A Record $21.77 Billion In Bitcoin Shorts Will Be Liquidated Once BTC Breaks $70,500

Bitcoin is trending higher at spot rates, floating above $60,000 and confirming gains of September 13. From price action in the daily chart, buyers appear to be back in the picture. The confidence follows the United States Federal Reserve’s (Fed) decision to slash rates by 50 basis points on September 18. Over $21 Billion Of Shorts To Be Liquidated If Bitcoin Breaks $70,500 While buyers double down, flocking back to BTC, looking at the sharp uptick in trading volume over the past day, one analyst on X has identified an interesting observation if bulls continue to dominate. Citing market data and the liquidation map of Binance perpetuals, the analyst said if Bitcoin flies above $70,500, over $21 billion of shorts will be liquidated. Liquidation happens in the perpetuals market where leverage traders aim to clip market volatility for profit. There are longs, or traders banking on bulls to press prices higher, and shots, betting for prices to drop. Related Reading: October To Remember: Descending Broadening Wedge Says Bitcoin Is Going To $90,000 These positions are leveraged in both instances, meaning they borrow funds from the exchange. The collateral, in this case, the margin, acts as an “insurance” for the exchange. As a result, they will forcefully sell it should the market move against the trader. Looking at the state of price action in the daily chart, Bitcoin needs to expand by around 11% from spot rates of $70,500 to be hit. The immediate liquidation level is at around $66,000, marking August highs. If this level is broken, and the leg up is rising trading volume, the resulting rally could easily be the basis for bulls to overcome the intense liquidation pressure of around $70,000 and $72,000. The $70,000 And $72,000 Resistance Zone Is Crucial For BTC Traders Bitcoin bulls have struggled to break $72,000 since the retest in June. Accordingly, any firm and decisive close above $70,000 can trigger a short squeeze. Therefore, it is highly likely that BTC may retest $73,800 and even print print fresh all-time highs. Related Reading: Cardano Goes Bullish On-Chain: Can ADA Price Catch Up? Coinglass data on September 19 shows that over $69 million of leveraged shorts have been liquidated in the last 24 hours. Meanwhile, more than $13 million worth of longs were also forcibly closed due to market volatility. Over 66,000 crypto traders were liquidated in the past day, and the largest leveraged BTCUSD position worth over $8.9 was closed on Bybit, a perpetuals trading platform, during this period. Feature image from DALLE, chart from TradingView

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Germany's Commerzbank and DZ Bank To Offer Bitcoin and Crypto Trading

Germany's two large banks, Commerzbank and DZ Bank, are launching Bitcoin and crypto trading services amid growing demand.

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Bitcoin Alert: Analyst Predicts New Blood Monday With 0.50% Fed Rate Cut Looming

As Bitcoin (BTC) grapples with a challenging market environment, it has struggled to regain momentum, hovering around the $53,000 and $60,000 levels for six consecutive weeks.  After losing the crucial $70,000 threshold on August 1, the largest cryptocurrency remains at risk of further declines, particularly with the upcoming Federal Reserve (Fed) meeting on September 18, [...]

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Singapore's DBS Bank to Launch Bitcoin and Crypto Options for Institutions

Singapore's largest bank, DBS, will begin offering OTC bitcoin and crypto options trading for institutional clients in Q4 2024. DBS is the first major Asian bank providing sophisticated Bitcoin derivatives amid rising allocation demand.

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Bitcoin liquidations wont be enough to break $70K+ range high Heres why

Bitcoin bulls stampede toward $60,000 but is there enough energy to break above to 200-day moving average? 

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Michael Saylor Predicts Bitcoin Will Hit $13 Million, Reveals Expected Date

Michael Saylor, co-founder and Executive Chairman of the business intelligence firm MicroStrategy and a well-known Bitcoin advocate, recently reiterated his bullish stance on the leading cryptocurrency during an exclusive interview with CNBC on Monday. Saylor’s Bitcoin Price Forecast Saylor, recognized for steering his company towards significant BTC investments to capitalize on its continuous growth, projected [...]

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Bitcoin Drops Hard: Time To Fade The Trend And Buy BTC?

Bitcoin is under immense selling pressure at spot rates, crashing below critical multi-month support at around the $53,500 to $56,000 zone. As bears take over, there are concerns that the coin could, after all, slip even lower, plunging towards the $50,000 and even $40,000 level in a bear trend continuation formation. Bitcoin Sellers Testing Resolve [...]

