Not exact matches
But
analysts say the rising tide of regulation has weighed on
digital currencies, helping to explain heavy losses at the start of 2018.
Analysts haven't been able to figure out exactly how much of AMD's sales strength last year was due to the rise of
digital currency mining.
That
digital currency has gained more than 28 percent since January 1, which one
analyst says is thanks to big - name partnerships and a unique structure that incentivizes investors not to sell.
He said he became curious after an
analyst at the firm said he'd bought
digital currencies litecoin and ethereum one weekend.
Another benefit: The
digital currency's lower transaction fees could save retailers who operate internationally up to 8 percent, Wedbush
analyst Gil Luria recently told The New York Times.
Digital currency mining has the potential to boost demand for Intel's processors, said Kevin Cassidy, an
analyst at Stifel Nicolaus.
Following Warren Buffet comments,
analysts have again started raising questions over the
digital currencies potential to work as the medium of exchange.
Goldman Sachs is out with a call on bitcoin, and chart
analyst Sheba Jafari expects the
digital currency could rise as high as $ 3,915.
Bitcoin investors have been on a wild ride this year, with the
digital currency more than doubling, before slumping this week into what technical
analysts label a bear market.
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Bitcoin's pace of growth — plus the mere fact that as a
digital currency it is not backed by a government or an army — makes more than a few
analysts worry that this craze is due for another crash.
U.S. households likely owe $ 25 billion in capital gains taxes for their cryptocurrency holdings, which could result in «massive» selling of the
digital currencies into U.S. dollars by the mid-April tax filing deadline, one Wall Street
analyst said.
Bitcoin investors have been on a wild ride this year, with the
digital currency more than doubling, before slumping this week into what technical
analysts label a bear market.
U.S. households likely owe $ 25 billion in capital gains taxes for their cryptocurrency holdings, resulting in «massive» selling of the
digital currencies into U.S. dollars by the mid-April tax filing deadline, one Wall Street
analyst said.
Goldman Sachs is out with a call on bitcoin, and chart
analyst Sheba Jafari expects the
digital currency could rise as high as $ 3,915.
Analysts indicate that bitcoin prices are further receiving support from a handful of macroeconomic developments that have helped drive market participants to the
digital currency.
«A crucial hurdle» for bitcoin is whether major financial institutions will accept the
digital currency as collateral, said Blanch, who is considered by many to be one of the best commodity
analysts on Wall Street.
Top industry
analyst and the lead researcher at Fundstrat, Tom Lee reckons that the current tax filing deadline in mid-April has been a contributor to the falling prices of
digital currencies and tokens.
ETH is not a highly liquid market, and this could have helped accelerated the
digital currency's sharp price increases,
analysts said.
With US Federal Chair Janet Yellen and Mario Draghi — The European Central Bank President taking keynote turns for their speech in the meeting — the Jackson Hole Symposium that is starting today,
analysts will take great notice if the
Digital currencies will be replying their expectations.
Experts, traders and
analyst believes that the price of the
digital currency will continue to rise more.
Tom Lee, the Wall Street strategist covering bitcoin, said bitcoin will reach $ 25,000 this year, while Saxo Bank's
analyst Kay Van - Petersen believes the
digital currency will cost $ 100,000.
But some
analysts think the new fund could bring the
digital currency a step closer to broader acceptance by investors.
Yet, in a market filled with
digital currencies,
analysts say Zcash holds a unique promise due to the potential power of its underlying technology.
That's how market
analyst Arthur Hayes describes the enthusiasm ahead of the upcoming launch of a new
digital currency called Zcash - and he's not alone.
Financial
analyst Gary Shilling called bitcoin a «black box» and that he won't be investing in the
digital currency.
Mati Greenspan, senior market
analyst at eToro, told Bitcoin Magazine that as
digital currencies are becoming increasingly mainstream, the company expects a significant pickup in trading and would consider introducing new
digital currencies on eToro, «though nothing is currently set in stone.»
According to the Fundstrat
analyst,
digital currencies account for nearly 20 percent of all the mainstream investment platforms that include precious metals, stocks, and equities.
Few other
analysts, including Steve Bellotti of
Digital Currency Holdings, expects bitcoin price to create further price correction before beginning to stabilize in the second part of this year.
Major
analysts like Warren Buffett, Goldman Sachs, and Bill Gates has denied investing in bitcoin and other
digital currencies, and they warned investors that cryptocurrencies could have a bad ending.
Propelled forward by numerous forces including strong market momentum, rising interest rates and an influx of new money, the
digital currency's price could surge to fresh, all - time highs next year, the
analysts asserted.
After trading above $ 1,000 for more than two weeks, the bitcoin price has now provided what
analysts believe is ample evidence the
digital currency's price has established a floor at this level.
Given the current trend of cryptocurrencies, while
analysts agree they will recover in the long - term, major
digital currencies will likely not be able to make big upward movements in the short - term.
Many
analysts and investors in the market have been quoted recently stating that the fork in the
digital currency world that occurred to the largest cryptocurrency may result in the price dropping down for a short amount of time well people use their funds to other
currencies in the market to safeguard their investments.
Many
analysts believe that the recent Bitcoin price increase may drive even more investments into the
digital currency.