Bitcoin’s Next Breakout Likely to Set the Mood Moving Forward

Bitcoin’s Next Breakout Likely to Set the Mood Moving Forward

Bitcoin’s price action has been extremely slow over recent weeks. The leading cryptocurrency has traded in between $10,000 and $11,000 for approximately five weeks now, barely deviating. This has resulted in Bitcoin volatility indicators such as the Bollinger Bands width to drop dramatically, to levels not seen since June/July. In June and July, the crypto was also stuck in a $1,000 range, continually ranging. Due to the compression in these markets, analysts have been on […]


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