Bitcoin is still ‘firmly in growth mode,’ says crypto investment firm

  • BlockTower Capital’s Michael Bucella is bullish on crypto, noting that volatility in Bitcoin and Ethereum or other crypto isn’t surprising at all.

As Bitcoin price plummets to lows last seen in July 2021, crypto investor and BlockTower Capital general manager Michael Bucella says retailers should use this as an opportunity to re-enter the market.

The entrepreneur also says that while volatility remains a key issue for some investors, it should not be a surprise to the market given the asset class is still maturing.

Despite a “blowout” in prices that has seen the benchmark crypto fall more than 50% from its all-time high; the investor says Bitcoin’s future outlook is bright.

In a previously recorded interview with CNBC, Bucella noted crypto is likely to see fresh momentum as broader markets look to bounce from the latest sell-off. He says the expectation of higher interest rates from the Fed and other central banks continues to weigh on investor sentiment.

However, with liquidity in crypto available 24/7, the BlockTower Capital executive sees an upside materialising to keep Bitcoin price above a long-term bullish trend. He said the flagship cryptocurrency was “firmly in growth mode” even as it trades alongside the trends in the risky assets market.

On the issue of volatility, Bucella points to Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies as “a young asset class.” In this case, wild price moves such as witnessed over the years should not be “too surprising.”

He also says the degradation seen over the last several months follows the sharp rise in Bitcoin and Ether in the first half of 2021. He says the price surge that catapulted the coins to fresh was more out of value creation and not fundamental growth.

However, he sees crypto accelerating upwards amid fundamental growth as market structures reestablish themselves.

The analyst also says crypto has held well in the face of the sell-off, compared to some traditional assets in the IPO and SPAC markets that are down as much as 80% over the past few weeks.

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I will buy more if BTC tests $20k, says renowned author

  • Bitcoin slumped to lows of $33,064 and could tank further given the negative sentiment seeping through the markets.

  • Robert Kiyosaki says he’d buy more BTC if prices sink to retest the $20,000 region.

Rich Dad, Poor Dad” author Robert Kiyosaki says he’s ready to add to his Bitcoin holdings if further declines in the benchmark crypto’s value take it to prices around $20,000.

The bestselling author, who is one of the prominent crypto proponents, said this on Monday as bulls battled to keep prices above $34,000.

But Bitcoin has slipped to lows of $33,600 in intraday trades, the sharp sell-off coming off the back of a brutal week where the flagship cryptocurrency’s value tanked below the key support levels of $40,000 and $37,300.

Kiyosaki says a fresh downturn that intensifies the losses will be “great news.” According to him, this would offer a buy-the-dip opportunity he will seek to exploit.

Your profits are made when you buy, not when you sell,” he offered in his ‘Words of Wisdom’ tweet.

The US businessman and founder of Rich Global LLC revealed he bought Bitcoin twice in the past- when the cryptocurrency traded around $6,000 and then at $9,000.

I will buy more if and when BC tests $20k,” he added, striking an optimistic outlook for the market.

The investor has previously explained his distrust of the legacy financial system, predicting a crash for the US dollar.

In May 2020, Kiyosaki predicted that BTC price would hit $75,000, with the target missed when prices topped out at around $69,000.

Bitcoin price is down over 50% since that ATH in November, with the volatility seeing some say the crypto bubble has burst. However, according to Digital Chamber founder Perianne Boring, “volatility is not necessarily a bad thing.”

Speaking to CNBC’s “Squawk Box” she added:

It’s normal to see 30-50% volatility in the crypto markets in any given month. The markets are behaving just as expected.”

In her view, Bitcoin price will likely rebound higher given the cryptocurrency’s fundamentals “are as strong as ever.“

BTC/USD currently trades around $33,833, down about 6% in the past 24 hours and more than 21% in the red this past week. The intraday low of $33,064 is the lowest BTC has slipped to since July 2021.

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Solana (SOL) dips 17% after another 48 hours of congestion issues

The Solana native crypto (SOL) has continued to nosedive as its blockchain continues to face major network congestion issues. Today it has dipped another 17.79% amid congestion issues over the weekend.

SOL is currently trading at $84.03 with a trading volume of $3.4 billion.

According to the current trend where all the major cryptocurrencies are going red, things might get worse for Solana if the congestion issues keep on cropping up.

What is Solana (SOL)?

Solana is a decentralized open-source project that depends on Blockchain technology to provide solutions for Decentralized finance (DeFi) and SOL is its native token.

The SOL token has been dropped greatly amid the current bloodbath of major cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum.

The sharp drop in Solana price

During this huge crypto market rout, Solana seems to be in the lead after experiencing 48 hours of network instability over the weekend, to an extent of disappointing the traders and investors. However, the Engineers posted a notice on the Solana website on Saturday, 22 January 2022 stating:

‘’Solana mainnet beta is experiencing high levels of network congestion. The last 24 hours have shown these systems need to be improved to meet the demands of users and support the more complex transactions now common on the network.’’

However, after working on the systems over the weekend, today the systems are in full operation. According to a comment on their website, the Solana team thanked the panel that helped to debug the network issues and also the Solana lab team who didn’t sleep for 48 hours.

This frequent network outage has highly contributed to the current bearish situation and resulted to trust issues among investors. Traders no longer trust the platform; something that has given its Ehereum Layer-1 competitors like BSC and Fantom an upper hand.

Mark Jeffrey, Boolean Fund founder, and Crypto investor, said:

 ‘’Another day, another 48-hour Solana outage. This is like the sixth time this has happened in 3 months. I have zero faith in it now. It is the new EOS. The fight is now between ETH, BSC, Fantom, Avalanche, and Terra.’’

Solana to up its game as traders goes for alternatives

In the midst of all this, questions are arising as to whether Solana the Ethereum competitor in terms of DeFi TVL has 50%. Current data shows that DeFi traders are going for those platforms with low fees; for example Avalanche, Fantom, Terra, and many more.

Fantom is currently the second largest network in terms of DeFi TVL after Ethereum as Solana slips to the sixth position with $7.7 billion DeFi TVL according to DeFiLlama.

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