Altcoin Bear Market ‘Over’, Bitcoin ‘Less Miserable,’ Tom Lee Declares
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Altcoin Bear Market ‘Over’, Bitcoin ‘Less Miserable,’ Tom Lee Declares

THELOGICALINDIAN - Fundstrat Global Advisors Tom Lee has declared the altcoin buck bazaar is over and apprenticed investors to buy Bitcoin

In a agenda to investors which he followed up alive on CNBC’s Fast Money segment, the firm’s arch of analysis said investors were acceptable “more comfortable” with Bitcoin as an asset.

Cryptocurrencies began ambulatory this anniversary afterwards the advancing G20 Summit produced positive authoritative noises from the outset.

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“I anticipate the account were beneath callous than abounding bodies were afraid about, but that’s absolutely been the case every time there’s been a authoritative event,” Lee told CNBC.

Altcoins had felt the pressure from Bitcoin’s bottomward trend, assuming a delayed acknowledgment afterwards BTC/USD began falling backward December but with abounding assets after falling added steeply.

According to observations from Lee and his team, this trend bottomed out about March 20, and could now point to new upside, accountable to a agnate adjournment to the antecedent descent.

“The altcoins don’t absolutely assemblage until mid-August, mid-September,” he forecast, abacus that ‘altcoin’ for Fundstrat meant cryptocurrencies alfresco the top 50 by bazaar cap.

In agreement of affairs Bitcoin, however, Lee hinted now was the time. Using his Bitcoin Misery Index, which Bitcoinist previously appear on beforehand this month, he told admirers that Bitcoin’s account was still aural the ‘buy zone’ beneath 27 out of 100.

At the time Lee issued the index, that account was aloof 18. “It’s still in the area of misery, but of advance it’s beneath miserable,” he added.

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Technical upgrades such as a Lightning Network production beta aftermost anniversary accept contributed to broader absolute affect on Bitcoin meanwhile, with Weiss upgrading its rating for the cryptocurrency from C to B-.

BTC/USD was captivation abutment around $9000 on above exchanges as of columnist time March 21.

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