Bitcoin Loops, Then Bounces, In A Flare Of End-Of-Day Volatility

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(Bloomberg) – A wave of sales briefly pushed Bitcoin to its biggest intraday decline in more than two weeks. While the largest cryptocurrency recouped some of its losses, it ended lower for its first decline in four days.

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Bitcoin fell 3.5% to $ 55,360 at 5 p.m. in New York on Tuesday after falling to around $ 54,000. Even with the decline, the largest cryptocurrency by market value is up over 90% year-to-date and remains within sight of its all-time high of around $ 65,000 reached in April. For the month alone, Bitcoin has climbed more than 25%.

Optimism that the first US exchange-traded funds based on Bitcoin futures could be approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission as early as this month helped offset looming concerns about potential measures by regulators to strengthen surveillance of the cryptocurrency market. Tuesday’s drop doesn’t change that positive momentum, said James Butterfill, UK-based investment strategist at CoinShares.

The drop is not of concern, Butterfill said. It hasn’t broken the trend, and the fundamentals of increasing the odds of SEC approval and increasing institutional adoption should support the price in the coming weeks.

Bitcoin approached $ 58,000 early Tuesday in Asian exchanges before retreating to U.S. hours, declining slightly throughout the day.

We believe the market is healthy and these are actually normal setbacks to be expected, said Philippe Bekhazi, co-founder and CEO of XBTO, a cryptocurrency trading and investment company. The market is apparently assessing the likelihood of an ETF approval this month. Profit-taking is therefore natural.

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