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• Bloomberg senior analist Mike McGlone noemde bitcoin een essentieel onderdeel van elke beleggingsportefeuille.
• McGlone vergeleek bitcoin met een nieuwe versie van goud, waarbij de markt de voorkeur geeft aan digitalisering.

Bloomberg Intelligence’s senior grondstoffenstrateeg Mike McGlone noemde beleggen in bitcoin de „nieuwe versie“ van goud.

Sprekend in een recent interview met Stansberry Research

Sprekend in een recent interview met Stansberry Research, voor het eerst gespot door Daily Hodl, beschreef McGlone cryptoassets en bitcoin als een essentieel onderdeel van elke beleggingsportefeuille, zeggende dat handelaren zich „naakt“ zouden moeten voelen zonder het.

Hij zei,

Vooruitkijkend in een wereld die digitaal wordt, zie ik dat Bitcoin concurrentie toevoegt aan goud. Maar ik vind dat Bitcoin eigenlijk in dezelfde emmer moet zitten, want als je alleen goud bezit, vind ik dat je je een beetje naakt voelt zonder Bitcoin.

McGlone zei dat de wereld snel aan het digitaliseren was, waardoor beleggers de voorkeur gaven aan moderne ontwikkelingen zoals bitcoin boven traditionele activa.

Hij vervolgde:

De belangrijkste risico’s voor iedereen die vooruit kijkt in goud is dat ik goudposities enigszins naakt zie als ze niet gepaard gaan met wat Bitcoin. Want Bitcoin is de nieuwe versie van goud.

De investeringsstroom in de richting van bitcoin gaat

De Bloomberg-analist zei dat de marktindicatoren laten zien dat de investeringsstroom in de richting van bitcoin gaat, waarbij sommige van de „oude garde goudbugs“ desinvesteren in bitcoin. Hij zei dat beleggers met bitcoin naar de „toekomst“ keken, terwijl ze de marktvolatiliteit bagatelliseerden.

Hij zei:

Dus als mensen zeggen dat de volatiliteit van Bitcoin hoog is, ja zeker, het bestaat nog maar 10 jaar. Ik bedoel, goud bestaat al sinds het begin der tijden. En de jaarlijkse volatiliteit van Bitcoin is ongeveer 50 op dit moment.

McGlone zei dat bitcoin een heleboel unieke dingen overkomen, waarbij het volatiliteitsrisico relatief laag is in vergelijking met de recente koerswinsten.

Un donateur français a versé plus de 500 000 dollars en bitcoin à des „militants d’extrême droite et des personnalités de l’internet“ qui ont participé à l’émeute pro-Trump DC la semaine dernière, selon Chainalysis.

En bref

• Un compte étranger a transféré un demi-million de Bitcoin à ceux qui ont participé à l’émeute de la capitale la semaine dernière, selon les rapports.
• Chainalysis pense que la source de ces fonds est un donateur français.
• La police et les services de renseignement enquêtent, rapporte Yahoo News.

Bitcoin pourrait avoir joué un rôle dans le financement de l’émeute du 6 janvier au Capitole, selon de nouvelles recherches de la société de données Chainalysis.

Depuis que des centaines de partisans violents du Trump ont fait leur entrée au siège du gouvernement, de nouvelles informations sont apparues, suggérant que l’émeute était préméditée.

Aujourd’hui, Chainalysis rapporte que, le 8 décembre, un donateur a envoyé 28,15 BTC, soit environ 522 000 dollars au moment de son transfert, à 22 adresses différentes, dont beaucoup appartenaient à des „militants d’extrême droite et des personnalités de l’Internet“ qui étaient présents au Capitole. La nouvelle a été rapportée pour la première fois par Yahoo News.

Le nationaliste blanc Nick Fuentes – qui se trouvait au Capitole au moment de l’émeute – était parmi les destinataires, tout comme l’éditeur suprémaciste blanc Daily Stormer.

Gab, la plateforme sociale de liberté d’expression qui a été critiquée pour être devenue un espace sûr pour les discours de haine, a également reçu des bitcoins, selon le rapport.

Les agences fédérales de renseignement et les forces de l’ordre enquêtent sur la source des fonds, qui, selon le cabinet de recherche, proviendraient d’un „programmeur informatique basé en France, aujourd’hui décédé“.

