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Bitcoin Weekly (1/2/2023)

**Bitcoin Weekly - Edition 40** Happy New Year! Bitcoin (BTC) had a rough 2022, down nearly 65% for the year after reaching an all-time high in November 2021 of just over $69K. The largest cryptocurrency opened 2023 in its familiar narrow range as of late in the mid $16K area. The drop of 65% is about the norm for a bear market as is the length of time BTC has been falling, however, most are expecting Bitcoin to fall a bit further before rallying sometime later in 2023. It feels like BTC will just continue to trade sideways until the next crypto news story bomb hits taking it lower. The question is, how low will BTC fall and how long until the recovery starts? If you look to analysts, many are expecting the first quarter of 2023 to be a period of testing new lows with some calling for BTC to fall as low as $10K. Many point to the second quarter, a year out from the BTC halving, as a typical turnaround point. Of course, the global economy will have a major impact on all markets, including crypto. My main concern is that I don't believe stocks have bottomed out yet and the correlation between crypto and major US stock indexes seems fixed at the present time. Short term, there isn't much major news this week but next week will bring us fresh CPI (consumer price index) data for the US. Will December show us a slowing of inflation? If not, expect BTC to fall again. We do have the Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) and non-farm payroll data due out this week, however, I don't expect either to be a major market driver. Bitcoin has been stagnant in wallets with holders not wanting to sell at a loss meaning supply is low at the moment. Miners continue to struggle and the hash rate difficulty is expected to drop between 3-4% this week while miners continue to allocate less and less capacity to mining BTC as profits dwindle. The Crypto fear and greed index highlighted below, is at 27 and down one point from last week and remaining in the "fear" range for the sixth consecutive week. **Ten Must-Read Bitcoin Articles This Week** These 4 altcoins may attract buyers with Bitcoin stagnating (Cointelegraph) https://cointelegraph.com/news/these-4-altcoins-may-attract-buyers-with-bitcoin-stagnating Bitcoin Starts the New Year Off On the Wrong Foot (The Street) https://www.thestreet.com/investing/cryptocurrency/bitcoin-is-down-to-start-the-year Why A Bitcoin Ban In The EU Is Likely… And Stupid (Bitcoin Magazine) https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/eu-will-likely-ban-bitcoin-to-no-avail IMF Head Warns Of Major Recession, What It Means For Bitcoin (Bitcoinist) https://bitcoinist.com/imf-recession-how-it-could-impact-bitcoin/ BTC to USD Forecast: Convert Bitcoin to US Dollar (Forbes) https://www.forbes.com/advisor/in/investing/btc-to-usd-forecast/ The centralization of Bitcoin: Behind the two mining pools controlling 51% of the global hash rate (Crypto Slate) https://cryptoslate.com/behind-the-two-mining-pools-controlling-51-percent-of-the-global-hash-rate/ Bitcoin Taker Buy/Sell Ratio Can't Give Any Clear Signals As Demand Remains Low (NewsBTC) https://newsbtc.com/news/bitcoin/bitcoin-taker-buy-sell-ratio-demand-low/ The Themes That Will Define Bitcoin In 2023 (Bitcoin Magazine) https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/defining-bitcoin-in-2023 What Crypto Crash? Why Fidelity Sees a Future in Bitcoin (Barron's) https://www.barrons.com/articles/6-value-stocks-poised-to-shine-in-2023-51672360586 What Will It Take for Bitcoin Mining Companies to Survive in 2023? (CoinDesk) https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2023/01/01/what-will-it-take-for-bitcoin-mining-companies-to-survive-in-2023/ **Bitcoin Price Statistics** *(as of 1/1/2023, weekly close)* Bitcoin Price = $16,618 Last Week = $16,831 Weekly High = $16,759 Weekly Low = $16,544 Market Cap = $321,992,148,737 Market Cap Dominance =38.271% All-Time High = $69,044.67 *on November 10, 2021* statistics provided by CoinGecko **Bitcoin Fun Fact of the Week** About two-thirds of Millennials see Bitcoin as a "safe haven" asset. **Bitcoin Mining Statistics** Miners = 5,321,099 Hashrate = 286.07 EH/s Difficulty = 35.36T Emission (24hr) = 981.3 BTC Circulating Supply = 19.25M (91.7%) statistics provided by MiningPoolStats **Crypto Fear & Greed Index**

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