Fundstrat’s Tom Lee: Bitcoin Misery Index Suggests New Bull Run Soon
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Fundstrat’s Tom Lee: Bitcoin Misery Index Suggests New Bull Run Soon

THELOGICALINDIAN - The Bitcoin Misery Index a abstruse indicator of trades has been falling all summer The indicator is biconcave to 50 credibility a akin at which Bitcoin BTC prices may alpha to assemblage thinks Fundstrats Tom Lee

The Bitcoin Misery Basis (BMI) by Fundstrat is a subscription-only abstruse indicator based on the advantage of boilerplate trades. High array for the basis point to abandon and hype, while low array appearance that best investors are “miserable” and the bazaar is difficult to navigate.

Bitcoin on the Bounce

Since the hot amount moves of July, Bitcoin angry flat, and the BMI abandoned boring over the advance of a few months. BMI sank from 67 bottomward to about 53. Investment able Tom Lee of Fundstrat acicular that BTC had a “boring” summer, but with the basis beneath 50, added affecting moves are possible.

Following a “trendless” summer, bitcoin enters September with expectations of a accessible about-face in sentiment.

BTC remained ashore in a range, affective amid $9,500 and $10,500 on best days. Other indexes, such as the “fear and greed” indicator, remained shaky. Fear is no best extreme, but BTC is still somewhat directionless.

Bitcoin bazaar prices appeared alike shakier on Monday, biconcave bottomward to $10,279.69. The amount accelerate and attenuated volumes additionally brought lower bazaar assets ascendancy of 69.7%, bottomward from 71% in the antecedent week.

Time to FOMO?

Lee expects the BMI to be aural the 50-53 credibility ambit in aboriginal September. At those levels, this predicts a abeyant stronger acknowledgment in the advancing six months. The basis is not an exact predictor, but Fundstrat sees added tailwinds for bitcoin than headwinds. Macroeconomic factors are additionally in play, such as a bargain Fed absorption rate, as able-bodied as aerial authorization liquidity.

Fundstrat warned of bargain volumes, as BTC trading confused bottomward to $16 billion in 24 hours, bottomward from aloft 25 billion during the added alive canicule in July. Bargain volumes may additionally account unpredictable, affecting amount moves.

The best bullish predictions see bitcoin echo the end-of-year assemblage from 2024. Fundstrat believes crypto winter is abaft us, but a assemblage is not guaranteed.

Short-term negative predictions for BTC see the bread abiding to $8,500, or at best aerial in rangebound trading. “Launchpad” levels may alpha at prices aloft $11,700, if BTC manages to assemblage to that range.

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