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Bitcoin Price Analysis: What Lies On The Horizon After Crashing Below $50,000

The cryptocurrency market has been rocked by a massive sell-off, with the Bitcoin price plunging 26% from its July highs above $70,000. This dramatic decline comes amid a broader crash in global financial markets, reflecting growing economic uncertainty and investor risk aversion. Crypto Winter Returns?  The crypto sphere was not spared from this turbulence, as [...]

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Bitcoin Analyst: 4 Crucial Support Levels To Watch If BTC Falls

Bitcoin is trending lower when writing, cooling off after the encouraging leg up on August 23. Although the uptrend remains, and the coin is not far away from $63,000, there is no discounting the possibility of sellers pressing on. The alignment with the dip of early August could trigger another wave of liquidation, causing panic. [...]

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Bitcoin Analyst Expects Bulls To Break $74,000 Within Two Months, History Favors BTC In Q4 2024

The rejection of lower prices after the climactic drop in early August assuaged trades. Despite the welcomed recovery, Bitcoin bulls are yet to build on the momentum and break above the local resistance levels. Even so, traders are optimistic, expecting buyers to take charge and resume the uptrend set in motion in Q1 2024. In their forecasts, more analysts think any breakout above $72,000 and July highs could spark a wave of demand that may see Bitcoin record fresh all-time highs above $73,800. Bitcoin Breaking To All-Time Highs Will Take Time Taking to X, one trader, pointing to Bitcoin’s historical price cycles, is convinced that there are two more phases to go before the coin breaks an all-time high and registers fresh all-time highs. In the past, all cycles tops–from the RSI Bollinger Band % Phases indicator, the analyst continued, tend to print out on the fifth move. So far, only three of these five cycles have been completed. Related Reading: Algorand Achieves New Record With 2 Billion Transactions, ALGO Price Jumps 14% Judging from the current state of price action, another analyst, commenting on this preview believes Bitcoin bulls may not have the momentum to break above $73,800 and sustain this level on the first attempt. Instead, in the next two months or so, between September and October, the all-time high will be conquered. However, these gains will be extended with the coin printing new all-time highs in early January 2025. This forecast will align with the Bitcoin historical 4-year cycle. Will Bitcoin Find Favor In Q4 2024? As traders chip in, making predictions, another analyst, pointing to price data, notes that it has been 162 days since Bitcoin broke November 2021 highs and printed fresh all-time highs. The previous cycle only required 209 and 188 days to print fresh all-time highs. Now that history favors Bitcoin in every last cycle of the year, the analyst expects prices to expand rapidly in the last three months. Related Reading: Cardano Price Poised To Hit $2.88, Following Solanas Fractal: Crypto Analyst As of August 23, bulls are back in the equation, according to the Bitcoin bull-bear market cycle indicator. After fluctuating since early August, the signal is back to blue, pointing to interest, a net positive. Overall, Bitcoin remains within a narrow range. Bulls must decisively push prices higher, reversing all losses of early August. However, any drop below $50,000 would trigger a sell-off to new H2 2024 lows. Feature image from DALLE, chart from TradingView

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Bitcoin Could Target $63,000 But Must First Clear This Vital Resistance Level

After experiencing a significant 25% pullback earlier this month, plunging to the $49,000 level, the king of cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin (BTC), has managed to consolidate above the crucial $60,000 support for the last 24 hours. However, Bitcoin’s journey toward further price appreciation has been without obstacles. The digital asset has been unable to surpass higher resistance [...]

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Bitcoin Price Action Boring Despite Rapid Accumulation: Is Something Big Cooking?

Though buyers stand a chance, Bitcoin is steady when writing, teetering at the $60,000 level. After rejecting August lows, the bounce above the round number at $60,000 to as high as $63,000 by the end of last week was impressive. However, from the daily chart, prices are moving sideways in a possible accumulation, bounded by [...]

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Hong Kong's Largest Online Broker Launched Bitcoin Trading

Hong Kong's largest online brokerage Futu has launched retail Bitcoin trading on its platform. The move comes as the city aims to establish itself as a Bitcoin and crypto hub.

