bitcoin (BTC អ) took a breather from its latest upside on March 26 after predicted resistance kicked in just under the yearly open.
Bitcoin fakeouts: Third time’s the charm?
ទិន្នន័យពី Cointelegraph Markets Pro និង ទិដ្ឋភាពពាណិជ្ជកម្ម showed BTC/USD lingering around $44,500 Saturday, preserving the lion’s share of the week’s progress.
Traders had បានបន្លឺសំឡេងរោទិ៍ on a possible retracement after a large sell wall appeared on major exchange Bitfinex. In the event, sell-side pressure prevailed, halting bulls’ advance at just above $45,000.
“Still waiting to see how price trades around yearly open. The prev times I targeted it we came up short but got very close although this time looks better for BTC. Almost there,” popular trader Pentoshi សង្ខេប.
Fellow Twitter user B C Richfield meanwhile highlighted the need to crack the current local high of $45,135, after two “fakeouts” on lower timeframes. A failure to do so, he argued prior to the high occurring, would be bad news.
Two Fakeys (fake breakout) on the last 4H inside bar.
I think we see a breakout towards 45135 before a decisive correction or reclaim attempt.
A third Fakey would be brutal but definitely not beyond Bitcoins capabilities.
Happy Friday everyone – have a great weekend ☀️ pic.twitter.com/QN5oHr5EAh
— BC Richfield (@BC_Richfield) ខែមីនា 25, 2022
Another topic of debate from the week, that of Blockchain protocol Terra’s multibillion-dollar Bitcoin buy-in, continued, executives adding roughly another 3,000 BTC to a កាបូប now containing 24,954 BTC ($1.1 billion).
Media attention and excitement increased in step, with analytics firm Messari ការបន្លិច។ “increased usage and fundamentals” as driving the price of Terra’s LUNA token while other smart contract tokens traded down.
LUNA/USD was nonetheless in the same position it traded at last weekend at the time of writing, while both Bitcoin and largest altcoin Ether (សាកលវិទ្យាល័យ ETH) were up over 6% during the same period.
Fees remain a bargain
For all the focus on a turnaround coming from within the crypto industry, however, for the mainstream, Bitcoin remained firmly under the radar.
ដែលទាក់ទង: បន្ទាប់ពីការសង្ស័យ និងការព្រួយបារម្ភជាច្រើនឆ្នាំ ទីបំផុតវាជាពេលវេលារបស់ Bitcoin ដើម្បីបំភ្លឺ
In addition to Google Trends data showing an ongoing lull, analyst Benjamin Cowen noted that Bitcoin’s low ថ្លៃប្រតិបត្តិការ underscored a lack of activity.
“To some degree, Bitcoin transaction fees tell you what you need to know,” he បាននិយាយថា:.
“Clearly the tourists are gone at the moment. But they will return. They always do.”
Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-sellers-keep-btc-price-action-in-check-amid-45k-fakeout-warning