Le cabinet a également déterré une poignée associée à l’adresse de Bitcoin : pankkake.

Le rapport de Chainalysis indique une lettre de suicide du donateur français, datée du 9 décembre, le jour suivant le transfert des bitcoins. „La civilisation occidentale est en déclin“, aurait déclaré la note, avant d’offrir une explication quant à la raison pour laquelle il a transféré le bitcoin.

„Je me soucie de ce qui se passe après ma mort“, a-t-il écrit. „C’est pourquoi j’ai décidé de laisser ma modeste richesse à certaines causes et à certaines personnes.“

Trots vinsterna och den ständiga ökningen av priset på Bitcoin förväntar sig många kritiker en potentiell explosion av denna „bubbla“.

Bitcoin (BTC) har fortsatt att glädja investerare eftersom det har stigit förbi priset på 41.000 dollar, en ny rekordhög och slå sina egna tidigare rekord

Enligt till CoinMarketCap är en Bitcoin nu värd så mycket som 41.934 dollar i skrivande stund och representerar en vinst på över 8,7% under det senaste dygnet.

Cryptosoft fortsätter att glädja sina innehavare såväl som nya investerare eftersom de uppenbara prisvinsterna är synonyma med vinst, särskilt för dem som har tagit en position med myntet vid en tidigare tidpunkt. Rallyet 2020 tillskrivs huvudsakligen de bästa institutionerna runt om i världen som köper upp myntet medan den nuvarande pågående rallyen har tillskrivits en kraftig ökning av uppköpet av detaljhandelsinvesterare som fruktar att missa detta nuvarande bull run.

Trots vinsterna och den ständiga ökningen av priset på Bitcoin förväntar sig många kritiker en potentiell sprängning av tillväxten de märker som en bubbla. Förväntningen på en prisjustering har dock varken avskräckt de nya investerarna eller har väckt de gamla att sälja av sina upplupna vinster, ett steg som snabbt kan spåra profetiorna från dessa kritiker.

Konsekvenser av detaljhandelsinvesterare på Bitcoin-prispress till nya poster

Utan tvekan ligger huvuddelen av BTC i omlopp för närvarande inom kassan för mindre än 5% av de investerare som har tagit en position i Bitcoin. Medan en majoritet av de 5% inkluderar institutionella adopterare och de mycket rika enskilda investerarna, avslöjar data från detaljhandelsfokuserade kryptovalutabörser att detaljinvesterare hjälpte till att avsevärt pressa Bitcoin-priset utöver 4 000 000 dollar.

De Revolut app rapporterade att den registrerade cirka 300 000 nya kryptovalutakunder under de senaste 30 dagarna när bitcoin testade nya och högre prisnivåer och eToro noterade att den hade 61% fler unika bitcoininnehavare den 4 januari än den gjorde ett år tidigare och 49% mer unika innehavare av eter, en annan virtuell valuta enligt till en rapport från CNBC.

När marknaden verkar vara trångt tror analytiker att även om det finns en priskorrigering just nu är den allmänna trenden för bitcoin hausse.

”Det kommer att finnas volatilitet, vilket är naturligt efter de vinster vi har sett, men den långsiktiga trenden är tydlig”, säger Simon Peters, marknadsanalytiker på eToro, berättade CNBC. „Crypto flyttar in i mainstream, och fler och fler investerare lägger till exponering.“

Men i väntan på när denna volatilitet kommer att pressa Bitcoin-priset under det nuvarande stödet som är 41 000 dollar, förväntar sig kryptosfären hur högt denna tjurkörning går.

En rask avkastning til Bitcoin gnister 8% daglig gevinst og gir ingen antydning til en dypere reversering under $ 30.000.

Bitcoin ( BTC ) kom tilbake til å treffe rekorder 30. desember etter at en ny rebound tok den over $ 28.400 hele tiden.

BTC-prisen negler frisk hele tiden

Data fra Cointelegraph Markets og TradingView viste at BTC / USD taklet sin eksisterende historiske topp under handel på onsdag.

I en sterk gjenoppblomstring over natt bekreftet Profit Revolution at det ikke hadde tid for bjørn etter å ha dyppet så lite som $ 25 830 det siste døgnet.

