The bitcoin price rose 15 percent in as little as half an hour on January 29. There have been several different bearish events during the week that could cause the bitcoin price to drop. But three news was enough for the bulls to gain strength.
Bitcoin, which was traded at $ 31,000 in the morning, rose to over $ 38,000 in the afternoon.
Analysts who examine this price change think it can be explained by the following trio: Elon Musk, options, Ray Dalio. Before addressing these developments, let’s examine why it is surprising that the bitcoin price is on the rise.
The selling pressure was getting stronger
Asian ‘whales’ and cryptocurrency miners have been selling large amounts of bitcoin since the beginning of the week. According to the CryptoQuant CEO’s post on Jan. 29, miners started sending more bitcoins to exchanges than in months. These transactions are thought to be made for sales purposes.
According to Joseph Young’s review, this pressure is not only from Asia. It is thought that this is one of the factors that caused the price to drop this week, with some institutional investors in Coinbase starting to sell bitcoin.
Three news in a row before the weekend
This pressure, which has been seen since the beginning of the week, started to ease on Thursday evening and Friday.
Ray Dalio, executive director of Bridgewater Associates, talked about “what a great invention Bitcoin is” on Thursday; He stated that he was becoming an alternative to gold. This statement of Dalio, who had a partially negative position against bitcoin in the past, was welcomed throughout the industry.
12 hours after Dalio’s announcement, witnessed a historic day in the derivatives market. More than 100 thousand bitcoin options with a total value of over $ 3 billion have expired. This is thought to ease the selling pressure in the market.
The thing that most impressed him maybe the news of Elon Musk that came during the day. Racing with Jeff Bezos to be the richest person in the world, Musk
It came to the fore by updating its Twitter biography as “Bitcoin.” Joseph Young summarizes the events happening today as follows:
“All conditions were met for the bitcoin price to drop. The price cannot go up, both whales and miners are selling bitcoin, the number of sell options exceeds that of buy options, the trading volume is shrinking,
the altcoin market was booming. Elon Musk changed everything. “
