Another week of declines took place on the crypto market and Bitcoin’s rate plunged to $6,300 and dragged most of the market behind with them. Did we see the bottom?
We began this week with cautious optimism and an increase of up to $6,800. We also saw a slight increase in volume, but we have not yet reached volumes as we have seen during the height of the hype. However, alongside this optimism that warms the hearts, it is still an unstable market with trends that change like manic depression moods. After the gains at the beginning of the week, a new downtrend is already closing and the trading volume is falling accordingly, and this may be seen as a sign of the lack of confidence of the players in the market.
Bull Trap or trend change? The crypto market is characterized by uncertainty and it is difficult to know where it is headed, but one thing that can be said with certainty is that this market is not going anywhere. In addition, 2018, which opened in a regulatory environment, began to consolidate and pave the way for Bitcoin to wider audiences who are looking to join and enjoy the market’s frenzied yields.
In the short-term crypto market, oxygen can deplete the air from the many investors, but it must be remembered that this is still a very new and developing market. With the long-term outlook showing a steady trend of price hikes, interest and new users. The Bitcoin rate changes are unpredictable, and naturally, after extreme rises, we see declines. So far the market has been breaking the ceiling and the rise has become the floor of subsequent declines, so we move from cents to dollars and tens to hundreds to thousands. In addition, last year’s increases did another thing, they put Bitcoin into the collective consciousness and many players are taking their first steps in the market and the results will appear in the coming years that may lay the beginning of the Crypto era.
At the time of writing, the market value is $291 Billion, which is almost $20 Billion more that has returned to the market since the previous update, and Bitcoin’s dominance against the Alts has not changed by half a percent.
This article was first published on Jun 19, 2018.
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For the past week, the rate has been hovering around $6,300 – $6,400 and the market has reacted with fear. As can be seen in the graph, the volume of trading decreases with the exchange rate.
As we reported at the beginning of the update this week that began with price hikes from $6,400 to $6,800 were met with resistance in the short term. Next step at $7,500, back to the rate we saw before the last dip.
Bitcoin traded around $6,745 in the Bitstamp arena as of the date of the update.
Against the dollar the falling trend has been somewhat halted at around $450, in this range resistance is at $560 and traded around $534.
Against Bitcoin there is strong support around 0.07 BTC with resistance at 0.083 BTC but remained to be traded around 0.079 BTC.
Against the dollar it support holds around $800 with resistance at $1,000 and traded around $906.
Against Bitcoin, the support areas marked by the green arrow hold around 0.13 BTC. A slight breach of support led the price to 0.126 BTC, but did not hold and the rate returned quickly. It traded around 0.133 BTC with resistance at 0.14 BTC in this range.
Against the dollar, a weekly chart is drawn out (marked with a yellow line) and we returned to the levels of support that at the beginning of April actually touched Fibonacci. It traded around $196 with support at $175 in this resistance the range is at $240.
Against Bitcoin, we show a weekly graph since the end of the downtrend and a breakout attempt that failed in May. The exchange rate resumed trading at low levels, but not in the floor. It traded around 0.029 BTC while these zones also found support and the resistance range is at -0.03 BTC.
Against the dollar by the calculation of (tradingview), it traded around $3. A floor in this range and support rate is around $2.5 with resistance at $3.3. There is a currency correction since May so its difficult to know if we saw the floor.
Against Bitcoin it traded around 0.0004 5BTC with support at 0.00042 BTC. Not far from the resistance its at 0.00048 BTC and in this range here too we saw a downward trend that was halted. However, in comparison to the graph we are already in the basement and it is still difficult to determine if we reached the bottom.
Against the Atrium trading beginning was full of enthusiasm which pushed it up to a peak at 0.014 ETH and since then only falling when the price traded around 0.0057 BTC these are also support areas. Resistance at 0.0065 BTC.
Cryptocurrency charts by TradingView
