Bitcoin may be closer to a turning point as cryptocurrencies struggle with greater scrutiny and bearish signs pile up.<\/p>\n
Some technical indicators for the world\u2019s largest digital coin have been pointing to further losses. It has broken below its 50-day moving average support, which could signal the end of a recent uptrend that brought it close to $14,000 at the end of June. Bitcoin has also fallen under the lower limit of the GTI Vera Band indicator, which measures up and down trends, and is trading around $9,575 as of 12:16 p.m. in New York.<\/p>\n
Bitcoin \u201cstands at a key technical juncture,\u201d Matt Maley, equity strategist at Miller Tabak + Co., wrote in a recent note. Greater regulatory scrutiny \u201cwill become an even more prominent issue (much more prominent) once we move past the summer recess for Congress and into the meat of the 2020 election cycle.\u201d<\/p>\n
A spate of negative developments have sent cryptocurrencies lower this month, including fallout from Facebook Inc.\u2019s plans to launch its own stablecoin called Libra. Lawmakers lambasted David Marcus, who leads the company\u2019s blockchain team, during back-to-back Congressional testimonies earlier this month, citing trust and privacy issues, among other things. The social media giant\u2019s crypto launch comes at an inopportune time: the U.S. Justice Department announced plans to scrutinize big tech platforms following criticism that some companies have become too big and too powerful.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a new product. It\u2019s much different from most new products,\u201d said JJ Kinahan, the chief market strategist at TD Ameritrade. \u201cEverybody, including regulators, are trying to figure out the best way to roll this out to protect people, keep it something that\u2019s viable but keep it from being the Wild West.\u201d<\/p>\n
And last week, the Internal Revenue Service warned more than 10,000 cryptocurrency holders that they may be subject to penalties for skirting taxes on their investments. Bitcoin has fallen about 20% this month. Peer coins have also retreated — Litecoin has dropped more than 25% in the same period, while Ether is down close to 32%.<\/p>\n
A Senate banking committee will hold a hearing Tuesday titled \u201cExamining Regulatory Frameworks for Digital Currencies and Blockchain.\u201d<\/p>\n
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