A relatively quiet week passed over the crypto markets, which continues its dive into the unknown. The realizations trend continues, and it seems that the market is beginning to internalize the regulatory decrees and keeps some fiat on the side to pay the taxes. Also, in the ICOS world, it seems that regulation is doing its job and that the trend of public funding has stopped. At the time of writing, the Crypto market had lost around $40 billion when bitcoin lost an average of $500 and even visited the five thousand prefix.
And like the market veterans know from experience that when the bitcoin price is going down, the alternative coins suffer to a greater amount and their decrease reinforces the dominance of Bitcoin to 42%. So those who needed a reminder that Bitcoin leads the crypto market received it in the last wave of declines, we hope it did not hurt.
In conclusion, the market continues the correction from the beginning of the year, and traders signal risks and a lot of uncertainty that takes us from floor to floor on the way to the long-awaited support.
This article was first published on Jun 26, 2018
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The downward trend in the graph is obvious and the fragile support is based on the low prices seen in February and April of this year. Right now, it seems like we’ve reached the floor from where we can jump back to the $9,000 mark. However, if the floor collapses, the free fall will have to look for another spare parachute. In any case, the market needs time to balance and in the meantime leaves the possibility of quick profit in the short term and at high risk.
Traded around $6,189 and resistance around $7,000 with support being assessed in areas of $5,800 in this range.
Against the dollar the support levels around $450 are fragile and we have already seen declines to the $420 area. It certainly makes sense that we will soon be visiting $400 to test the support.
Traded around $446 with support stated around $400 and resistance at $500.
Against the Bitcoin support around 0.07 BTC, is being tested in this range. Its traded around 0.072 BTC with resistance at -0.08 BTC.
Like the rest of the market, Bitcoin Cash is also on a downward trend and seems to be returning to the levels of support we saw in April around $600-700.
Traded around $729, with support at $700 and in this resistance range its at $800.
Against Bitcoin, it traded around 0.112 BTC and the support is also hiding in these resistance areas at 0.13 BTC which currently seems difficult to achieve.
Against the dollar, the exchange rate is at a low point and has even fallen from the levels we saw in November 2017. Are we in the Deep? It traded around $233 with support around $230 and also the resistance is at $280.
Against Bitcoin after a period of volatility during 2017, the rate is in a slow and steady decline which is based on the low support levels around 0.034 BTC.
Traded around 0.037 BTC with this resistance range at 0.045 BTC.
Against the dollar, like Dash, Fibonacci levels were broken, and maybe here we went to Deep around $110, where the support is also sitting. Traded around $129 and in this resistance range its at $150.
Against Bitcoin, the story is different from the beginning of 2017, with corrections and floors higher than their predecessors. Despite the corrections on the way, Monero seems to be generating a lot of interest. It traded around 0.02 BTC with resistance around 0.022 BTC and support at 0.018 BTC which is also the floor in this range.
Cryptocurrency charts by TradingView
