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Bitcoin (BTC) Price Prediction: BTC/USD Slumps Below $60,000 Support as Bears Overwhelm Bulls

Bitcoin (BTC) Price Prediction – April 10, 2021
BTC/USD made positive moves above the $60,000 overhead resistance as price reached a high of $61,243. Unfortunately, buyers could not sustain the bullish momentum above the overhead resistance. Today, BTC price has fallen below the $60,000 support. A further downward movement of the coin is likely.

Resistance Levels: $58,000, $59,000, $60,000
Support Levels: $40,000, $39,000, $38,000

BTC/USD – Daily Chart

Today, BTC price broke the $60,000 overhead resistance as price reached the high of $61,243. In previous price actions, buyers broke the overhead resistance on two other occasions. On March 14, the bulls broke the psychological price level as price rallied to $61,699 high. On April 2, buyers also made concerted efforts to break the resistance but the market reached a high of $60,190. One common feature in the price action is that buyers failed to sustain the bullish momentum above the overhead resistance. Meanwhile, Bitcoin has fallen to $58,450 low and pulled back. The bottom line is that if the bears break the $58,000 support, the market will further decline to $54,000 low. On the other hand, if the $58,000 supports holds, Bitcoin will resume upside momentum.

HSBC Blacklists Microstrategy’s Stock for Investing In Bitcoin
HSBC is an investment banking giant that has classified MicroStrategy as a “virtual currency product.” HSBC has directed users that already own MicroStrategy stock not to buy additional shares. According to reports, buying MicroStrategy stock is no longer possible for HSBC customers on the bank’s online trading platform — HSBC InvestDirect or HIDC. The message from the banking giant includes the following: “HIDC will not participate in facilitating (buy and/or exchange) products relating to virtual currencies, or products related to or referencing to the performance of the virtual currency.” The reason for the blacklisting is that MicroStrategy is a virtual currency product.

BTC/USD – Daily Chart

Bitcoin has fallen after breaking the overhead resistance. Meanwhile, the upside momentum will resume if the BTC price retraces and finds support above the $58,000 support. Nevertheless, the Fibonacci tool has indicated an upward movement of price. On April 2 uptrend, a retraced candle body tested the 61.8% Fibonacci retracement level. This retracement gives the impression that BTC price will rise to level 1.618 Fibonacci extension or the high of $66,425.90.

Bitcoin (BTC) Price Prediction: BTC/USD Slumps Below $60,000 Support as Bears Overwhelm Bulls

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3X as many crypto figures make it onto Forbes 2021 billionaires list as last year

Forbes released their annual billionaires list on April 6, with Amazon overlord Jeff Bezos and his $177 billion topping the list for a fourth consecutive year.

The “digital gold rush” has seen nine new crypto billionaires join the Forbes list, pushing the total up to 12 (depending on whether you count the Winklevoss twins as one or two entries.) That’s up from just four in last year’s Forbes World’s Billionaires list

Sam Bankman-Fried – Newcomer

Sam Bankman-Fried is the wealthiest crypto-billionaire, with a net worth of $8.7 billion. Bankman-Fried founded trading firm Alameda Research and popular derivatives exchange FTX. The 29-year old has made waves in the crypto space, with FTX recently winning the naming rights to Miami Heat’s home stadium for 19 years. Cointelegraph recently ranked Bankman-Fried as the third most influential figure in crypto for 2020.

The Winklevoss Twins – Newcomers

Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss have a net worth of $3 billion each and started investing in Bitcoin in 2012. The brothers famously sued Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg for IP theft in 2004 and won a $65 million settlement which they used to invest in Bitcoin. They started the crypto exchange Gemini in 2014, and they purchased Nifty Gateway in November 2019.

Chris Larsen – Returnee

Larsen, the co-founder of Ripple Labs saw his net worth grow from $2.6 billion to $3.4 billion over the past year.

Larson and Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse have been fighting an ongoing dispute with the SEC in relation to XRP and unregistered securities offerings. However, the SEC’s lawsuit against Ripple hasn’t appeared to affect its token too badly, with XRP increasing by 387% in the last 12 months.

Jed McCaleb – Newcomer

McCaleb is another co-founder of Ripple, and reportedly holds 3.4 billion XRP and 1 billion Stellar Lumens — the cryptocurrency he founded after leaving Ripple — with his holdings adding up to a net worth of $2 billion. Cointelegraph reported that McCaleb sold off $400 million worth of his XRP holdings in 2020 alone.

