The bitcoin price punched through $9,000 on Wednesday, enabling bulls to notch another victory as the market sorts out the flagship cryptocurrency’s short-term future.
bitcoin Price Spikes to $9,300
Over the course of the past week, the had , seemingly bringing an end to a market free-fall that had seen BTC and other top cryptocurrencies sink to their lowest levels since November. However, bitcoin met strong resistance at $9,000, and despite briefly piercing its armor, it had proved unable to break through that sell wall.
Earlier this morning, though, the bitcoin price punched through $9,000 and continued to climb, peaking at $9,300 on Bitfinex at approximately 1:30 PM UTC. At present, the bitcoin price is trading at $9,245, which translates into a $156.7 billion market cap.
The largest share of BTC volume is located on cryptocurrency exchange OKEx, which currently boasts four of bitcoin’s 10 highest-volume trading pairs. This heavy concentration of volume on OKEx is likely linked to the news that the Hong Kong-based exchange is launching its own utility token, OKB, and is distributing a combined 100 million tokens to traders who achieve at least 5 BTC worth of volume between Feb. 10 and Feb. 14.
Bulls Notch Another Victory
The trigger for bitcoin’s surge, meanwhile, is less clear-cut, but it may be a sign that bears are once again preparing for hibernation.
Last week, Pantera Capital founder Dan Morehead that the bear market — which he in mid-December — was preparing to turn a corner.
Morehead noted that bitcoin’s previous bear cycles had an average duration of 71 days. At present, the market is 58 days into the present correction, and the former Goldman Sachs trader said that there is no reason to expect that this one will be substantively different.
“It seems like another couple of weeks and everything will be normal and [bitcoin] can start growing back up again,” he concluded, adding that he expects more institutional investors to begin entering the markets during the next bullish wave.
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Published at Wed, 14 Feb 2018 14:03:40 +0000
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