{"id":468282,"date":"2021-07-28T23:00:52","date_gmt":"2021-07-28T23:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/?p=468282"},"modified":"2024-06-11T08:17:51","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T08:17:51","slug":"brian-kelly-bullish-on-bitcoin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/news\/brian-kelly-bullish-on-bitcoin\/","title":{"rendered":"Fast Money\u2019s Brian Kelly Remains Bullish On Bitcoin, Here\u2019s Why"},"content":{"rendered":"
Fast Money trader Brian Kelly was on the show recently to talk about Bitcoin\u2019s recent price surge. The surge which had happened at the end of the weekend had seen the price of Bitcoin rise over 10% to surpass $39,000, gaining over $4,000 within a day.<\/p>\n
Brian Kelly agreed with show host Melissa Lee saying that the short-covering contributed to the price surge. Kelly explained that a high number of short coverings around the asset saw the price shooting up as the weekend drew to a close. A lot of factors have been speculated to have given rise to the price spike.<\/p>\n
Related Reading |\u00a0Bitcoin To Reach New All-Time Highs, Market Strategist<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Rumors of Amazon integrating Bitcoin on its platform had been the front-running theory behind the price spike. But Kelly explained that the rumors were only part of the reason that the digital asset had seen significant movement. Outlining other factors that contributed to the rally.<\/p>\n Brian Kelly addressed the speculations of the Amazon news being the main catalyst for Bitcoin\u2019s price surge. Kelly explained that the Amazon news had been out in the market about a week before the momentum picked up.<\/p>\n According to Kelly, the high amount of shorts coupled with the news of Amazon and Tether\u2019s news<\/a> led to a \u201cbig short squeeze\u201d as the weekend drew to a close, which is when the market is usually less liquid than usual.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The short squeeze had seen over $1 trillion shorts liquidated in a matter of 24 hours as the price surged. With Bitcoin contributing over 70% of this amount, seeing over $800 million shorts<\/a> liquidated in the same period of time.<\/p>\n Following the short squeeze has been a bounce-back of the trading volume and volatility levels of Bitcoin, which had been trending at yearly lows for about a month. The digital asset has since picked up momentum and the market seems determined to ride out this wave for as long as possible.<\/p>\n Kelly responded to a question regarding the price of the asset bouncing back before reaching $40,000. Saying that the bounce had come as no surprise. Kelly personally remains bullish on bitcoin. \u201cThe real game here is whether or not it is going to be adopted as an institutional asset,\u201d Kelly said. \u201cAnd I don\u2019t see anything that has changed my mind on that.\u201d<\/p>\n Continuing on, Kelly added the decision of the federal bank and federal reserve to keep printing money could be a determining factor. To which Kelly said, \u201cBy my score, I don\u2019t see how they cannot continue to print.\u201d<\/p>\nCatalyst For Price Spike<\/h2>\n
BTC price breaks $40,000 for the first time in over a month | Source: BTCUSD on TradingView.com<\/a><\/pre>\n
Still Bullish On Bitcoin<\/h2>\n