Todd Gordon believes that Bitcoin may march on to $74,000. His prediction can, however, fall short of up to 61% which is around $34,000.
Bitcoin bull run is on as the leading cryptocurrency has staged an exponential growth with an 80% price gain in the last two months and 166% price gain from the start of the year to date to record a current price of $19,158. Yesterday, the digital asset rallied to fall less than 4% short of its all-time high having reached a price point of $19,345. The sudden surge in the Bitcoin price has created doubts among a small portion of the crypto community who thinks the price is a false one and would crash. However, two Bitcoin traders believe that the digital asset has all it takes to grow exponentially to trade as high as $74,000 and $100,000 by next year.
Analysis of Todd Gordon on Bitcoin Price Surge
The founder of TradingAnalysis, Todd Gordon used Elliott Wave Theory to analyze the mentality and the emotions behind the current Bitcoin value. According to this theory, there are mostly five waves of primary trends of which three are uptrends and two are intervening corrections. Gordon explained that the first higher wave occurred in 2014. After this was a massive pullback in 2015 followed by a long-term trend that existed until 2018. Between 2018 and 2020 was the fourth wave which created a sideways triangle. In this case, the fifth may be the time for the Bitcoin price to go all out to the moon.
Gordon believes that Bitcoin may march on to $74,000. His prediction can, however, fall short of up to 61% which is around $34,000.
Mark Tepper’s Prediction
The CEO of Strategic Wealth Partners, Mark Tepper in an interview disclosed that he would be crying every night if Bitcoin goes all the way to trade around $100,000 and he did not own some. His understanding of the reason for the current price surge is what he described as the “FOMO Concept”.
Tepper had been a bit skeptical about Bitcoin investment as he treated it as nothing beyond a speculative asset. He had the impression that Bitcoin lacks widespread adoption. However, the recent announcement that Paypal has added features that supports cryptocurrency and the reports that Square users purchasing more of the asset than before changed his mind.
According to Tepper, Bitcoin could be the Tesla of 2021. The electric vehicle manufacturer and clean-energy company surged by more than 500% this year. He believes Bitcoin can do better than Tesla to surge to $100,000 by the end of 2021. Also, he pegged his minimum trading price by the end of next year to $40,000.
The success story of Bitcoin is good news to the leading altcoins as a popular adage says “a rising tide lifts all boats”.
In late 2017 and early 2018, the likes of Ethereum, Dash, Litecoin, Zcash, XRP, and others recorded their all-time high in the reflection of the impressive performance of the Bitcoin price. Though other factors can send the price in the opposite direction, it is obvious that the recent exchange crackdowns in China have not affected the price.
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$45B DeFi market cap and soaring TVL suggest the best is yet to come
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The decentralized finance sector continues to charge full steam ahead as multiple tokens notch new all-time highs and the total value locked in DeFi protocols grows with the passing of each week.
Data from Messario shows projects like AAVE, Uniswap (UNI), SushiSwap (SUSHI) and Synthetix (SNX) have all rallied by double-digits, creating a positive feedback loop as more users engage with the protocols to yield farm and capitalize on flash loans.
DeFi asset performance. Source: Messari
As the price of Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) reached new highs in recent months, the total value locked (TVL) in DeFi has risen as well, increasing optimism and engagement on the various DEXs and lending platforms. Data from CoinGecko shows that in the past 6 months the DeFi total market capitalization has grown to $45 billion.
Total market cap of all DeFi tokens. Source: CoinGecko
From Jan. 1 to Jan. 25, DeFi platforms have collectively seen the TVL rise from $15.6 billion to a record-high $26.1 billion.
In fact, according to DeFi Pulse, the total value locked across DeFi protocols increased from $21.49 billion to $26.173 billion in the past 4 days alone.
This sharp increase in TVL was helped by a $400 surge in the price of Ether from $1,053 on Jan. 21 to a new all-time high of $1,459 on Jan. 25, but Ether can’t account for all the gains as shown by the increasing number of DeFi tokens which are also securing new all-time highs.
Total value locked in DeFi. Source: Defi Pulse
Despite these impressive developments, the DeFi sector only accounts for just 4.6% of the total cryptocurrency market capitalization which currently stands at $976.6 billion.
Despite representing just a small sliver of the total crypto market, DeFi’s rapid growth suggests the sector is primed for explosive growth as cryptocurrency becomes more mainstream.
Coinbase to Offer Secondary Market on Nasdaq for Its Private Stock before IPO
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This move by Coinbase will allow all its current and past employees as well other private stockholders to sell their stock before the IPO on the Nasdaq Private Market.
World’s largest cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has informed its shareholders that the company is soon to launch a secondary market for its private stock on the Nasdaq Private Market. Further details of the process shall be available today i.e. Monday, January 25 by noontime, said Coinbase.
“On Monday, January 25 at noon PT you will receive an email from the Nasdaq Private Market with details, including how you can access the market, what shares are eligible for trading, and how the market will function,” the message explained.
The secondary market will allow current and former employees and all other who hold the stock in the company to sell part of their vested shares in advance of a public offering. The Nasdaq Private Market offers services for companies before the IPO. This includes “controlled liquidity programs for pre-IPO companies looking to raise secondary capital for shareholders and investors.”
The move comes just before the company’s much-awaited public market debut. In mid-December, Coinbase filed a confidential S-1 informing the SEC about its intention to go public.
As per earlier reports, Coinbase will tap into the public markets through direct listing instead of a standard IPO. Coinbase IPO announcement has caused much excitement in the market. Probably, it will encourage other crypto firms to go public in the future. Thus, it will lead to more legitimacy in the growth of the crypto market while bridging the gap with traditional finance.
Coinbase Year 2020 in Review ahead of Stock Offering
Two days back, crypto exchange Coinbase also published a yearly review for 2020. The exchange talked about the growth for its institutional clients along with offering insights into its optimal allocations.
Just released: Our Year in Review covers 2020 from the lens of our institutional clients, including insights on optimal allocation and the story behind our largest trades to date. https://t.co/JoGK5msEaP
“In 2020, crypto cemented its status as an institutional asset class. Coinbase had a front-row seat to this development — facilitating trading, custodial, and lending activities for many of the world’s investment firms, corporates, banks, fintechs, and wealth managers”.
The company continues to unveil new products and services to expand its market reach. Last week, Coinbase announced the acquisitions of blockchain company Bison Trails. This company specializes in building blockchain tech for clients across multiple fields.
Similarly, to make it easy for new token issuers, Coinbase announced its Asset Hub allowing crypto tokens issuers to list new tokens on the exchange.
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