Bitcoin price – Live: ‘Dead cat bounce’ pattern divides crypto market analyst

The counter to the “dead cat bounce” argument is that bitcoin’s price trajectory is still yet to see its peak in 2021.

The most prominent advocate of this narrative is the pseudonymous Dutch analyst PlanB, who is best known for his Stock-to-Flow price prediction model.

According to one version of this, bitcoin is set for a “second run of this bull market”, which could push the cryptocurrency’s price north of $250,000 in the near-ish future. Similar market blips to the one currently underway were seen in 2013 and 2017, before new all-time highs were ultimately seen.

PlanB remains firmly behind his model.

Panamanian Congressman Gabriel Silva is hoping his country could be the next to follow El Salvador by adopting bitcoin as legal tender.

Silva plans to present a bill next month that will begin the process to open up the country’s economy to the cryptocurrency

“I found El Salvador’s project positive, ambitious, interesting and with good acceptance,” he said following El Salvador’s announcement, and today said there is “strong citizen support” for the project.

In an effort to make sense of this tumultuous time for the crypto market, we’ve invited a couple of experts to take readers’ questions.

Dr Paul Ennis, an assistant professor at University College Dublin whose research focuses on cryptocurrency, and Fred Schebesta, a crypto advocate and founder of comparison platform Finder.com, will join us tomorrow morning to give readers of The Independent an opportunity to ask anything they like about bitcoin and the crypto space.

You can find out more – and ask your questions in the comments – here:

Kim Kardashian shared a post with her 200 million+ followers shilling the cryptocurrency Ethereum Max earlier this week.

The paid promotion caused its price to double and follows similar posts by other celebrities, including Floyd Mayweather – who has previously been fined for promoting dodgy coins.

So is it worth investing and what does it actually do? David Morris, CoinDesk’s chief insights columnist, spent some time digging into Ethereum Max in an attempt to answer these questions.

Firstly, it is in no way affiliated with the more famous Ethereum (ether) cryptocurrency. Many of the deals its creators claim to have made are not all they seem. The moral of the story? Do your own research before investing in cryptocurrencies promoted by celebrities.

Elon Musk has responded with laughing face emojis to a meme shared by Billy Markus, the co-founder of dogecoin, referencing the Tesla CEO’s involvement in the space.

Musk’s market-moving impact was most recently demonstrated when he said his electric car company would consider accepting the cryptocurrency again if its network improves its reliance on renewable energy sources.

Some appear happy to have the backing of the technology billionaire, even if it is only part-time. Others are less keen and see it as unnecessary interference. Whatever the case, it doesn’t look like he’s going away any time soon.

A popular market analyst has warned that bitcoin may already have seen its peak price in 2021.

The pseudonymous Mr. Whale, whose @cryptowhale Twitter account has nearly a quarter of a million followers, has compared the latest recovery to the “dead cat bounce” pattern seen following the price high seen in 2017.

If this is the case, then bitcoin could be heading as low as $7,000 later this year or in early 2022. However, if this bounce back leads on to new price records this year then the new all-time high could be considerably higher.

Dozens of attendees of the Bitcoin 2021 conference, which took place in Miami earlier this month, have reportedly tested positive for Covid-19.

12,000 people attended the event, with no mask mandate or proof of vaccination required. Numerous attendees have since reported testing positive on social media, though it is still too early to determine whether it was a so-called “super spreader” event.

“We have no reason to believe the conference was a ‘Super Spreader.’ At this point, with the information we know, this characterization of the event is not only unfair but also irresponsible,” Miami’s mayoral office said in a statement.

A senior minister in Tunisia has called for bitcoin to be decriminalised in the country after a teenager was reportedly arrested for using the cryptocurrency to buy something online.

Finance Minister Ali Kooli said in a TV interview with Carthage+ that the current law was outdated and “did not represent changes in the global economy”.

He said: “Is it conceivable that a young man is imprisoned for using digital currency? I do not agree with this law and I will work to change it.”

The news comes after politicians in several countries expressed interest in following El Salvador’s lead by adopting bitcoin as legal tender.

Billionaire investor Tim Draper has stood by his prediction that the price of bitcoin will hit $250,000 next year.

Draper is one of the most prominent figures in the crypto space, having previously purchased 30,000 bitcoins seized by US Marshalls for less than $20 million back in 2014. That same stash is now worth more than a billion dollars.

As an early backer of Skype, Tesla and Twitter, Draper is famed for his future-facing investments, and has made billions of dollars in the process.

“I think I’m going to be right on this one,” Draper told CNBC. “I’m either going to be really right or really wrong [but] I’m pretty sure that it’s going in that direction.

The president of Tanzania has called on financial chiefs in the country to prepare for the arrival of bitcoin and cryptocurrency.

Speaking in Mwanza, President Samia Suluhu Hassan said Tanzania’s Central Bank should explore the use of bitcoin following El Salvador’s announcement last week that it would be adopted as legal currency.

“We have witnessed the emergence of a new journey through the internet,” she said, according to local newspaper The Citizen.

“I know that throughout the nation, including Tanzania, they have not accepted or started using these routes. However, my call to the Central Bank is that you should start working on that development. The Central Bank should be ready for the changes and not be caught unprepared.”