Edward Snowden says he feels ‘itch to reduce in’ to $16.5K Bitcoin

by Jeremy

Bitcoin (BTC) returned to $16,500 on the Nov. 14 Wall Avenue open as bulls tried and failed to interrupt increased.

BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Supply: TradingView

Snowden hints BTC value echoes March 2020

Information from Cointelegraph Markets Professional and TradingView confirmed BTC/USD ranging under $17,000 on the day after a dismal weekly shut.

The most important cryptocurrency had failed to point out convincing indicators of restoration after dropping greater than 25% the week prior because of the debacle round alternate FTX.

That debacle was ongoing on the time of writing, with revelations fanning out to incorporate different companies with vital publicity to the defunct alternate.

With little mild on the finish of the tunnel seen, BTC value motion remained unsurprisingly weak.

“Markets consolidating,” Michaël van de Poppe, founder and CEO of buying and selling platform Eight, summarized.

“Would assume we might be at $10K truly, after the horrible information we have obtained previous weeks.”

Dealer and analyst Rekt Capital in the meantime warned of support-resistance flips within the making because of the weekly shut, Bitcoin’s lowest in two years.

“These are BTC Month-to-month ranges proven on the Weekly timeframe,” he tweeted alongside a chart of necessary focal ranges.

“From this chart, we will see that $BTC has carried out a brand new Weekly Shut under the Month-to-month stage of ~$17300. Preliminary indicators of this stage flipping into new resistance this week.”

BTC/USD annotated chart. Supply: Rekt Capital/ Twitter

Different posts on the day warned of the potential for “extra draw back wicking” on BTC/USD, whereas noting that traditionally, prior bear markets had nonetheless been worse when it comes to the pair’s descent from cycle highs.

An fascinating counterpoint got here from Edward Snowden. In a tweet of his personal, he signaled that he could be a BTC purchaser at present ranges, sentiment he final publicly posted after the March 2020 COVID-19 cross-market crash.

“There’s nonetheless loads of bother forward, however for the primary time shortly I am beginning to really feel the itch to reduce in,” he acknowledged.

A second tweet harassed that the earlier one was “not monetary recommendation.”

Greenback provides ‘good’ path to BTC upside

Shares supplied little respite to crypto bulls on the day, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite Index down 0.3% and 0.8%, respectively, in the course of the first hour.

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The U.S. greenback index (DXY) continued consolidation of its personal whereas refusing so as to add to the prior weeks’ vital retracement.

Fashionable buying and selling account Recreation of Trades famous that the each day chart’s relative energy index (RSI) for DXY had set a brand new report low for 2022.

U.S. greenback index (DXY) annotated chart. Supply: Recreation of Trades/ Twitter

“SPX is exhibiting energy and DXY is crashing,” a hopeful Bloodgood, one other well-known Twitter dealer, wrote in a part of a contemporary replace on the day.

“Excellent state of affairs to see some upside.”

BTC/USD annotated chart. Supply: Bloodgood/ Twitter

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