{"id":387192,"date":"2019-06-23T18:00:18","date_gmt":"2019-06-23T18:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/?p=387192"},"modified":"2024-06-11T13:44:31","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T13:44:31","slug":"facebook-libra-boost-bitcoin-past-10000-analysts-think","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/news\/facebook-libra-boost-bitcoin-past-10000-analysts-think\/","title":{"rendered":"What Boosted Bitcoin (BTC) Past $10,000? These Analysts Think It’s Facebook Libra"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over the past few weeks, Bitcoin (BTC) analysts have been wrestling with what has been pushing the cryptocurrency market higher. Some have said that this swing to the upside, marking the start of so-called “crypto spring”, was catalyzed by technical events; Others have looked to fundamentals.<\/p>\n

A recent analysis performed by The TIE, a crypto analytics provider, claims that BTC was, in fact, boosted by fundamental news. More specifically, the launch of Facebook’s digital asset purportedly boosted public sentiment regarding Bitcoin on a large scale.<\/p>\n

Related Reading: Bitcoin (BTC) Price Tops $11.2K, Short Term Correction Before Higher<\/a><\/h6>\n

What Helped Bitcoin Past $10,000?\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n

As reported heavily by NewsBTC over the past day, BTC has finally broken past $10,000 after months upon months of so-called “crypto winter”. Bitcoin, as of the time of writing this report, is up 0.5% in the past 24 hours, finding itself situated around $10,700. Earlier Saturday, the cryptocurrency tapped $11,200 but was strongly rejected, resulting in a rapid sell-off to $10,300.<\/p>\n

Per The TIE’s analysis, however, sentiment regarding Bitcoin is still widely positive. In a thread, published via Twitter<\/a>, the upstart claimed that the launch of Libra “played a massive role in driving Bitcoin to $10,000.”<\/p>\n

Seen below is a sentiment chart, which collects keywords from tweets mentioning “Bitcoin”, with the value of BTC overlayed. The TIE depicts that once The Block published its report on Facebook’s partners (Uber, Spotify, Visa, Booking Holdings, & Coinbase \u2014 to name a few) for its cryptocurrency venture, “sentiment turns positive”.<\/p>\n

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The Libra Coin announcement played a massive role in driving Bitcoin to $10,000. After Facebook\u2019s official partner list for Libra Coin was revealed by @TheBlock__<\/a> on June 14th sentiment on Bitcoin almost immediately flipped positive leading significant upwards price movement pic.twitter.com\/Yrzatvv7r3<\/a><\/p>\n

— The Tie (@TheTieIO) June 23, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n