Traders have flocked to the new currency and it has seen a 910 per cent increase in price since April 16 to April 20.
“We’ve seen a tremendous amount of inflow of attention, and that’s going to continue to drive the growth of the industry for a while now,” says Abner.
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One investor who wasn’t deterred was Barstool Sports Inc. founder Dave Portnoy. In May, he announced to his 2.6 million followers on Twitter that he’d bought $40,000 worth, despite saying that SafeMoon could be a Ponzi scheme, a scam in which early investors’ returns are paid with funds coming from later buyers that collapses when new deposits dry up or too many people try to cash out.
Meanwhile, even the most enthusiastic bitcoin evangelists are realizing that a retooling is in order. Michael J. Casey, a senior adviser for blockchain research at MIT’s Digital Currency Initiative, recently wrote about how the crypto-winter has arrived, but it may lead to better things down the line:
Customers’ digital assets held on other trading platforms are not automatically transferred to Binance.US. Transferring a cryptocurrency from other wallets requires the customers to use the deposit address on the Binance.US account as the target address. Upon selecting the desired crypto, the user can either copy the address or scan the appropriate QR deposit code. Wallets also support insights into deposit and withdrawal history.
Earlier, we presented a chart indicating how Binance has gone from essentially a non-player in the U.S. crypto market a few quarters ago to now doing significant volume. With the recent hiring of Brian Brooks, who certainly has the connections to tap into the right areas, Binance.US could be set up for a very bright future.
Ultimately, the future of cryptocurrencies — their value, security, and staying power — is still up in the air. But the experts we spoke to believe owning some crypto could create value over time. Whatever your interest or motivation, experts stress the importance of making sure you understand the unique volatility and risk factors of cryptocurrency before investing.
For those who invest in crypto for the long-term using a buy-and-hold strategy, swings like this are to be expected. The recent dips are nothing to be overly worried about, according to Humphrey Yang, the personal finance expert behind Humphrey Talks, who says he avoids checking his own investments during volatile market dips.
At IG, our markets for bitcoin, bitcoin cash, ether and litecoin are quoted against the US dollar. This is how you’ll usually see these cryptocurrencies quoted elsewhere, too.
Bitcoin set another new all-time high Wednesday afternoon over $68,000. And then it promptly dropped down to below $65,000, where it remains Thursday morning.
In the last 24 hours, Bitcoin has gained around 3 percent and is trading above $67,000. The crypto has added over 10 percent in the past week.
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In what traders call a “scam wick,” the one-minute BTC/USD differed dramatically from other major exchanges, which logged a one-minute candle with a floor of around $64,200.
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This level is likely to act as a stiff resistance but if bulls do not give up much ground, the ETH/USDT pair may overcome the barrier and rally to the next target objective at $5,283.17.