Bitcoin price eases downside as traders demand $24.5K support holds
Bitcoin (BTC) recovered some lost ground on June 16 as markets shook off mixed United States macro signals.
Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD circling $25,500 on Bitstamp, after bouncing around $1,000 from the previous day’s lows.
Popular trader Skew followed moves on major exchange Binance around the price action, uncovering concerted buying efforts at the lows. Sellers subsequently stepped in closer to $26,000.
$BTC Sellers found more coins https://t.co/wuHmiYVLrc pic.twitter.com/04bUfGHp3Q
The uptick occurred in step with news that the world’s largest asset manager, BlackRock, had filed to list a spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF).
For Michaël van de Poppe, founder and CEO of trading firm Eight, this formed a positive contrast to the slew of negative events concerning crypto regulation over the past ten days.
“Blackrock filing for an ETF is bullish for Bitcoin,” he told Twitter followers.
Subsequent news pre-Wall Street, which focused on Binance quitting Dutch markets — likewise due to regulatory hurdles — as well as reportedly being under investigation in France, had little impact on price performance.
When it came to BTC/USD on short timeframes, traders remained cautious amid risk of further downside to come.
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Both Van de Poppe and popular trader Crypto Tony argued that the lows around $24,500 needed to hold.
So far, so good #Bitcoin https://t.co/CP5l2dh2IB
$BTC / $USD - Update Spiked back up the support zone, so for me i am long scalping this up to $26,000 - $26,500. Only while we hold the lows put n yesterday pic.twitter.com/pd3bBHALRg
“Nothing has changed in my view,” fellow trader Moustache continued,
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