How Strong Is Bitcoin’s Push Above $12,000?

Who has the most recent bitcoin move right, the bulls or the bears?

AccessTimeIconOct 20, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. UTC
Updated Sep 14, 2021 at 10:12 a.m. UTC
AccessTimeIconOct 20, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. UTCUpdated Sep 14, 2021 at 10:12 a.m. UTC
AccessTimeIconOct 20, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. UTCUpdated Sep 14, 2021 at 10:12 a.m. UTC

Who has the most recent bitcoin move right, the bulls or the bears? 

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Our main discussion: bulls vs. bears as bitcoin passes $12K

Someone recently tweeted, “Bitcoin price has never been this high with such bearish sentiment.” 

On this episode, NLW looks at the bullish case (growth in open interest on CME backed by strong macro narrative around stimulus) and bearish case ($12K BTC sell wall and bleeding from alts and DeFi).

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