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.
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Markets Report: Bitcoin taps support at $44,000 after week of losses
A painful few days for hodlers looks set to culminate in a test of various critical support levels
Bitcoin has almost completed another rollercoaster week in which it met its second major price correction of 2021. Having hit $58,300 all-time highs, bulls lost steam with a retracement becoming a full-on dive in which Bitcoin lost 20%. Subsequent ranging combined with fresh weakness has taken weekly losses to almost 25%.
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MicroStrategy make $1B BTC buy on top of Square, ETF investments
As Bitcoin crashed, two big corporate buyers doubled down, while investors poured more than a half billion dollars into Canada’s Purpose Bitcoin ETF in just one week
According to a Feb. 24 announcement, MicroStrategy bought 19,452 BTC for its reserves, worth more than $1 billion. With this addition, the company’s holdings reach a total of 90,531 BTC, or $4.46 billion as of press time. The firm’s CEO, Michael Saylor, said that accumulating Bitcoin is now one of its core objectives.
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CEO Alan Lane has sent Silvergate Bank's shares soaring by embracing crypto (Photo: Silvergate Bank)Crypto Bank Silvergate Capital’s stock up over 1,000%
The bank, which went public in November 2019 and serves customers like Coinbase and Square, was up 1,300% before a broad tech market downturn yesterday
Silvergate, one of the first banks to embrace crypto, has been on tear thanks to its decision to accept cryptocurrency customers when no other banks would.
