Bitcoin Sideways after breaking through $50,000, and there is a big retracement before the big Bull Market?
On Tuesday, Bitcoin retreated again, falling as much as 4% from an intraday high of $53,019 to a low of $50,812, before recovering and is currently trading at $51,415.2, down 1.35% in the last 24 hours. Bitcoin's price has roughly Fluctuation between $51,000 and $52,500 over the past week.
Bitcoin Sideways after breaking through $50,000, and there is a big retracement before the big Bull Market?
Ethereum, the second-largest crypto asset by Market Cap, moved similarly, falling to $2,900 after topping $3,000 for the first time since April 2022.
What is behind the Bitcoin price pullback? Crypto Assets trader and analyst Rekt Capital shared the following chart in an X post, saying that Bitcoin has "one last pre-halving retracement" left before resuming its rise.
Bitcoin Sideways after breaking through $50,000, and there is a big retracement before the big Bull Market?
Independent market analyst Sjuul noted that Bitcoin's funding intrerest rate is high, warning traders that "expect a full correction." In my opinion, this is the Buy the Dips opportunity we are all looking for. 」
According to market intelligence, "big moves by mid-sized traders are often good signals for profit-taking" and "Buy the Dips". "Stable Coin holders with $10,000 to $100,000 in the last 2 weeks: $44.3 million USDT added", suggesting that they may be waiting for a pullback and ready to Buy the dips.
One analyst noted that $53,000 is a significant resistance level to the Bitcoin upside, a rejection that could signal further consolidation below that level for the Bitcoin, which coincides with the weekly Ichimoku Cloud chart, a key resistance area on the long-term chart that once limited gains in the second half of 2021.
Traders and market analysts believe that the repeated oscillations are part of the "five phases" of the Bitcoin Halving cycle, Bitcoin may experience a pre-Halving pullback and then enter the widely anticipated post-Halving parabolic rise trend.
A failed attempt to break above $53,000 could signal further consolidation in the current range after the Bitcoin ETF rose more than 30% after its launch at the end of January. Senior analyst Vetle Lunde said: "The current price level is an important technical level for BTC, coinciding with both the peak of the 'Salvador' Long' rebound in September 2021 and the resistance level before the crash on December 4 of the same year. 」
Analysts note that Bitcoin's stagnant momentum could signal further pullbacks and potential buying opportunities.
Crypto Assets Technical Analysis CryptoCon noted that the $53,000 area was also a sign of the top of the last market cycle for the weekly Ichimoku Could , a momentum and trend indicator that posed a major resistance to BTC price in 2016 and 2019, while the breakouts in early 2017 and late 2020 cleared the way for a new rally until an all-time high.
According to the chart published by CryptoCon on X, the price of Bitcoin first recovered to similar levels in the first two Bull Market, followed by a long period of consolidation, while the price Fall Below Initial Coin Offering Price abrupt was born in the later stages of the Bitcoin market cycle, after the quadrennial Bitcoin Halving event.
Bitcoin Sideways after breaking through $50,000, and there is a big retracement before the big Bull Market?
In the post, CryptoCon said, "Ichimoku Could twice marked a mid-top, a rejection point, and a long sideways. Breaking through this point now will be almost a full year earlier than usual. 」
The data shows that Bitcoin traders are eyeing the next phase of the current rebound. The IOMAP model shows that Bitcoin has a very strong support level between $9300 and $9600, with nearly 898,000 holders having previously bought 732,000 BTC and a Long Position of 1 million Addresses around $9800, which can be seen as a resistance for BTC to reach $10,000.00 as investors who previously bought at this price may want to break even.
Bitcoin Sideways after breaking through $50,000, and there is a big retracement before the big Bull Market?
Independent analyst Ali said that Long buyers are now preparing for a new "battle" to defend the support zone between $52,000 and $51,700, with a closing price above or below this area "will determine the direction of BTC's next move."
(Source: Mary Liu)