (bitcoin is currently listed at $16,000.) But Antonopoulos wasn’t really a speculator.

Indeed, as investor Roger Ver pointed out in one of his tweets, if Antonopoulos had put more money into bitcoin early on, he would have been a lot better off financially.

But Antonopoulos was too busy, too obsessed with spreading his vision of a world free from the strictures of legacy banks and payment systems. He wanted people to understand the technology and to appreciate its promise.

That early obsession, as he described in a recent blog post, led him to undo a lifetime of savings and eventually fall into credit card debt as he tumbled down the bitcoin rabbit hole. He lived paycheck to paycheck for years until becoming debt-free at the end of 2016. Those bitcoins he’d collected and earned had to be cashed out along the way to support him and his family.

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Because most people were not aware of Antonopoulos’s earlier struggles, some were puzzled when he recently began putting videos of his talks on Patreon, a membership platform that allows users to collect monthly subscription fees for services.  

I’m not a bitcoin millionnaire [sic],” Antonopoulos responded to one follower on Twitter. “My supporters on Patreon, many at $5/month, make it possible for me to work with independence.”

Developer Adam Back quickly responded with the suggestion that “if ‘sign guy’ can get a meaningful start from tips, we should try [to] find a way for the community to fund @aantonop to a hodlers position.” And the community agreed.

Shortly thereafter, his number of Patreon supporters began to rise, and donations started to pour into Antonopoulos’s bitcoin address.

In addition to the funds that accumulated, accolades began to pour in from supporters far and wide on Twitter, Reddit and Patreon. Many credit him for getting them into bitcoin in the first place, for helping them to understand it and for inspiring them to pursue careers in the space.

“I don’t know anyone as authentic, well-intentioned and universally respected in the industry,” wrote entrepreneur Ryan Selkis in a tweet.

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“@aantonop is by far the BEST advocate and most eloquent speaker on #bitcoin. His speeches had a HUGE influence on me,” wrote investor and author Brian Kelly.

“The community raised over $700,000 worth of bitcoin in a matter of hours for Andreas from all over the world, which beautifully shows the power of bitcoin itself, actually,” wrote Erik Voorhees, CEO at cryptocurrency exchange ShapeShift.

For Antonopoulos, the outpouring of support has been no less than overwhelming.

“I am going offline for a few days. I need time to process everything that happened,” he tweeted on Wednesday. “If you sent me a message in the last 48 hrs, thank you. If I don’t respond for a week or so, I apologize.”


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