Bitcoin was already trading above $9000 when Facebook formally unveiled its Libra cryptocurrency protocol.
Despite many commentators arguing the current bitcoin price spike is due to the social media giant, a glance at data puts bitcoin's momentum far ahead of Libra.
As Cointelegraph reported, Facebook revealed a website for its cryptocurrency scheme on June 18, when BTC/USD was hovering around $9200.
The bitcoin bull market began on April 1, seeing several peak-and-trough cycles but definitively reversing its previous downward trend which took it to just $3130.
The idea Facebook is uniquely fuelling the bitcoin price rise continues to pervade the press, including mainstream media titles.
"Bitcoin has slowly - by its own standards - been rising in recent months but the launch of Facebook's Libra has clearly been a catalyst for the recent surge," Craig Erlam, a senior market analyst at the financial trading firm Oanda, told The Guardian in an article published June 24.
Other sources meanwhile agreed about Facebook's limited role, but lacked faith in bitcoin itself, Bloomberg calling current enthusiasm "The return of a speculative dream."
Far from lay consumers, it is institutions which appear to be taking center stage in bitcoin interest.
40% price premiums on public fund the Grayscale Bitcoin Investment Trust, along with record trading volume for bitcoin futures, are two recent examples of the phenomenon.
Cointelegraph recently published a dedicated piece summarizing the most likely factors behind bitcoin rise to $11,000 and possibly beyond.
No, It's Not Facebook: Bitcoin Price Already Up 200% in 2019 Before Libra
Publicado en Jun 25, 2019
by Cointele | Publicado en Coinage
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