{"id":410553,"date":"2020-01-11T17:09:58","date_gmt":"2020-01-11T17:09:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniquehot.com\/?p=410553"},"modified":"2024-06-11T13:40:19","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T13:40:19","slug":"bitfinex-premium-goes-negative-last-time-it-did-bitcoin-fell-30-in-3-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uniquehot.com\/news\/bitfinex-premium-goes-negative-last-time-it-did-bitcoin-fell-30-in-3-months\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitfinex Premium Goes Negative; Last Time it Did, Bitcoin Fell 30% in 3 Months"},"content":{"rendered":"
The premium of bitcoin on Bitfinex has dissolved in recent months. It is trading at a similar price range as spot exchanges<\/a> and the last time it did, which was in August 2019, a brutal correction followed.<\/p>\n There are many factors at play when bitcoin often enters a short-term bear market. Hence, it is premature to claim that the drop of premium rates on Bitfinex can solely contribute to a big pullback.<\/p>\n But, it is an indicator investors can observe in the coming weeks as it may show a glimpse of the trend of BTC throughout the first quarter of 2020<\/a>.<\/p>\n Often times, Tether (USDT), a stablecoin whose value is pegged to that of the U.S. dollar, trades at slightly below $1. As such, it causes the price of bitcoin to be higher on Tether-based exchanges in comparison to spot exchanges with fiat trading pairs.<\/p>\n The lack of premium on Bitfinex, despite its long history of having a high premium over other exchanges, may indicate that there is a lack of buying demand on the exchange.<\/p>\n It is also possible that the Tether market has simply stabilized and there are no lingering fears about the operations of Bitfinex by its users.<\/p>\n For that reason, the absence of premium rates on Bitfinex in itself is not enough to determine the short-term outlook of bitcoin.<\/a><\/p>\n In August 2019, when premiums dropped, bitcoin was ranging in an overbought area with the price peaking tat $13,000<\/a>. It increased by nearly three-fold within merely three months prior to that.<\/p>\nPremature to say bitcoin is likely to see steep correction<\/h2>\n