Bitcoin price could continue dropping for up to another nine months and hit $3000, cryptocurrency investor and media personality Trace Mayer forecast September 16.
Bitcoin $3k Chances ‘Less Probable’
In a tweet linking to his so-called ‘Mayer Multiple’ price analysis tool, the entrepreneur said that while a $3000 price tag for Bitcoin would be “hopeful,” the odds of it happening were now decreasing.
The Mayer Multiple divides the price of Bitcoin [coin_price] on any given day by the 200-day moving average, the result of which offers insight into whether to buy, sell or HODL bitcoin.
A reading below 0.9 suggests a “strong buy,” the price being “very undervalued.” On September 17, the Multiple was 0.85.
“Perhaps (the Bitcoin) crypto-winter will last 6-9 months longer (hopefully!), touching $3k, but probabilities are getting less favorable of that possibility,” Mayer commented on Twitter.
Perhaps $BTC crypto-winter will last 6-9 months longer (hopefully!), touching $3k, but probabilities are getting less favorable of that possibility.
What would a boring Q32018 & 2019 look like w/ usual daily price increase of 0.51% & @TIPMayerMultple between 0.9-1.2x? Thoughts? pic.twitter.com/0K1CvUoZ0y
— Trace Mayer (@TraceMayer) September 16, 2018
The Multiple’s dedicated web page adds a disclaimer that it indices themselves do not “tell” users whether or not to buy or sell Bitcoin.
A Modest $15.5k?
A continuation of the ‘slow bleed’ scenario often seeing in Bitcoin markets in 2018 would correspond to a Multiple of between 0.9 and 1.2, he continued.
According to that principle, for December 2018 and June 2019, the 200-day moving average could read around $9000 and $12,100, and the price of Bitcoin $9850 and $15,500 respectively.
While this would buoy long-suffering investors, Mayer hints he favors a deeper drop below $5000 per coin in the near-term, echoing the sentiment from other well-known industry figures such as BitMEX CEO Arthur Hayes.
BTC/USD had continued to hover just short of $6500 over the weekend, continuing several days of flat performance after a slight rebound from closer to $6000.
That rebound had had a conspicuous effect on altcoin markets, with leader Ether (ETH) suddenly gaining almost 20 percent after setting lows not seen for over 15 months.
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