In the cryptocurrency space, no player or asset controls the market as a whole more than Bitcoin (BTC). With this new weekly feature, Modern Consensus will give the latest updates and big news stories from the previous week. The price of Bitcoin currently sits around $56,000, while it was at a high of $64,000 earlier in the week, a significant price drop. Sports Odell Beckham Jr., a wide receiver for the Los Angeles Rams and an extremely popular football player, is now accepting his entire NFL salary in Bitcoin. With a $4.25 million salary, this equates to a little more than 75 BTC a year. He announced this big change…
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Markets Report: Bitcoin puts in $54K low but strong holders keep demand flowing
The week’s downturn stays in force as analysts disagree over its root cause but buyers are far from in short supply
Bitcoin stayed lower on March 16 as the week’s comedown from all-time highs accelerated overnight. The move compounds an already bearish turn in Bitcoin markets which followed new all-time highs of $61,700 during the weekend.
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Markets Report: Bitcoin aims for top 3 weekly close
All-Time highs remain untouched as continued rejection at $58,000 means that the bull run may be on ice over the weekend
The past week’s trading has been one big guessing game for hodlers as Bitcoin edges ever closer to all-time highs—but avoids hitting them. Rumors that Oracle was about to announce a giant 72,000 BTC buy-in looked set to obliterate the trading channel once and for all, but a let-down instead brought a solid reinforcement of the current range.
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Markets Report: Bitcoin hits $54,500 amid rumors Oracle wants 70,000 BTC
Unsubstantiated reports say that an announcement from Oracle will come this week and could see it become an instant Bitcoin heavyweight
Bitcoin climbed to within $4,000 of all-time highs on March 9 as rumors swirled over an imminent buy-in which would rival MicroStrategy. The move was music to the ears of traders, who had been waiting for a decisive attack on both $50,000 for support and a flip of resistance higher up at $52,000 to cement the prospect of the bull run continuing.
