Bitcoin fell to $17.5K for the 18th month, but quickly recovered above $20K within the hour. This provided some relief for the bear market that was already feeling extremely stressed.
CoinMarketCap data shows that Bitcoin rebounded slightly by just over 15% in the past 24 hours. It rose from its previous disappointing low of $20,482 to the point at which this article was written.
Bitcoin has risen to an all-time record $17K to $22K for 2017, and it is continually chasing lower prices. It is a sign of excessive seller pressure.
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Bitcoin had declined to $17,677.42 on Saturday before recovering to $18,290.74. Tesla CEO Elon Tesla tweeted that he had purchased the Dogecoin joke coin, extending its recovery.
After saying on Twitter that he will “continue to support Dogecoin,” the price of the popular cryptocurrency increased by 8% to $0.058 on Monday.
Dogecoin is my continued support
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 19, 2022
In response to Musk’s tweet, a user suggested that if he truly believed in the “joke” coin, he should buy it. To which the billionaire replied, “I am,” implying that he is purchasing the drop.
BTC fell below $20,000 and has caused market trends. Analysts believe this could trigger a wave in forced saleoffs. In such a situation, large investors would have to sell off their positions in ETH and BTC derivatives.
Bitcoin and Ether constitute a little more than half of the market capitalization of cryptocurrencies, which fluctuates often. Over the past hour, cryptocurrency markets grew 3.7% to $972 Billion.
BTC market capital at $381 billion according to the daily chart. Source: TradingView.com| Source: TradingView.com
Bitcoin lost 30% and Ether dropped 31% in the past week. Bitcoin has fallen 72 percent since its November 10th all-time peak of $69 044.77, while Ether has dropped 78 percent since its Nov. 10 all-time peak of $4.878.26.
International fixed income chief Andrew Brenner of National Alliance Securities said Monday that retail investors acquiring bitcoin over the weekend, when few professional traders are active, was likely what caused Bitcoin to regain some spark.
Bitcoin has momentarily paused a selloff that, according to some market analysts, could push the world’s top cryptocurrency as low as $13,800 in the current bear market by inching up to levels above $20,000.
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Featured Image from TDK Corporation. Chart from TradingView.com
