Bitcoin consolidation and state of the market

Welcome to Ledger Cast, hosted by me, Brian Krogsgard (@ledgerstatus on twitter), and Josh Olszewicz (@carpenoctom). Ledger Cast is a cryptocurrency trading and blockchain ecosystem podcast. You can subscribe to new episodes of Ledger Cast on iTunes, on Google Play, on YouTube and via RSS. The information in this podcast should not be construed as investment advice, it is purely educational material and you should always do your own research before buying. In this episode of Ledger Cast, Josh and I talk about the current state of the bitcoin market, including the recent correction, and where we think it's going from here. We also discuss news of the week that helped spur the largest part of the dump, and other stuff we are considering during this time. Both Josh and I believe that the bitcoin market has found a relative bottom in the low $9,000s. Based on historical corrections, it has been along the same percentage, a little over 50%, as past corrections that ranged from 30% to 60% while maintaining the bull market. Also, the 141 day moving average -- which Josh found arbitrarily on the bitcoin growth curve, was touched similarly to past corrections. And you can also see how price has been using the 50/100/200 moving averages for support and resistance. And the overview the market using the Ichimoku Cloud system with doubled settings, including an intraday edge-to-edge move, and break below the cloud. That has led into a long legged doji candle that is a potential sign of reversal. In the low timeframes, you can further see a steep correction that's leading into a possible Adam & Eve doubled bottom, or may not leave the horizontal channel -- it's hard to tell yet. I've combined this with Fibonacci retracement levels to show possible areas of support and resistance. We discuss the bitcoin price action in addition to several other things. News of the week Bitconnect rekt (and Trevon James' sad YouTube channel) Polo hacking fears (unwarranted and brief) South Korea fud -- well explained on Coin Talk Show, which Brian was also a guest on PBOC further crackdown fud CNBC says tethers hot new crypto Primary topic: State of the market, bitcoin trends Thing to expect in early 2018: Rootstock launch to bring smart contracts to Bitcoin (discussed on the podcast a couple week ago) Lightning network releases to make payments faster. Blockstream released Lightning Charge as an early test. Hashrate increases lately as Josh showed in his Brave New Coin article New mining rig technology will ship this spring Mimblewimble privacy features for Bitcoin Other links Bitcoin forks for United Bitcoin and Bitcoin Private Reuters take on the South Korea stuff Josh's video with a market update Josh's trading tips and tricks (this is ridiculously good) Coin of the week: Josh: Bitcoin! Brian: Bancor (BNT) -- because I like the chart setup after the dump. It maintained above the doubled daily cloud and the 200 day EMA, in a nice uptrend. Ask us a question Every episode, we'll try to answer one or two audience questions. If you ever have one, just tweet at us or fill out the contact form.   Find Josh and Brian elsewhere Josh's articles on Brave New Coin (must read material) Josh's YouTube channel (His Ichimoku series and Indicator series are especially great) Josh on Twitter @carpenoctom Brian on Twitter @ledgerstatus Interested in sponsoring? We'd love to talk to interested parties about sponsorship opportunities. We are open to suggestions, but are not seeking deals that include promos for ICOs, etc. But if you do something interesting in the space and want to chat, contact us. Music: "Oh, the chains" by Joel Madison Blount