'To the moon' or 'total crash'? Bitcoin price hits new 4-month highs
BTC price action is still splitting consensus regarding whether Bitcoin will continue higher — what do you think? Bitcoin (BTC) spiked higher around the Jan. 17 Wall Street open as nervous analysts waited for further cues. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView Opinions diverge over Bitcoin's fate Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD briefly touching $21,594 on Bitstamp, marking its highest since Sep. 13. As bullish impulses continued to hit the chart, reactions stayed conservative amid an atmosphere of suspicion over the true source of Bitcoin’s return to form. One such cautious take came from MichaĆ«l van de Poppe, founder and CEO of trading firm Eight, who eyed behavior around a key exponential moving average (EMA) across crypto. “Food for thought; Total market capitalization and the altcoin market capitalization are both at the 200-day EMA's, while Bitcoin is barely breaking it without any volume,” he noted. “Markets are bo...