當比特幣跌破 3 萬美元後，專家曝下一個「關鍵支撐指標」

當比特幣跌破 3 萬美元後，專家曝下一個「關鍵支撐指標」

比特幣 20日跌破關鍵的 3 萬美元支撐，不過今日中午 12 點時再度重回 3 萬美元支撐。據 Coindesk 數據顯示，截至下午 1 點 5 分，比特幣上漲 3.12%，來到 30,641.19 美元。

New Street Advisors 創辦人 Delano Saporu 認為，比特幣未來可能有更多下修空間，價格也許介於 22,000~17,000 美元，大約是去年 12 月 20 日區間。不過他也指出，比特幣跌到底後就出現反彈空間。

雖然趁比特幣高點時進場的投資人現在很痛苦，但 Saporu 認為，以長期來看，加密貨幣仍會帶來回報，「很多人在高點時想搶進場、快速獲利，所以當時跳了進去，但這是錯的。」

Fairlead Strategies 創辦人 Katie Stockton 表示，比特幣投資人可能會在一段時間內感到壓力，「跌破 3 萬美元價位，意味跌破盤整階段的底線，接著就會出現震盪」。

根據 Stockton 的說法，投資價格跌破支撐點所產生的震盪，並不是崩潰的徵兆，經過下探震盪後，一旦市場擺脫「弱勢的比特幣持有者」後，價格將迅速回升。她指出，若比特幣在本週反彈，將表示這種拋售潮只是暫時的。

此外，Stockton 的模型顯示出比特幣正在走高。她表示，第二個支撐點落在 27,000 美元，這對長期上升趨勢相當重要。

Stockton補充說，目前需要看到動能轉變，來證明這個盤整階段已經觸底。她預測，當比特幣突破 50 天移動均線（目前平均價位為 34,500 美元）時，就可能發生這種情況。

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Bitcoin extends gains, climbing above $32,000 as cryptocurrencies rebound from sell-off

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies recovered Wednesday after a brief sell-off, with the world’s biggest digital coin climbing back above $30,000.

The price of bitcoin traded as high as $32,765 Wednesday, according to Coin Metrics, and last traded at 31,641, about 6% up on the day. Smaller cryptocurrencies ether and XRP also rebounded about 6% each.

The crypto market saw significant selling on Tuesday, with bitcoin falling below the $30,000 mark for the first time since June 22.

The plunge came on the back of news that the New Jersey attorney general issued a cease-and-desist letter to crypto lending firm BlockFi, ordering it to stop offering interest-bearing accounts.

The reason for the move higher Wednesday wasn’t immediately clear. Cryptocurrencies often undergo severe price swings. Bitcoin, for example, rallied to an all-time high of almost $65,000 in April before halving in value in the months that followed.

The price of ether jumped about 1.5% in the afternoon after Tesla CEO Elon Musk disclosed he owns some of the cryptocurrency, as well as bitcoin and dogecoin, in the online event “The B Word.”

Bitcoin Price Falls Below $30k, Then Rises

Bitcoin (BTCUSD) price, which set a new record of nearly $65,000 in April, is confounding investors.

The cryptocurrency tumbled below $30,000 – a price point it blitzed through at the start of this year – on Monday night, leading analysts to predict the start of a bear cycle. Its price decline, as measured over a 24-hour period, was not much in percentage terms. But the $30,000 figure itself is considered a key price support level by institutional investors. That barrier could determine the cryptocurrency’s price trajectory in the short term, they say.

Key Takeaways Bitcoin price fell below $30,000 on Monday but bounced back this morning.

The drop below $30,000 had some investors questioning whether the cryptocurrency will enter a prolonged bear cycle, as in the past.

Multiple reasons have been put forward to explain Bitcoin’s price decline.

Estimates for future Bitcoin prices range from a low of $10,000 to a high of $50,000 by the end of this year.

Bitcoin price’s stay below $30,000 was short lived, however. At 1:06 PM UTC this morning, the cryptocurrency had bounced back to $31,547.88, a jump of 6.23% from its price 24 hours ago. After sliding to a low of $1.174 trillion on Monday, the total market capitalization of cryptocurrency markets also recovered to $1.27 trillion as of this writing. With a market cap of roughly $557 billion, Bitcoin accounts for approximately one-half of the total valuation of cryptocurrencies and sets the price momentum for other coins in the ecosystem.

Among the top four cryptocurrencies by market cap, the price for Ethereum (ETHUSD) fell by as much as 9.6% to $1,722.81 on Monday before recovering to $1,904 this morning. Binance Coin (BNBUSD) was hammered with a price drop of 12% during the same period on Monday. As of this writing, it was up by 7.5% to $284.95 from its price 24 hours ago.

While volatility is par for the course for crypto investors, the recent turmoil in Bitcoin prices has occurred during a period of spotlight on cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin’s price movements mirror those of the broader stock market. But its returns are less than stellar as compared to other investing venues. For example, returns for the S&P 500 are estimated at 15% till date for 2021. Bitcoin had returns of approximately 2% after it fell below $30,000.

