← Back to News

Cryptocurrency

Bitcoin’s Weekly Rejection May Lead Price Below $10K; Here’s Why

As reported on NewsBTC, “Bitcoin bulls once again failed to hold the price above $12,000, owing to a higher selling pressure near the level. “The benchmark cryptocurrency broke upwards of $12,000 on Monday. The rally exceeded towards $12,486 (data from Coinbase), a level that saw massive liquidations of long positions. The higher bids failed to find […]

By Chris Sykora · August 19, 2020
Bitcoin’s Weekly Rejection May Lead Price Below $10K; Here’s Why

As reported on NewsBTC, “Bitcoin bulls once again failed to hold the price above $12,000, owing to a higher selling pressure near the level.

“The benchmark cryptocurrency broke upwards of $12,000 on Monday. The rally exceeded towards $12,486 (data from Coinbase), a level that saw massive liquidations of long positions. The higher bids failed to find any fresh buyers, leading the bitcoin price lower in the daily sessions ahead.

“As of Wednesday, the BTC/USD exchange rate had established an intraday low at circa $11,611.

bitcoin, btcusd, btcusdt, xbtusd, cryptocurrencyBitcoin price chart on TradingView.com shows BTCUSD pulling back after testing a weekly resistance level

“The pullback in the Bitcoin market also came around a weekly level that earlier held the price from continuing its uptrend. As shown in the chart above, the horizontal price ceiling near $12,320 was instrumental in sending the price lower during the July-August 2019 session.

“But back then, the black resistance line was coinciding with a long-term descending price roof (red). They both doubled up the downside pressure against the advancing BTC/USD price. Only this time, the pair had broken above the red resistance…”

Sse the full report on NewsBTC.