Buyers want to buy Bitcoin and sellers are becoming greedy, the FOMO is back on track. Blackrock cannot stay reticent when Goldman Sachs is all over Bitcoin.

If there is anything worth talking about today, it surely is the crypto space. Bitcoin has crossed the $7K and it is trading near $7,500. Year to date, we are still down by -47.85% but the $600 move in sixty minutes for Bitcoin was a remarkable one. The sellers in the OTC market are holding off their Bitcoin as they believe that the price is going to go high . On the other hand, buyers are eager to find sellers so that they can buy low and sell high.

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What is Bitcoin?

To cut through some of the confusion surrounding bitcoin, we need to separate it into two components. On the one hand, you have bitcoin-the-token, a snippet of code that represents ownership of a digital concept – sort of like a virtual IOU. On the other hand, you have bitcoin-the-protocol, a distributed network that maintains a ledger of balances of bitcoin-the-token. Both are referred to as “bitcoin.”

The system enables payments to be sent between users without passing through a central authority, such as a bank or payment gateway. It is created and held electronically. Bitcoins aren’t printed, like dollars or euros – they’re produced by computers all around the world, using free software.

It was the first example of what we today call cryptocurrencies, a growing asset class that shares some characteristics of traditional currencies, with verification based on cryptography.

The question is what has instigated this move?

the suppressive bear market conditions are fading and with yesterday’s move, it will be only a matter of time before the bear market is forgotten altogether. Remember, the FOMO element for Bitcoin is very strong and it drives the trading action aggressively. Regulatory space is becoming more digestible for cryptos, countries like Japan which has shown a much tougher attitude towards cryptos in the past are becoming friendlier. For instance, the fact that SBI, a major financial firm in Japan, opened its crypto exchange for traders says it all.

Buyers want to buy Bitcoin and sellers are becoming greedy, the FOMO is back on track. Blackrock cannot stay reticent when Goldman Sachs is all over Bitcoin. https://t.co/365M09q5h3 https://t.co/6U7dCIp8y4 — Naeem Aslam (@NaeemAslam23) July 18, 2018

But to narrow down the focus on a specific event which triggered this move I would go for Blackrock. The world’s largest exchange-traded fund provider and asset manager is also thinking in venturing into the world of cryptos. When Goldman Sachs announced its crypto trading desk, we did see that their competitors were not going to be reticent. Of course, these bigger institutions have not had the chance to enjoy crypto parties yet and now they are on it. Although, the CEO of Blackrock didn’t fully back the rumours after the report, it absolutely makes sense that the world’s largest asset manager, Blackrock would dive into the crypto world because now we are at a stage where one can use various techniques to form valuations on cryptocurrencies.

Another event which is worth keeping an eye on today is the Congress discussion on cryptos. The House Committee on Agriculture and Financial Policy Subcommittee both will discuss the digital assets and cryptocurrencies as money. Any positive stance towards cryptos would have the potential to fuel the crypto rally further.

In terms of technical analysis, the next major resistance for Bitcoin is $7,749, the high of 7th of June. On a daily timeframe, the price is having a battle with its 100-day moving average which is at $7,495. The 200-day moving average is trading at $9,575 which would serve as the next resistance. Of course, the price would have to clear the psychological level of $8,000 first before targeting the 200-day moving average.

In terms of volume, it has reached a 3-month high as the price has taken out the $7K mark. This tells me that the current move is here to stay because of serious conviction behind it.

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