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Bitcoin Analyst Thinks Prices Must First Breach $50,000 Before Rallying

Bitcoin flash crashed on July 4 and 5, extending losses from all-time highs to about 30%. Though there was a relief bounce over the weekend, forcing the world’s most valuable coin up by nearly 11%, BTC remains within a bearish formation. Bitcoin Correction Not Over: Will Bears Break $50,000? One analyst who took to X confirmed this assessment, adding that the optimism over the last 48 hours could be quashed in the coming sessions. With BTC not out of the woods, at least from technical formation, the analyst predicted not only will the coin sink below last week’s lows, but it will likely break the psychological $50,000 mark. Pointing to historical price action, the coin said Bitcoin could drop to as low as $48,000 in the coming days, roughly 40% from its all-time high. When this happens, and following the price action seen in 2017, when the coin also crashed by 40% after local peaks, the coin will resume the uptrend. Even so, looking at the analyst’s assessment, the swing high and low anchoring of the Fibonacci retracement tool is subjective. For now, if September 2023 to March 2024 range acts as swing and lows, a 40% drop from local highs places Bitcoin $10,000 lower at around $37,000. Cracks are beginning to form on the weekly chart. After last week’s losses, the coin firmly closed below the 20-period moving average, placing sellers in control. Confirmation of last week’s losses could set the ball rolling, sparking more losses in the short term, pushing the world’s most valuable coin to $50,000 or even $40,000. How High Will BTC Jump After The Correction? However, after the cool-off and the depth doesn’t matter, another analyst predicts the coin will bounce off strongly. If BTC finds support at around the $47,000 to $50,000 level, the probability of it floating to at least $102,000 is high. This is the first level of the Fibonacci extension. At its high, the coin could soar to as high as $242,000 in the sessions to come.   The confidence that BTC will bounce back after the current sell-off, sparked most by Mt. Gox liquidation fears and the constant dump by the German government, is based on history. After the Halving, Bitcoin prices tend to recover steadily. If anything, one analyst said holders shouldn’t panic sell within the first 79 days after the Halving event. Marking the beginning of the fifth epoch, the network reduced its miner rewards on April 20, roughly three months ago. Feature image from DALLE, chart from TradingView

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Bitcoin Crashed Below $55,000 But Traders Are Not Fearful, Why?

As Bitcoin faces strong headwinds, breaching two critical support levels at $60,000 and $56,500 in quick succession, it may, on the surface, appear that fear is gripping the market. There are reasons to be afraid, especially for coin holders leveraging BTC in decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols, looking to take out loans using the asset as [...]

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Glassnode: Bitcoin $110,000 Target Holds, Breaking These Key Levels Crucial To Avoid Crash

Bitcoin (BTC) experienced a significant drop, reaching as low as $56,700 on Thursday. This price level has not been seen since May 1st, as Bitcoin faces several challenges, including US political uncertainties and the ongoing sell-off of BTC seized by the German government. These factors have contributed to a nearly 20% price correction for Bitcoin, [...]

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Bitcoin Is Up 2X But Speculators Are Underwater: Will The Sell-off Continue?

Bitcoin is down at press time, wiping the weekend’s gains and inching closer to $60,000. If bears press on, increasing their shorts, the odds of the coin sliding below the psychological number and $56,800 remain high. Glassnode: STHs Are In Red As the world’s most valuable coin finds itself at a critical juncture, fast approaching [...]

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Bitcoin will crash to $50K, 10x Research warns

According to 10x Research, Bitcoins potential drop below $50,000 is linked to dwindling buy flows and accelerating sell flows.

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Billions Worth Of Bitcoin Pulled From Exchanges: Is BTC Preparing For $72,000?