Michael Saylor – Newcomer

Saylor is the CEO of listed company MicroStrategy and co-founded the software giant in 1989, and now has a net worth of $2.3 billion. Saylor has become the leading advocate for corporations holding Bitcoin on balance sheets. Since its first purchase of Bitcoin in August 2020, Microstrategy has invested $2.226 billion, taking its tally up to 91,579 Bitcoins at an average cost of $24,311 per Bitcoin.

Brain Armstrong – Returnee

Armstrong is the CEO and co-founder of Coinbase and his net worth has gone from $1 billion to $6.5 billion within 12 months. Coinbase also had a successful year, generating $1 billion in revenue, and it’s set for a direct listing in a week. That will value Armstrong’s shares somewhere north of $14B, meaning he may well top the crypto billionaires’ list next year.

Fred Ersham – Newcomer

Ersham co-founded Coinbase with Brian Armstrong in 2012 and left the firm in 2017. He is now a board member of the company, and his 6% stake has an estimated worth of $1.9 billion.

Changpeng Zhao

Zhao is the founder of the largest crypto exchange Binance and owns an estimated 30% stake in the company. Zhao’s net worth is $1.9 billion, and the digital gold rush has been good to the Binance founder, with Binance Coin becoming the second-largest altcoin by market cap. Zhao revealed earlier this week that he holds close to 100% of his portfolio in crypto.

Matthew Roszak – Newcomer

Roszak is the Chairman and co-founder of blockchain technology firm Bloq and is a leading crypto and blockchain investor. Roszak is also a founding member of Tally Capital a crypto-focused private investment firm and has a net worth of $1.5 billion.

Tim Draper – Newcomer

Draper is a crypto evangelist with a net worth of $1.5 billion. He bought $18.7 million worth of Bitcoin in 2014 after it was confiscated from the Silk Road black market. Draper was also one of the primary investors in the Tezos project and co-founded Draper Fisher Jurvetson, a leading investment firm in early-stage tech startups.

Barry Silbert – Newcomer

Silbert founded the crypto conglomerate Digital Currency Group in 2015 and has a net worth of $1.6 billion. The DCG owns asset management firm Grayscale Bitcoin Trust, which currently has $46 billion worth of assets under management.

3X as many crypto figures make it onto Forbes 2021 billionaires list as last year

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Paysafe Seeks US Market Expansion With Coinbase Partnership

Paysafe has sealed a partnership with cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, as it seeks market expansion in the U.S. Paysafe owns and maintains popular digital wallet Skrill.

Skrill Digital Wallet For US Customers

According to the partnership terms, Coinbase will provide a white label solution for Skrill to aid the digital wallet’s growth in the United States. This will see customers from over 30 US states and territories trade cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, Litecoin with their digital wallet.

Head of Institutional Trading at Coinbase, Brett Tejpaul, said:

“As we focus on building the crypto-economy, we look to partner with leaders like Skrill who can white-label our turnkey solution to provide and support digital assets to their clients without having to learn the nuances of building a crypto exchange.”

Following the announcement, the payments company said the expansion program would commence immediately. Skrill says it will look into strengthening its digital wallet’s features for the American consumer.

Skrill had previously launched its Skrill Visa Prepaid Card. It also brought to market Skrill Money Transfer remittance solution and Skrill Knect loyalty and rewards program.

Coinbase Adds Another Feather To Its Cap

Coinbase has had a prosperous year so far. The company, which is reportedly eyeing an initial public offering (IPO), is worth more than $100 billion.

Brain Armstrong, who is the company CEO and co-founder, has successfully navigated the crypto exchange into occupying the enviable position of being the largest Bitcoin exchange in the United States.

Rising institutional demand following crypto upsurge has seen Coinbase become the ultimate destination for companies seeking exposure to the volatile asset class.

Coinbase has high-value clients like intelligence company MicroStrategy, electric car company Tesla, and recently added Chinese tech company Meitu to its list.

Aside from giving exposure to cryptocurrencies, Coinbase has been adding many crypto projects to its platform. In a March 19 post, Coinbase announced that it was adding ADA to its platform. The announcement that quickly propelled the proof-of-stake blockchain protocol to the third position will see Coinbase facilitate buying and selling Cardano’s ADA.

The San Francisco firm also said it is preparing to build a business presence in India. The company said it would initially house IT services, including engineering, software development, and customer support.

New hires will work from home before a physical office is opened in the engineering hub of Hyderabad, subject to the covid-19 protocols.

For now, the company has not posted any vacancy on Coinbase India’s career page.

