BTC is falling again. On Friday, the asset is mostly trading at $19,921.
The current market situation is quite usual. Global market players are trying to avoid risks in stock markets, so they are currently not interested in crypto assets. The correlation between S&P 500/NASDAQ and the BTC remains quite strong.
American investors are once again bringing the US FOMC’s future moves in questions. At the same time, there were neither signals indicating a change in sentiment, nor the frustrating statistics. Most likely, investors hoped for a longer rebound. However, but when it became clear the rebound wouldn’t last long, market players were overwhelmed with disappointment.
Technically, the area between $18,000 and $19,000 remains a strong support zone. Until now, it managed to prevent “bears” from attacking.
The number of coins held by the BTC miners dropped to the 10-year low, 1.92 million BTCs. Experts compare this with the tendency to sell cryptocurrency.
At the same time, holders – long-term investors – accumulated a record-breaking amount of cryptocurrencies. According to Ask Invest, they control at least 13.7 million coins, which is about 71.5% of the entire BTC volume offered in the market.
Norwegian Ministry of Finance is thinking of cancelling the benefits for miners. This might add about $14 million to the country’s budget. At the moment, data centres that are involved in mining are paying for electricity at a reduced rate.
Source: Roboforex