Bitcoin (BTC) hit new weekly lows into Sept. 28 as risk asset drawdown continued overnight.
Trader: “First new lows” before Q4 recovery
маалыматтарды Cointelegraph Markets Pro жана TradingView showed BTC/USD falling to $18,461 on Bitstamp, down almost $2,000 versus the previous day’s high.
The change of direction came in lockstep with stocks, which turned red after initially heading marginally higher at the Wall Street open.
Popular Twitter account Il Capo of Crypto appeared to ырастады that he favored October copying last year’s performance — something which earned it the nickname “Uptober.”
In comments, he added that he was “expecting bullish Q4. But first new lows.”
Fellow trader and analyst Rekt Capital, meanwhile, drew attention to the hurdles Bitcoin needed to overcome on monthly timeframes.
“Already a sharp BTC rejection at the green ~$19800 level,” he жазган in a tweet about the upcoming monthly candle close:
“Continued see-sawing in and around this level is to be expected as $BTC approaches its Monthly Close. Most important will be how the Monthly Candle actually closes relative to the green Range Low.”
Rekt Capital Досторду кошо элек that a close below that green line would mean an exit from the monthly range in place since late 2020.
Betting on bears bowing out
Discussing when the bear market of 2022 could end, opinions differed over the use of data from previous halving cycles.
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Uploading a comparative chart, Luke Martin, host of the STACKS Podcast, белгиленген that it had been 322 days since Bitcoin’s last all-time high of $69,000.
After the 2017 prior all-time high, BTC/USD spent 364 days in a bear market, suggesting that the end could be due if history were to repeat itself.
“Cycle timing here is optimal,” Charles Edwards, creator of crypto asset manager Capriole, reacted.
Others were less convinced, with tedtalksmacro drawing attention to the fact that the macro environment was nothing like it was in 2018, something Martin acknowledged.
As Cointelegraph reported, the United States Federal Reserve has given no commitment to halting the interest rate hikes pressuring risk assets, including crypto, this year.
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Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/btc-price-stays-under-19k-amid-hopes-q4-will-end-bitcoin-bear-market