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Bitcoin investors grow overwhelmingly bullish despite the thread of a steep decline
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Updated: May. 19, 2020 at 5:33 pm UTC
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With another halving written into the history books, Bitcoin continues on the spotlight of the cryptocurrency market. Investors appear to be growing optimistic about what the future may hold for the flagship cryptocurrency.
Optimism around Bitcoin explodes
Data from The TIE shows that Bitcoin’s daily sentiment score is at the highest ever recorded since 2017. The alternative data provider maintains that positive conversations on Twitter have been making new yearly highs and remain trending up.
The change in sentiment among market participants around BTC can also be seen in the Crypto Fear and Greed Index. This fundamental index, which analyzes emotions and feelings from different sources including volatility and social media, recently moved from sensing โextreme fearโ in the market into a โneutralโ posture, which is a positive sign.
As Bitcoin shrugs off the fear, uncertainty, and doubt, more and more retail investors have been giving it a vote of confidence. Now, more than three million Bitcoin addresses are holding at least 0.1 BTC. This represents 14 percent more addresses than one year ago today, according to Rafael Schultze-Kraft, co-founder and CTO at Glassnode.
And that is not all. Even institutional investors are jumping on the Bitcoin bandwagon.
In a recent report, Arcane Research affirmed that the CME has been gaining an increasing market share over the aggregated crypto marketโs open interest, which was fueled by Marchโs Black Thursday.
Arcane Research said:
โCME currently accounts for 15% ($499 million in real terms) of the total open interest. The CME OI fluctuated between 4 -8% prior to the March crash, but the crash marked a visible trend shift as CME has been gaining market shares ever since.โ
The institutional-focused analysis firm highlighted that professional money managers have contributed a lot to the CMEโs growth since they have โloaded up on Bitcoin [after] seeking to allocate cash into a provably scarce asset class.โ
Even the author of โRich Dad Poor Dad,โ Robert Kiyosaki, is long Bitcoin as it may serve as a hedging asset against the misguided government policies.
Kiyosaki stated:
โECONOMY dying. FED incompetent. Next BAILOUT trillions in pensions. HOPE fading. Bought more gold silver Bitcoin. GOLD at $1700. Predict $3000 in 1 year. Silver at $17. Predict $40 in 5 years. Bitcoin at $9800. Predict $75000 in 3 years. PRAY for the BEST-PREPARE for the WORST.โ affirmed Kiyosaki.
Although a $75,000 Bitcoin as Kiyosaki expects may seem out of the question, Plan Bโs stock-to-flow (S2F) model estimates it is very likely. Now, it is just a matter of time before a new bullish cycle begins based on the S2F.
Bitcoin Market Data
At the time of press 5:33 pm UTC on May. 19, 2020, Bitcoin is ranked #1 by market cap and the price is up 0.29% over the past 24 hours. Bitcoin has a market capitalization of $178.32 billion with a 24-hour trading volume of $39.92 billion. Learn more about Bitcoin ›
Crypto Market Summary
At the time of press 5:33 pm UTC on May. 19, 2020, the total crypto market is valued at at $266.08 billion with a 24-hour volume of $129.79 billion. Bitcoin dominance is currently at 67.00%. Learn more about the crypto market ›
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