The launch of a highly anticipated spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) next year could lead to the price of the cryptocurrency to drop, a new report suggests.
Blockchain data firm CryptoQuant said in a report Thursday that the approval of the investment vehicle could be a “sell the news” event as investors are currently sitting on big gains in the run up to the potential launch.
The Singapore-based company added that this may see the price of Bitcoin plunge to as low as $32,000 per coin. It’s currently priced at $42,539, according to data from CoinGecko.
“In this context, we argue there are increasing odds that the ETF approval will be a ‘sell the news’ event as Bitcoin market participants are sitting on high unrealized profits,” the report read.
It is expected that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission will approve a Bitcoin ETF soon. Bloomberg Intelligence analysts have put the odds of a green li
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