Jesse Powell, general director of the Kraken cryptocurrency exchange, is extremely optimistic about the further increase in the price of Bitcoin.

"When I hear people talking about a Bitcoin "correction" I'm thinking $100k, maybe $1m. That's what's correct," he writes on his Twitter account.

Cryptocurrency analyst and BlockTV reporter Joe Saz believes that after the elimination of short positions on Bitcoin by $ 100 million, the growth of the first cryptocurrency can not be stopped.

"I think that this can keep going. There's nothing stopping it. I don't want to go too far into the clouds here, but there might have even been $100 million plus dollars in liquidations overnight…

I saw a lot of $10 million in short liquidations. So what does that mean? It means a lot of people were betting that we were headed down and they got completely smashed in the face. So I don't recommend to enter any short or long positions," the analyst emphasized. 

The chairman of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Jay Clayton, spoke about what needs to be done in the cryptocurrency industry before approving applications for a Bitcoin ETF.

According to Clayton, the industry is in dire need of high-end custodial solutions that would be approved by US regulators. In addition, you must ensure that there is no market manipulation.

Bitcoin analyst Oliver Isaacs expressed the opinion that the first cryptocurrency rate would reach $ 25,000 by the end of 2019.

"There are multiple drivers behind the recent resurgence. There are geopolitical, technological and regulatory drivers. The net effect of the trade war between the U.S. and China has led to the sudden interest in bitcoin as a hedge on investments," Isaacs said.

May was very successful for the first cryptocurrency - the Bitcoin rate rose by 60%, however, Bloomberg analysts believe that the correction observed in recent days not ended.

According to analysts, GTI Vera Convergence-Divergence indicator, which tracks positive and negative trends, points to a continuation of the fall. For the first time since April, the indicator issued a signal to sell the first cryptocurrency.

Delphi Digital analysts said that in 2019, Bitcoin is the most profitable asset - in May of this year, the rate of the first cryptocurrency increased by 60%.

"The acceleration in BTC's performance comes at a time when conventional risk assets, notably global equity markets, continue to see selling pressure […]," analysts emphasized.

The largest cryptocurrency exchange Binance has transferred Bitcoins worth $ 1.26 billion from one wallet to another. The amount of commissions was only $ 124.6.

Billionaire investor and founder of the cryptocurrency bank of Galaxy Digital Mike Novogratz is confident that the price of Bitcoin is consolidating in the range from $ 7,000 to $ 10,000.

Founder of the Ikigai cryptocurrency hedge fund Travis Kling believes that a small group of wealthy traders can push the Bitcoin rate to new heights.

Kling based on data from its own analysis and information from other institutional investors. In his opinion, there is a small group of "risky whales", which caused the recent take-off of the first cryptocurrency course.

Co-founder and CEO of Kenetic Capital, Jehan Chu expressed the opinion that the rate of the first cryptocurrency by the end of this year will exceed $ 30,000.

Chu made a statement in an interview with Bloomberg. According to the head of Kenetic Capital, one of the main factors for the growth of Bitcoin will be the launch of the Fidelity and Bakkt platforms, the emergence of Facebook's own cryptocurrency. In addition, the recent unsuccessful share offerings conducted by Uber and Lift may attract investors to "new technology companies."