Paysafe Seeks US Market Expansion With Coinbase Partnership

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JPMorgan launching ‘crypto exposure basket’ featuring MicroStrategy and Square

JPMorgan Chase has designed a new debt instrument that provides investors direct exposure to a basket of crypto-focused companies, according to a new filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC.

JPMorgan’s Cryptocurrency Exposure Basket (Mar 2021) is described as an “unequally weighted basket consisting of 11 Reference Stocks of U.S.-listed companies” that operate businesses directly and indirectly related to cryptocurrencies.

The instrument allocates 20% to MicroStrategy, the data analytics firm with 91,064 BTC on its balance sheet. It also provides direct exposure to Square (18%) and Riot Blockchain (15%), two companies with significant exposure to Bitcoin. Nvidia Corporation and PayPal Holdings each account for 15% of the basket.

Advanced Micro Devices, Taiwan Semiconductor Company, Intercontinental Exchange, CME Group, Overstock.com and Silvergate Capital are also included in the basket.

The prospectus states:

“The weights of the Reference Stocks were determined based in part on exposure to Bitcoin, correlation to Bitcoin and liquidity.”

JPMorgan says payouts are based on how the basket of companies performs. The minimum investment is $1,000 with a maturation date of May 2022.

The new product represents one of many ways institutional investors can gain access to the high-flying cryptocurrency market. Wall Street is already flocking to digital currencies, which largely explains the strong price support underlying Bitcoin. The flagship digital currency traded as high as $54,888 on Tuesday, according to TradingView. 

If the recently launched Purpose Bitcoin exchange-traded fund is anything to go by, traditional investors have a strong appetite for digital assets. The Canadian ETF saw nearly $100 million in volume during its debut earlier this month, putting it on track to exceed $1 billion in assets after the first week. 

JPMorgan launching \’crypto exposure basket\’ featuring MicroStrategy and Square

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Norweigian Conglomerate Aker ASA to Launch Bitcoin Investment Company

Norwegian holding company, Aker ASA is set to launch a new investment company called Seetee AS. The industrial company said that the new investment company would be dedicated solely to bitcoin and blockchain technology, Reuters reports.

Seetee AS and Bitcoin

Seetee AS would be focusing on bitcoin projects and companies as stated by Kjell Inge Roekke, the billionaire chairman and majority owner of Aker.

The Norwegian billionaire stated in a letter written to the company’s shareholders that Seetee would be launching with 500 million Norwegian Krone ($58.6 million) in capital.

In an announcement released on Monday, Aker said its new investment entity, Seetee AS, will keep all its liquid investable assets in bitcoin and will also enter the bitcoin mining industry in due time.

The Oslo stock exchange-listed company further made known that Seetee had partnered with Blockstream, a blockchain technology company based in Canada. The collaboration would see the companies work on Bitcoin mining while also seeking to fuse blockchain technology with Aker’s industrial operations.

Speaking on the importance of technology advancement, Aker ASA Chief Executive Oeyvind Eriksen said;

“These technologies have the potential to reduce frictions in our day to day lives, enhance the security of our digitally-driven economies, and unlock new business models for innovation.”

Although Aker is a holding company focused on energy, construction and fishing, most of its income is gotten from the oil and gas industry. However, in recent years it has increased its investments in renewable energy and information technology.

Companies Putting Cash Treasuries in Bitcoin

As companies start to see the benefits of investing in or converting cash treasuries into bitcoin, the demand in the Bitcoin market will continue to increase.

Publicly traded companies have seen the need to turn their treasury cash into bitcoin because they’re worried about the low-interest rates and the scourge of inflation with all the money printing and the coronavirus effect.

Microstrategy is one big name that has amassed bitcoin steadily over time. The American publicly listed company bought a total of $4.45 billion worth of Bitcoins over some time and is now said to have a market value worth $2.428 billion, printing a gain of over $1.2 billion.

Last month, Tesla Inc disclosed that it had bought $1.5 billion of Bitcoin, which sent the token’s price up 20%.

Square has also announced last month in its fiscal fourth-quarter financial report that it bought $170 million worth of bitcoin. The company said it purchased approximately 3,318 bitcoins, expanding on its October 2020 buy of 4,709 and that represents about 5% of the company’s total assets as of the end of 2020.

Meitu Inc, a Chinese company known for its beauty-focused photo editing app, also poured $40 million into Ethereum and Bitcoin.

Norweigian Conglomerate Aker ASA to Launch Bitcoin Investment Company

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