"Volatility" is the word of the month and that is exactly what cryptocurrency investors saw today as Bitcoin rallied after concerns over the Biden administration's executive order on crypto turned out to be a 'nothingburger'.
Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView shows that after trading near the $39,000 mark for the past few days, the price of Bitcoin (BTC) spiked 10.42% to an intraday high at $42,606 on as cautious traders flooded back into the market.
Here’s a look at what traders and analysts in the market are saying about this latest move and the areas of support and resistance to keep an eye on.
Wednesday’s move for Bitcoin was just a repeat of recent behavior according to crypto analyst and pseudonymous Twitter user ‘Plan C’, who posted the following chart stating “Different pump, same story.”
Plan C said,
Independent market analyst ‘Crypto_Ed_NL’ agreed with this sentiment and suggestion further sideways trading in the post below.
Crypto_Ed_NL said,
Analysts at Delphi Digital noted that Bitcoin is now bumping up against the “simple trendline connecting the local highs from December 2021 and February 2022.”
According to Delphi Digital, now that BTC is back above $40,000, traders should “look for this level around $42,500-$43,000 to be tested,” which is exactly what occurred in trading on March 9.
Delphi Digital said,
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Independent market analyst ‘Rekt Capital’ posted the following chart highlighting that “BTC has performed upside wicks beyond the $43,100 resistance on a few occasions over the past few weeks (orange circle).”
Rekt Capital said,
The overall cryptocurrency market cap now stands at $1.839 trillion and Bitcoin’s
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