Enthusiasm is quietly constructing round bitcoin as danger trades enhance and rates of interest fall. Liquidity is enhancing and the trade seems to have cleaned up following the fines and Binance and the collapse at FTX.
Bitcoin is up $792 to $39,577, which is the best since April 2022. It seems to be breaking out after weeks of consolidating close to $36,000.
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The key catalyst that bitcoin bulls are watching is for a US ETF approval, which appears to be like to be a foregone conclusion. All indications are that it will likely be accredited, with solely the timeline in dispute. Latest reporting highlights a window opening up for approvals within the first week of January.
Till it is accredited, I do not see any causes for the bulls to promote. Past that, there shall be must be a brand new catalyst or some large inflows into these ETFs to maintain the momentum going. One supply of modest momentum is the weakening of the US greenback, one thing that additionally boosted gold to a document excessive on Friday.
Technically, if the $40,000 stage breaks, there is not a lot standing in the best way of a return to the Q2 2022 excessive of $49,000.
For broader markets, the elevate in bitcoin additionally factors to an extension of the optimistic momentum into the brand new week.
