{"id":393385,"date":"2019-08-16T16:40:33","date_gmt":"2019-08-16T16:40:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktsl888.com\/?p=393385"},"modified":"2019-08-16T16:40:33","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T16:40:33","slug":"bitcoin-price-crypto-bakkt-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktsl888.com\/news\/bitcoin-price-crypto-bakkt-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Price Spikes Nearly $500 in Minutes on Bakkt News"},"content":{"rendered":"
Bitcoin price<\/a> has been trapped in a symmetrical triangle for weeks now, bouncing back and forth between the top and bottom resistance and supports, making increasingly lower peaks and higher troughs, but breaking news surrounding Bakkt<\/a> may have just ended any bearish pressure for the time being.<\/span><\/p>\n Just as Bitcoin was flirting with a potential breakdown from the triangle after a rejection from $12,000, the crypto asset has spiked nearly $500 in a matter of minutes following news that Bakkt had received approval from the CFTC to proceed with the launch of its physically-settled Bitcoin Futures trading platform.<\/span><\/p>\n Bitcoin price action has been a wild ride ever since the crypto asset was rejected at $13,800 towards the end of June. Since then, it\u2019s been nothing but bounces and rejections at each top and bottom of a symmetrical triangle that\u2019s been forming over the course of the last three months.<\/span><\/p>\n Related Reading | Historical Data Shows Bitcoin Price Correction Could Last 5 More Months<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Bitcoin price had just been flirting with the bottom of the trading range and was at risk of a deep drop lower after a rejection above $12,000 hurt the pride of bulls who had been confident that it was the last retest of highs before a breakout brought BTC to the next highest trading range, or potentially to retest its former all-time high at $20,000.<\/span><\/p>\n But at 11:15AM Eastern, right around when news broke that Bakkt had received final CFTC approval to proceed with its physically-settled Bitcoin Futures trading platform, Bitcoin price spiked from near $10,000 to a just under $10,500 before a slight pullback to around $10,400 where Bitcoin price is currently trading.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Crypto analysts everywhere were clamoring for the price per BTC to fall lower, after a strong rejection at $12,000 this month but Bitcoin’s bull run in jeopardy and caused the price to collapse by as much as $2,500 at one point<\/a> before bouncing back upward to $10,000 where the leading crypto asset had been struggling to find support.<\/span><\/p>\n Related Reading | Crypto Analyst: Recent Bitcoin Price Struggle Similar to 2017 Run\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Just as things began to look grim once again, with Bitcoin price<\/a> teetering on the edge of $10,000 and ready to test low $9000s once again, the news of Bakkt broke and Bitcoin price spiked.<\/span><\/p>\nBitcoin Price Bounces From $10,000 to Nearly $10,500 in Minutes <\/span><\/h2>\n
Bakkt Is Why BTC Bounced Back Up<\/span><\/h2>\n