Bitcoin is steady when writing, floating above immediate support levels and inches away from reclaiming the all-important local liquidation line at around $66,000. Even as the broader crypto community expects buyers to step in and push prices higher, there are exciting developments that buttress this outlook. Billions Worth Of BTC Pulled From Exchanges According to exchange data shared by one analyst on X, BTC holders increasingly pull their coins from exchanges. On July 5, when prices tanked, pushing the world’s most valuable coin close to $50,000, a staggering $3.8 billion BTC was moved from exchanges. Once this happened, prices rapidly bounced back, rising from as low as $53,500 to $65,000 recorded earlier this week. Though prices have been moving horizontally above $62,500 recently, more BTC is being withdrawn. On July 16, BTC owners pulled another $3.4 billion of the coin. Related Reading: Why Did The German Government Sell Off 50,000 Bitcoin In 2 Weeks Even though there is no clear impact on prices, if past performance guides, it is likely that prices will edge higher like they did after the collapse to $53,500.   Usually, analysts interpret exchange outflows as positive for price. Whenever coin holders move assets to non-custodial wallets, they want to take control of their coins. As such, they might be unwilling to sell. Their decision helps support prices since they won’t sell on demand if they wish to, like if they held them on crypto platforms like Binance or Coinbase. Moreover, with fewer BTC readily available on exchanges, bulls tend to benefit due to increased scarcity. Is Bitcoin Preparing For Another Leg Up Above $72,000? Beyond this development, another analyst notes that the Realized Profit and Loss Ratio metric has fallen and stands at multi-month lows. The metric is used to gauge market sentiment, mainly influenced by profit and loss at any point in time. This decrease suggests that investors who wanted to exit at highs have already taken profit. For now, traders must wait for these metrics to rise, perhaps to multi-month highs, ideally above $72,000 and $74,000, before profit-taking resumes. Related Reading: XRP Price Plummets To $0.5724, Can Bulls Maintain Support? Bitcoin has also reclaimed its average cost basis of short-term holders (STHs) as prices recover above $62,000. Those who bought within the last 155 days are now in the money. They are likely holding and expecting more gains in the coming sessions before realizing profits. In the past, whenever the average cost basis is surpassed, CryptoQuant analysts say prices tend to rise by over 30%. Feature image from DALLE, chart from TradingView

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Total Depletion Of German Bitcoin Reserves: Wallet Left With Zero BTC

In what is being hailed as a significant victory for the Bitcoin market, the German government has officially depleted its Bitcoin reserves after holding 50,000 BTC in its wallet just months ago. Bitcoin Wallet Now Empty After Massive Selling Spree Data from market intelligence firm Arkham shows that the German government recently transferred the remainder of its 3,846.05 BTC stash worth approximately $223 million to Flow Traders and 139Po, likely for over-the-counter (OTC) services.  As a result, Arkhams platform reveals that the government’s wallet now stands empty, with zero BTC remaining, as seen in the image below.  Related Reading: XRP Price Eyes Colossal 280% Breakout Amid CME Group Partnership Interestingly, data researcher Jay analyzed the German government’s selling activities and found that Germany sold a staggering 42,000 BTC in just one week, averaging 250 BTC per hour over 168 hours. Earlier this year, the German police made headlines when confiscated 50,000 Bitcoin worth $2.17 billion in the country’s most extensive cryptocurrency seizure.  The seizure occurred in January, and the Bitcoin was taken after the suspects voluntarily transferred the funds to official wallets provided by the BKA (Bundeskriminalamt), the German Federal Criminal Police Office. This consistent selling pressure from the German government was notorious for contributing to the significant 25% price retracement experienced by the largest cryptocurrency, resulting in a low of $53,500 not seen since February. Sell Pressure, Support Levels, And Investor Sentiment Crypto analyst SkewA commented on this recent development, noting that in the future, market observers will closely monitor the passive flow of Bitcoin, particularly for signs of reduced supply.  According to the analyst, this will serve as a gauge to determine if the market has effectively absorbed the recent sell pressure and highlighted the $60,000 level as the current market supply zone, with the potential for a retest of this crucial level. Related Reading: 6,400 Ethereum Mystery Move Sparks ETH Rally Talk Pre-ETF Nod On the other hand, market expert Dann Crypto Trades notes that Bitcoin is currently attempting to regain support from the May lows.  Price action has been volatile in this range, and Dann believes that a true higher timeframe reversal will only occur once the “green zone” above $59,000 is successfully recaptured. The analyst sees the $56,500 level as crucial support for BTC’s upside momentum in the short to medium term. Meanwhile, crypto analyst Ali Martinez has identified a bullish sentiment surrounding Bitcoin’s outlook, noting that the accumulation trend score indicates a shift in investor sentiment after an extended distribution phase since April. At the time of writing, BTC trades at $57,600, remaining in its trading range between this level and the $59,000 zone for the past two days.  Featured image from DALL-E, chart from TradingView.com

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