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Bitcoin Deviates Further Away from Dow, S&P 500 as Price Hits $13K

Bitcoin Deviates Further Away from Dow, S&P 500 as Price Hits $13K: As reported on NewsBTC, “Bitcoin has wholly sidelined its widely-covered correlation with the US stock market. On Thursday, the benchmark cryptocurrency sustained its weekly gains as its price surged by more than 1 percent. The move briefly pushed the price above $13,000 before […]

By Chris Sykora · October 22, 2020
Bitcoin Deviates Further Away from Dow, S&P 500 as Price Hits $13K

Bitcoin Deviates Further Away from Dow, S&P 500 as Price Hits $13K:

As reported on NewsBTC, “Bitcoin has wholly sidelined its widely-covered correlation with the US stock market.

On Thursday, the benchmark cryptocurrency sustained its weekly gains as its price surged by more than 1 percent. The move briefly pushed the price above $13,000 before a modest pullback turned it back below the level. But overall, the bias appeared extremely bullish for Bitcoin.

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Bitcoin retests $13,000-resistance in the latest sign of extended upside momentum. Source: BTCUSD on TradingView.com

That is because the price retested the $13K-level twice in over the previous 24 hours. At the same time, Bitcoin showed extreme resilience against sell-off attempts near $12,550, confirming that bulls want to hold the price floor in anticipation of a medium-term upside run.

Read the full story on NewsBTC.