{"id":21495,"date":"2024-01-11T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-11T12:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jeffclarktrader.com\/?p=21495"},"modified":"2024-01-11T07:30:00","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T12:30:00","slug":"what-2024-means-for-bitcoins-price","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/what-2024-means-for-bitcoins-price\/","title":{"rendered":"What 2024 Means for Bitcoin\u2019s Price"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Remember when Bitcoin was under $100, and someone said, &ldquo;Buy it!&rdquo;?<\/p>\n<p>Well, that was me.<\/p>\n<p>I&rsquo;ve been a fan of Bitcoin and written about it from those early days. I cheered for it at $10, $100, and $1,000, while others thought it was just a fad.<\/p>\n<p>Watching Bitcoin shoot up and then drop has taught me a lot.<\/p>\n<p>And, today, I&rsquo;ll show you why 2024 is set to be a good year for Bitcoin.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2024&rsquo;s Big Event: The Halving<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In 2024, everyone&rsquo;s getting excited about &ldquo;the halving.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>This is when the number of new Bitcoins is cut in half. This happens roughly every four years&hellip; and it can make big waves when it does.<\/p>\n<p>For example, in 2012 and 2016, Bitcoin&rsquo;s price went way up after each halving.<\/p>\n<p>Now, it&rsquo;s looking like Bitcoin is set to reach super high prices again&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>Here&rsquo;s what&rsquo;s happened following the last few halvings:<\/p>\n<p><!--IMG SNIP--><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 20px\" align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"Image\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.jeffclarktrader.com\/JMU\/images\/202401\/20240111-JMU-2.png\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Golden Cross: A Helpful Hint<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Now, let&rsquo;s talk about something called the &ldquo;Golden Cross.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>This might sound fancy, but it&rsquo;s just a way to look at Bitcoin&rsquo;s price momentum over time.<\/p>\n<p>When the 50-day moving average line crosses above the 200-day moving average line, that&rsquo;s the golden cross. In simple terms, it often means that Bitcoin&rsquo;s price has upward momentum and that Bitcoin&#8217;s price will tend to move up.<\/p>\n<p>Here&rsquo;s what&rsquo;s happened following the last few golden crosses in Bitcoin:<\/p>\n<p><!--IMG SNIP--><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 20px\" align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"Image\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.jeffclarktrader.com\/JMU\/images\/202401\/20240111-JMU-1.png\"><\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s like a hint that there has been some solid long-term excitement in Bitcoin.<\/p>\n<p>If you were to extend this since Bitcoin first launched, you would see the indicator had higher than a 95% success rate.<\/p>\n<p><!--GREY BOX START--><\/p>\n<div class=\"card bg-light mb-4\">\n<div class=\"card-body\">\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><strong>Free Trading Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Have you checked out Jeff&#8217;s free trading resources on his website? It contains a selection of special reports, training videos, and a full trading glossary to help kickstart your trading career \u2013 at zero cost to you. Just <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jeffclarktrader.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here<\/a> to check it out.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--GREY BOX END--><\/p>\n<p><strong>2024: A Year to Watch Carefully<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>So, what&rsquo;s the plan for 2024? We have big hopes because of the halving and the Golden Cross, which indicates good times are ahead.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, whether you&#8217;re a beginner or an experienced investor, the Golden Cross for Bitcoin is a 95% success rate indicator and should always be considered when investing in bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies.<\/p>\n<p>Leveraging Data for You,<\/p>\n<p>Brad Hoppmann<br \/>Analyst, <em>Market Minute<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2024 is set to be a good year for bitcoin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"service":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"publication":[10],"person":[97],"newsletter-type":[],"ticker":[],"class_list":["post-21495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-market-minute","publication-market-minute","person-brad-hoppmann"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21495\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21495"},{"taxonomy":"publication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication?post=21495"},{"taxonomy":"person","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/person?post=21495"},{"taxonomy":"newsletter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newsletter-type?post=21495"},{"taxonomy":"ticker","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ticker?post=21495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}