Den daglige gevinsten var på 7,5% ved pressetiden da $ 28,560 ble realitet.

Flyttingen bringer Bitcoin stadig nærmere å forsegle $ 30 000 som et nytt psykologisk nivå før slutten av året, noe som virket alt annet enn umulig for bare en uke siden.

Som Cointelegraph rapporterte , mener analytikere likevel at en reversering kan ta den største kryptovalutaen ned til eksisterende støtte på $ 19.500.

Tirsdag Cointelegraph Markets analytiker Michaël van de Poppe likevel fremhevet $ 27 500 som det kritiske området for å bryte for å bane vei for nye all-time høyder.

Ether-prisen fører til alt-gevinster

Påvirkningen mellom store cap-altcoins ble tydelig merket, med Ether ( ETH ) som nærmet seg $ 740 etter å ha økt 5,5% på dagen.

Polkadot (DOT) la til eksisterende styrke for å se ukentlig ytelse nærme seg 50%.

Firecracker ban? Bitcoin (BTC) ignites price fireworks

Despite a subdued New Year’s Eve mood, Bitcoin is already popping the champagne corks and laying its cards on the table for a promising 2021.

On the home stretch to the US$30,000 mark, the Bitcoin price (BTC) is putting in a hasty year-end rally. With a gain of 4.4 per cent in the last 24 hours, the largest cryptocurrency is Bitcoin Era trading at 27,986 US dollars as of the editorial deadline, just a few metres away from the stage goal. If Bitcoin breaks the next higher resistance at 29,726 US dollars, a direct rise above the ten-thousand mark is only a formality.

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Even if Bitcoin initially bounces off resistance, the preliminary year-end balance is more than respectable. As a reminder, Bitcoin started the new decade just above US$7,000. Barely 12 months later, the digital currency has posted an annual gain of around 280 percent. In 2020, the cryptocurrency has clearly demonstrated its immense potential and set the roadmap for the coming year. Both at the network level and with a view to market trends such as the increasing demand among large investors, the signs are also pointing to growth in 2021.

Bitcoin shortage

The fact that the limited BTC supply is gradually becoming scarcer has been an open secret at least since the large-scale purchases by institutional investors. According to bitcointreasuries, the account of such illustrious buyers as asset manager Grayscale, software company MicroStrategy and payment service provider Square alone already accounts for around 5.5 percent of the total amount in circulation. Since the introduction of BTC integration into its payment system, payment giant PayPal has also been getting involved in the market and is already buying more Bitcoin than it is adding.

Even laymen can see that the market is boiling over. The BTC demand of institutional investors exceeds the new supply generated by miners. Added to this are all the small investors, who in turn are creating increased demand. Thus, the available supply is gradually shrinking, which drives up the price while demand remains high.
BTC meltdown

Looking at the declining bitcoin reserves of the major trading venues illustrates this correlation particularly vividly. Since March, exchange holdings have fallen by around 20 percent and there is no end in sight to this trend.

For Ripple, things are looking up: according to the third quarterly report of FinTech, the daily trading volume of XRP has increased by more than 107 percent.

San Francisco-based FinTech Ripple has published its third quarterly report for 2020. In it, the decentralised protocol records a 107 percent growth in average daily XRP trading volume compared to the previous quarter. While in Q2 it was just under 96.28 million US dollars, in Q3 it was correspondingly around 403.58 million US dollars. The network is thus recording a significant increase in usage and growing interest in the On-Demand Liquidity (ODL) payment solution offered by Ripple.

XRP total revenue up 10 percent

Total XRP sales were $35.84 million, an increase of more than 10 percent since the second quarter. Ripple explains that the company has focused exclusively on over-the-counter sales and leases as part of providing sufficient liquidity to certain ODL customers.

Ripple’s best customer: Ripple

In total, Ripple has approved three billion XRP for sale in the third quarter. Of this amount, 2.4 billion XRP have been returned to the escrow account, which is related to a decision taken in 2017.

At that time, the company committed to freeze 55 billion XRP in an escrow account and to release one billion XRP for sale each month. This decision has been criticised by the community on several occasions in the past and is therefore more often suspected as a possible reason for the average performance of XRP. However, several Ripple representatives, including Brad Garlinghouse, argue that Ripple does not or cannot influence the price of XRP.