In a low interest rate environment where investors are pouring money into risky assets, Bitcoin’s price gyrations could also have implications for future money flows into cryptocurrencies.

Why Did Bitcoin Price Fall?

It is difficult to identify the exact cause for Bitcoin’s declining fortunes. Analysts and commentators have cited a series of events over the past couple of months that have successively dragged down prices.

For example, the price hit its first roadbump after Tesla, Inc. (TSLA) CEO Elon Musk tweeted that his company would not purchase more Bitcoin for its treasury due to concerns over the environmental impact of mining the cryptocurrency. Tesla had announced a $1.5 billion investment into the cryptocurrency in January. Then, China’s crackdown on Bitcoin miners, and its government’s subsequent warnings to fintech institutions and banking institutions, caused further damage to the price.

The tightening of a regulatory noose around a largely unregulated cryptocurrency ecosystem is also being cited as a possible reason. The European Union (EU) is planning to make crypto transfers traceable by requiring financial institutions to collect details on senders and recipients. The measure could bring crypto in line with regular transfers and negatively affect its attractiveness as a pseudonymous asset free of government control.

At a Senate hearing last week, Fed chair Jerome Powell said that cryptocurrencies had “completely failed” to become a mode of payment and that stablecoins did not have an “appropriate framework” in their current form to become a safe asset.

A consequence of this is that major players within the crypto ecosystem are beginning to feel the heat. The New Jersey Bureau of Securities served a Cease and Desist order to BlockFi, a crypto lending firm, to stop accepting customers for its interest accounts.

The events have played into investor fears about an already volatile asset class and triggered a selloff similar to the one that occurred in the stock market.

“There’s a lot of unwinding going on. A lot of deleveraging. And that’s usually not good for short-term prices,” said Mark Yusko, CEO of Morgan Creek Capital, a firm that offers Bitcoin funds to investors, in a conversation with online publication Coindesk.

Where Does Bitcoin Price Go From Here?

A deleveraging by investors has the potential to cause further price declines and volatility in Bitcoin’s thin-liquidity ecosystem. Given this morning’s price movement, a case can be made for a quick recovery and another bull run. But chances don’t look bright.

Institutional investors, who were hailing Bitcoin’s potential as an alternative asset at the start of this year, are already leaving or have left crypto after raking in profits.

An example is British investment firm Ruffer Investment Management, which invested 2.5% of its $27 billion portfolio into Bitcoin. The firm turned in a profit of $1.1 billion after selling its holdings near the top of the cryptocurrency’s price trajectory for this year. “In the short term, at least, Bitcoin was exhibiting the characteristics of a risky, speculative asset and therefore, no longer fulfilled the portfolio role we had intended it as a protective and diversifying asset,” the firm wrote in a recent report.

Other indicators are also flashing red. According to reports, traders are piling into out-of-the-money put options for Bitcoin at $22,000 and $20,000 set to expire on Dec. 31. This means that they are predicting a fall in Bitcoin prices by year end.

Glassnode, a crypto market intelligence firm, has said institutional demand for Bitcoin remains weak across regulated products, such as exchange-traded funds and products. Investment firm Grayscale’s Bitcoin Trust (GBTC), arguably the most successful Bitcoin investing product in the market today, is trading at discounts of more than 10% to the cryptocurrency’s spot market.

To be sure, Bitcoin’s history is littered with instances of price bubbles popping. For example, the runup in its prices in 2017, when the cryptocurrency set a price record, gave way to a drawn-out crypto winter that lasted almost three years.

Estimates for Future Price Action

Given the spotlight on crypto, the main questions this time around are related to the duration of its latest price swoon and the relevant price supports from which Bitcoin will spring back. There are plenty of answers.

Vijay Ayyar, head of Asia Pacific at cryptocurrency firm Luno, told Bloomberg that Bitcoin price will range between $20,000 and $40,000 for the rest of the year. Kate Stockton, founder of Fairlead Strategies, told CNBC that the latest price slide could be a “shakeout” or a “false breakdown” that weeds out “weak” holders of Bitcoin. If the cryptocurrency can shake such investors out in a week and touch $34,500 – the upper bound of the price support level calculated by Stockton – then it could reach higher. Delano Saporu, founder of New Street Advisors, predicted a price floor of $17,000 for the cryptocurrency in its latest trajectory in the same post.

Investment firm Guggenheim Partners’s Scott Minerd, who estimated a price of $400,000 for Bitcoin earlier, bested him. Minerd told CNBC in July that the cryptocurrency could crash to a range between $10,000 and $15,000 and trade sideways for a couple of years before it launches another bull run.

However, Yusko from Morgan Creek Capital remains enthused about the cryptocurrency’s prospects. The reason for his optimism is related to the users, developers, and investors who have gravitated toward the digital currency in recent years. He predicted a price target of $50,000 for Bitcoin by the end of this year and $100,000 by the end of 2022. The reason for his bullishness is that the current Bitcoin price has nothing to do with the underlying network’s future value. “[Bitcoin] price is a liar,” he said.