{"id":438394,"date":"2023-09-12T08:47:11","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T08:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insidebitcoins.com\/?p=438394"},"modified":"2023-09-12T08:47:11","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T08:47:11","slug":"bitcoin-surges-btc-price-prediction-indicates-10-hike-ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insidebitcoins.com\/news\/bitcoin-surges-btc-price-prediction-indicates-10-hike-ahead","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Surges: BTC Price Prediction Indicates 10% Hike Ahead"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the better part of Monday, Bitcoin price was trading between $25.75k and $26k. The coin was trading sideways over the weekend between these two levels. However, come Sunday evening, Bitcoin started seeing sharper fluctuations, as its price started going from the mentioned support to a resistance at $26,000.<\/p>\n

This behavior continued on Monday, and as the day progressed, the coin eventually broke the support, crashing down to $25,000, possibly as a consequence of the FTX court filing.<\/p>\n

Fortunately, the support at $25k managed to keep the price from sinking further, but BTC found a new resistance at $25.25k.<\/p>\n

The situation improved with the arrival of Tuesday, as Bitcoin managed to make a full recovery and surge back up to $25.88k before dropping to $25,672, which is where it sits at the time of writing.<\/p>\n

Experts now believe that BTC will remain between $25.5k and $26.5k, as many seem to be buying near the support while selling when the coin approaches the resistance.<\/p>\n

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David Marcus, the co-founder of PayPal, recently shared his thoughts on the future of Bitcoin, noting that he doesn’t think that BTC will ever become a popular or common payment method.<\/p>\n

The Bitcoin bull’s comment may seem surprising, mainly since he now serves as the CEO of Lightspark, a firm building Bitcoin’s lightning network. However, this network is what he believes to be the path to the future of BTC.<\/p>\n

In his recent interview, he noted:<\/p>\n

Our view is actually that Bitcoin is not the currency that people will use to buy things.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\"We're trying to turn #Bitcoin<\/a> into a global payment network. There's no universal protocol for money on the internet that enables value to be transported,\" says @lightspark<\/a> CEO @davidmarcus<\/a>. \"Our view is $BTC<\/a> is not the currency people will use to buy things.\" pic.twitter.com\/3fEBTzHxJS<\/a><\/p>\n

— Squawk Box (@SquawkCNBC) September 11, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n