Dr. Doom Writes That Bitcoin Bears Are ‘Poised’ At This Point

One of the most followed cryptocurrency critics in the space, Nouriel Roubini with an alias ‘Dr. Doom’ has called out for attention, noting that the bears are poised. It seems like the sentiment around the market is divided as some are arguing that Bitcoin will rise to new highs and others think that the correction is not over.

The Bitcoin price, known for its extreme volatility, is the new topic of discussion for Dr. Doom. In times when a lot of best cryptocurrency news sites are reporting that there are wild swings on the crypto markets as evidence of price manipulation, analysts confirmed that Bitcoin lost more than 25% in a single week.

A few have been as outspoken against Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies in general. Obviously, one of them is Dr. Doom or Nouriel Roubini, a professor of economics at the New York University Stern School of Business. Because of his pessimistic outlook, he is known as ‘Dr. Doom’. Recently, Roubini has stepped up his feud with the Bitcoin and crypto exchange BitMEX, suggesting that it and other major exchanges are involved in “systematic illegality.”

“BitMEX insiders revealed to me that this exchange is also used daily for money laundering on a massive scale by terrorists and other criminals from Russia, Iran, and elsewhere,” Roubini wrote in a blog post. “The exchange does nothing to stop this, as it profits from these transactions.”

Roubini (Dr. Doom) also clashed with the chief executive of BitMEX, Arthur Hayes, at the Asia Blockchain Summit earlier this month. At the time, he branded Bitcoin “overhyped” and a “cesspool.”

“Some of the biggest crypto players may be openly involved in systematic illegality,” Roubini wrote, adding: “BitMEX [is] an unregulated trillion-dollar exchange of crypto derivatives that is domiciled in the Seychelles but active globally … involves peddling to ‘degenerate gamblers’ (meaning clueless retail investors) crypto derivatives with 100-to-one leverage.”

On the topic of margin trading which is hot in the latest cryptocurrency news, Dr. Doom is again pessimistic. However, there are many other analysts which are optimistic on crypto. One of them is Simon Peters, analyst at eToro. As Peters said:

“Crypto bears are poised to pounce, after several high-profile U.S. government officials took aim at bitcoin and Facebook’s Libra this week.”

Currently, Bitcoin is eyeing $10,000 in a new upward run which stabilized the market overnight.