{"id":381810,"date":"2019-05-13T14:05:47","date_gmt":"2019-05-13T14:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/?p=381810"},"modified":"2024-06-11T13:39:47","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T13:39:47","slug":"analyst-institutional-demand-pumped-bitcoin-price-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/news\/analyst-institutional-demand-pumped-bitcoin-price-this-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Analyst: Institutional Demand Pumped Bitcoin Price This Week"},"content":{"rendered":"
It was institutional buyers that pumped the bitcoin price by 23 percent last week<\/a>, according to a prominent cryptocurrency analyst.<\/p>\n Alex Kr\u00fcger said the latest bitcoin price action hinted systematic buying, an act of people pooling their strategy to purchase a financial asset in large volumes. Retail investors lacked the capital that could pump the bitcoin market capitalization by approx $32 billion in a week. So, it was very likely that a “handful of large players” initiated a coordinated pump, and bitcoin’s valuation rose wildly.<\/p>\n “Clues to reach that conclusion can be found in the volume, price action, funding, and futures basis and term structure,” explained Kr\u00fcger. “[It was] not retail driven.”<\/p>\n What drove $BTC<\/a> up this week?<\/p>\n A handful of large players, that started buying in waves. Systematic buying.<\/p>\n Clues to reach that conclusion can be found in volume, price action, funding, and futures basis and term structure. May expand on this later.<\/p>\n Not retail driven.<\/p>\n — Alex Kr\u00fcger (@krugermacro) May 12, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n