BITCOIN

Bitcoin started a fresh increase above the $42,500 resistance against the US Dollar. BTC may soon attempt an upside break above the $43,500 resistance zone. Bitcoin remained supported near $42,000 and started a fresh increase. The price is trading above $42,500 and the 100 hourly simple moving average. There is a major bullish trend line forming with support near $42,300 on the hourly chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Kraken). The pair could accelerate higher if there is a clear move above the $43,300 resistance zone. Bitcoin Price Eyes Upside Break Bitcoin price found support near the $42,000 zone after a downside correction. BTC formed a base and started a fresh increase above the $42,500 resistance zone. There was a clear move above the $42,800 level and the price settled above the 100 hourly simple moving average. The price even spike above the $43,000 level and formed a high near $43,288. It is now consolidating near the $43,000 level. There was a move below the 2

As Ethereum saw a 16% increase from a rally that took the coin to $3,000 on Monday, someone might have spotted an unusual link between Ether’s highs and times where the Ethereum Founder’s name, Vitalik Buterin, was trending on Google Searches worldwide. Ethereum And Google Trends “The last time Vitalik surged on Google Trends, $ETH pumped 2x from April-May,” a Twitter user noted while showing a recent surge of the founder’s name: The blue line represents searches of ‘Vitalik Buterin’ on Google and the red line represents ‘Vitalik’ To see if this could actually be taken into account as a possible indicator, we compared different moments in time in which Vitalik Buterin has surged on Google Trends and the price action that followed. In the following chart we can see the most relevant moments during 2022: And tracing back to 2021, we can further see this price action (yellow arrows still point at moments in which ‘Vitalik Buterin’ surged on Google Trends): Yellow arrows point at momen

Billionaire Carl Icahn, the founder of Icahn Enterprises, has predicted that the U.S. economy could be heading into “a recession or even worse.” The famous investor warned of “a lot of trouble ahead” and “a rough landing.” Billionaire Carl Icahn Predicts a Recession in the US Famous investor and billionaire Carl Icahn said Tuesday in an interview with CNBC that a recession or something worse could be on the horizon for the U.S. economy. Icahn is the founder of Icahn Enterprises, a public company and diversified conglomerate holding company based in New York City. His current net worth is approximately $17 billion. Noting that surging inflation is a major threat to the economy, he said: I think there very well could be a recession or even worse. He explained that based on his experience sitting on the boards of a lot of companies, “when you get to understand what these boards do, the system is needing fixing.” He also noted that at this point, “we have supply chain problems” bec

The chairman of the Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, says crypto requires new regulation, citing that it presents risks to the U.S. financial system and could destabilize existing financial institutions. Fed Chair Powell Sees the Need for New Crypto Regulation Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell talked about the need to establish new regulation for cryptocurrency Wednesday during a panel discussion on digital currencies organized by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS). Noting that new forms of digital money, including cryptocurrencies and stablecoins, will require new rules to protect consumers, the Fed chairman said: Our existing regulatory frameworks were not built with a digital world in mind … Stablecoins, central bank digital currencies, and digital finance more generally, will require changes to existing laws and regulation or even entirely new rules and frameworks. Powell reiterated his stance that crypto ought to follow the “same activity, same regulation” pr