Stronger dollar prospects risk pushing down Bitcoin price to $32K

cointelegraph.com:

The U.S. dollar's ability to continue its rally in Q2 could prove fatal for Bitcoin (BTC), which has demonstrated an inverse correlation with the dollar since January 2022.

The U.S. dollar index (DXY), which measures the greenback's strength against a basket of foreign currencies, reached its 21-month trading high of 99.82 on April 7, the highest level since May 2020. 

The index now looks poised to continue its upside move further as it breaks out of a classic bullish continuation pattern — called a "bull flag."

In detail, bull flags appear when the price consolidates lower inside a parallel descending channel after undergoing a strong uptrend (called flagpole). In theory, the pattern is resolved after the price breaks out of their range to the upside to reach the level located at a length equal to the flagpole when measured from the breakout point.

The bull flag setup therefore puts the next upside target for DXY at 101. 

The DXY index is also forming a bullish golden cross for the first time since April 2019.

Golden crosses occur when an asset's short-term moving average rises above its long-term moving average. Many analysts consider the crossover as a bullish technical signal due to its history of preceding strong uptrends.

DXY's last golden cross between its 50-week and 200-week exponential moving averages (EMAs) came before a 4% upside move.

A similar bullish setup now nears for a 50-200 EMA crossover in April, notes Alexander Mamasidikov, co-founder of crypto wallet service MinePlex.

"The formation of the golden cross on the U.S. dollar index marks a period of temporary strength for the greenback with an expectation for it to tick stronger growth potentials against other currencies," he explained, adding:

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