On-demand liquidity service receives positive response

As the quarterly report continues, Ripple recently introduced a new credit product, the „Line of Credit“, which enables on-demand liquidity customers to take out loans in the form of XRP. The service is still in a beta version and is initially targeted at selected Fintechs and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

Asheesh Birla, the recently appointed General Manager (GM) of RippleNet, said in a Twitter post of 8 October that limited access to working capital was one of the main obstacles to growth for many companies. Therefore, the product is targeted in particular at Fintechs and SMEs. They would thus be able to raise capital on demand to initiate large scale cross-border payments with the digital asset XRP. So far, the response to the results of the work has been entirely positive. Therefore, Ripple plans to soon extend this service to other markets and customers, the company stated in its quarterly report.

Further launches so far promising

As BTC-ECHO reported on Thursday, Ripples CTO David Schwartz announced an additional XRP ledger feature. He calls it the „absolute gamechanger“ on Twitter. In addition, every server in the XRPL has a so-called „Unique Node List“ (UNL). It lists faulty validators and is also available when the validators are offline. In addition, the announcement of the Spark Token Airdrop for XRP owners recently attracted a lot of attention. Since September, XRP holders have been able to register their claim for the new Flare Network token using a tool for XUMM and the XRPToolkit. The final distribution of Spark Tokens will take place on 12 December. This announcement also provided positive feedback from the XRP community.

XRP is ideal for arbitrage trading

The third quarterly report also shows that XRP is ideally suited for arbitrage trading. This is due to the fast transaction times and low currency fees compared to Bitcoin Fast Profit. As a result, XRP can be sent from one exchange to another in a short time. Consequently, the small price differences can be used for short-term profits.

Using XRP as a bridge currency between exchanges, for example, allows traders to significantly reduce the time required and, more importantly, the associated volatility risk compared to other digital assets such as BTC and ETH,

says the report.

The launch of the new Stellar protocol has been welcomed by the crypto market: in the last 48 hours the price has increased by 100%.

The price of Stellar Lumens (XLM) has risen by 60% in the last 24 hours and exceeded the $0.2 threshold for the first time since September 2018. This growth came after an announcement by developers about the implementation of a new Crypto Engine version of the Stellar protocol by validators.

The update of Protocol 15 came into force at 16:00 UTC on 23 November and introduces two new features, which aim to reduce the complexity for users of applications and services based on the Stellar network.

Until 21 November Stellar Lumens had no particular price fluctuations, but on that date the trading volume started to grow. XLM has doubled in the last 48 hours and is at the top of the list of the first 100 currencies for weekly earnings: it has achieved a 125% growth! Some believe that it could be one of the tokens driving the long-awaited „alt season“.

„$XLM Stellar Lumens was the first altcoin he bought. I have never sold them and have accumulated them over the years.

I am delighted to have so many of them now that they are worth $0.7 on average. All the way to Valhalla!“

Initially created as a fork of the Ripple Labs protocol by Jed McCaleb and launched in July 2014, Stellar seeks to reduce the cost of cross-border payments using blockchain. The project is particularly focused on serving areas of the world where access to traditional financial services is non-existent or so expensive that it is prohibitive.

The update to Stellar’s Protocol 15 includes two new elements, designed to improve the user experience while maintaining a high level of protection against „farm attacks“ and other methods that could interfere with the network. A „farm attack“ occurs when multiple accounts are created by a single person, with the purpose of collecting the small amounts of money sent to those accounts by service providers, necessary to activate the account.

According to Stellar’s official blog, the features of Protocol 15 have been under development for over a year and address some of the „major hot keys“ for developers who build applications and services on Stellar:

„After the upgrade, developers can create simpler, better user experiences that reduce the complexity of the blockchain without losing any of the benefits of a fast, affordable, permissionless public registry.
Stellar also recently announced a partnership with East African B2B payment solution provider ClickPesa. According to the blog post, ClickPesa decided to use Stellar, recognising it as an „opportunity to reduce problems related to intra-African cross-border payments and P2P payment activity“.

In October, Stellar made it clear that the stablecoin USDC would migrate to its blockchain in the course of 2021 in order to pursue its goal of simplifying cross-border payments: Stellar Lumens‘ strengths include extremely low transaction fees and settlement times of just 4-5 seconds.