Bitcoin jumped 10% on Monday as investors used its recent price drop as a buying opportunity.- The cryptocurrency had tumbled to its lowest level since early March last week.
- Tesla billionaire Elon Musk asked followers over the weekend: "What does the future hodl?"
Bitcoin rose as much as 10% on Monday, as investors used last week's slide as a buying opportunity.
The digital asset was last trading near $53,000 as of 03:00 a.m. ET, but had earlier dropped as low as $47,000 in early Asian trade.
Some analysts said
Bitcoin had tumbled to as low as $47,953 last week after JPMorgan warned there could be further weakness for the cryptocurrency due to a decline in buying momentum. Reports that President Joe Biden plans to impose higher taxes on the rich also propelled a wider drop in bitcoin. Investors in Turkey were dealt more pain after the collapse of two crypto exchanges, stoking concern that
"My feeling is that the market is long and wrong above $60,000 of fiat currency, backed by tax-payer revenue, US dollars," Jeffrey Halley, a senior market analyst at OANDA, said, adding he expects the price to fall to around $42,000 based on technical analysis.
Popular crypto influencer and Tesla billionaire Elon Musk posted yet another cryptic reference to the market. He tweeted over the weekend "What does the future hodl?" - using a term crypto investors understand standing for "hold on for dear life" with respect to their holdings.
Bitcoin enthusiasts will be paying attention to Tesla's first-quarter results, set to be published after the market close on Monday, for any insight into crypto in general, or the company's bitcoin holdings.
Meanwhile, Cardano's ADA token rose 10% to $1.20, Ethereum's ether rose 6% to $2,457, and Dogecoin rose 5% to $0.26.