Mining efficiency will launch bitcoin to $36,000, analyst says
Altcoins begin Friday showing double-digit losses
Bitcoin on Friday broke below a short-term support line at $9,000, extending selloff in the previous session that took all major currencies into the red for the week.
A single bitcoin BTCUSD-5.31% last traded at $8,721.17, down 4.1% since Thursday’s levels at 5 p.m. Eastern time on the Kraken exchange.
The price of the No. 1 digital currency had spent the best part of the week consolidating after nearing the $10,000 mark late last week. However, that phase now appears to be breaking, giving some analysts cause for concern.
“It’s worth noting that while this could be a significant breakout to the downside, we have pierced the $9,000 level a few times throughout this time but each time price has rebounded back above,” wrote Craig Erlam, senior market analyst at Oanda in a research note.
“A significant close below here today could signal another period of downside for bitcoin, which has seen a number of false dawns since the collapse in its price around the turn of the year.”
Mining economics have bitcoin on track for record high
In a Thursday research note, Fundstrat Global Advisors, one of the markets biggest crypto bulls, said the bitcoin mining price dynamics have the No. 1 digital currency on track to reach $36,000 by the end of 2019.
Mining efficiency is an important facet of the cryptocurrency market, and Fundstrat said that higher hash power—the processing speed required by computers to generate a bitcoin—will propel bitcoin to a new all-time high.
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https://www.marketwatch.com/amp/story/guid/ABB63C56-550D-11E8-AF0C-DE1A18924019?espv=1
