Bitcoin worth nonetheless due $12K dip, says dealer as ETF guru backs GBTC

by Jeremy

Bitcoin (BTC) stayed undecided on the Nov. 24 Wall Avenue open as one dealer bolstered a $12,000 BTC worth goal.

BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Supply: TradingView

BTC worth “foremost goal” for backside $12,000-$14,000

Information from Cointelegraph Markets Professional and TradingView confirmed BTC/USD circling $16,500 as an eerie calm continued in the marketplace.

The pair nonetheless did not persuade analysts that higher occasions had been on the way in which, and widespread commentator Il Capo of Crypto advised that it was solely a matter of time earlier than draw back resumed.

On each excessive timeframes (HTF) and low timeframes (LTF), the image regarded bleak.

“Htf: decrease lows and decrease highs after breaking a month-to-month redistribution vary. Under June’s low and at provide zone. Ltf: weak pattern attributable to a brief squeeze (bull lure). Quantity dying,” he summarized to Twitter followers on the day.

“12000-14000 stays the principle goal for an area backside formation.”

BTC/USD annotated chart. Supply: Il Capo of Crypto/ Twitter

As Cointelegraph reported, a number of BTC worth forecasts proceed to name for a sub-$14,000 bear market backside.

Replying to Il Capo of Crypto, in the meantime, fellow analyst Gert van Lagen provided a possible upside resistance/ help flip at $18,100 as a bullish cue.

BTC/USD rising from present ranges to carry there, he wrote, would make the current two-year low of $15,480 a “triple backside” for 2022.

“It qualifies certainly provided that 18.1k will get damaged,” Van Lagen careworn.

Analyst: “99.9% probability” GBTC Bitcoin exists

Inside crypto circles, the destiny of Digital Forex Group (DCG), its subsidiary, Grayscale and the Grayscale Bitcoin Belief (GBTC) continued to represent a significant speaking level.

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One of many newest contributions got here from Bloomberg Intelligence exchange-traded fund (ETF) analyst James Seyffart, who in a devoted Twitter thread mentioned that regardless of market nerves, voluntary liquidation of the $10.5 billion GBTC was “unlikely.”

“That simply does not appear to be its on the desk to me,” he wrote.

Acknowledging frustration on the fund’s low cost to the Bitcoin spot worth, Seyffart concluded that in the end, given the fabric out there, there was a “99.9% probability” that it held the BTC it claimed by way of custodian Coinbase.

The GBTC spot worth low cost was at 39.2% as of Nov. 24, information from monitoring useful resource Coinglass confirmed.

GBTC premium vs. asset holdings vs. BTC/USD chart. Supply: Coinglass

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