{"id":1763,"date":"2024-10-28T16:03:18","date_gmt":"2024-10-28T16:03:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=1763"},"modified":"2024-10-28T16:03:18","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T16:03:18","slug":"bitcoin-looking-at-a-very-bullish-setup-ahead-of-us-election-industry-expert-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=1763","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Looking At A &#8216;Very Bullish Setup&#8217; Ahead Of US Election, Industry Expert Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Matthew Sigel<\/strong>, head of digital assets research at <strong>VanEck<\/strong>, sees <strong>Bitcoin <\/strong>(CRYPTO: <a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/btc\/usd\">BTC<\/a>) on a strong upward path as the U.S. presidential election approaches, bolstered by growing interest and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/cryptocurrency\/24\/10\/41549753\/donald-trumps-interview-with-joe-rogan-will-likely-mention-mcdonalds-trans-and-maybe-crypt\">shifting macroeconomic conditions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What Happened<\/strong>: \u201cOur bet is that this is a very bullish setup for Bitcoin into the election,\u201d Sigel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/video\/2024\/10\/28\/this-is-a-very-bullish-setup-for-bitcoin-into-the-election-says-vanecks-matthew-sigel.html\">told<\/a> CNBC on Monday, pointing out that factors such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/cryptocurrency\/24\/10\/41576378\/donald-trumps-election-odds-improve-to-66-after-viral-joe-rogan-podcast-and-controversial-\">Trump&#8217;s increasing popularity<\/a> in prediction markets and renewed optimism in the crypto sector are helping drive demand.<\/p>\n<p>According to Sigel, Trump&#8217;s position as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/cryptocurrency\/24\/10\/41297376\/bitcoin-will-hit-250k-raoul-pal-says-why-the-gurus-top-5-crypto-predictions-matter-if-your\">more pro-crypto candidate<\/a>, compared to Vice President <strong>Kamala Harris<\/strong>, is likely fueling confidence among crypto investors.<\/p>\n<p>Sigel highlighted Bitcoin&#8217;s strongest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/cryptocurrency\/24\/09\/41030248\/bitcoin-as-global-liquidity-barometer-this-relationship-holds-83-of-the-time-over-12-month\">long-term correlations<\/a>: a negative relationship with the U.S. dollar and a positive relationship with money supply growth, which has accelerated recently due to the Federal Reserve&#8217;s pivot on interest rates.<\/p>\n<p>This increase in money supply is contributing to Bitcoin&#8217;s upward momentum, along with a &#8220;seller&#8217;s exhaustion&#8221; phase following significant sales by both the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/cryptocurrency\/24\/07\/40048737\/germanys-bitcoin-sale-sparks-controversy-a-missed-opportunity\">German<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/cryptocurrency\/24\/04\/38055147\/us-government-makes-surprise-2b-bitcoin-transfer-on-heels-of-silk-road-seizure\">U.S. governments<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sigel described these government Bitcoin sales, totaling around $2 billion, as &#8220;spiteful,&#8221; referring to seizures and subsequent sales intended to prevent criminal misuse of the asset. &#8220;That has eased, and I think the election is helping,&#8221; he &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/cryptocurrency\/24\/10\/41579541\/bitcoin-looking-at-a-very-bullish-setup-ahead-of-us-election-industry-expert-says\" alt=\"Bitcoin\" looking at a bullish setup ahead of us election industry expert says>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matthew Sigel, head of digital assets research at VanEck, sees Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) on a strong upward path as the U.S. presidential election approaches, bolstered by growing interest and shifting macroeconomic conditions. What Happened: \u201cOur bet is that this is a very bullish setup for Bitcoin into the election,\u201d Sigel told CNBC on Monday, pointing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-1763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1763"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1763\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}