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The Crypto Daily – Movers and Shakers -22/04/20

By:
Bob Mason
Updated: Apr 22, 2020, 09:32 UTC

It's a mixed start to the day for the majors. A Bitcoin move through to $6,900 levels would support the pack.

Bitcoin coin on white keyboard

Bitcoin rose by 0.19% on Tuesday. Following a 4.14% slide on Monday, Bitcoin ended the day at $6,850.0.

A relatively bullish start to the day saw Bitcoin rise to an early morning high $6,923.0 before hitting reverse.

Falling short of the major resistance levels, Bitcoin slid to a late morning intraday low $6,770.1.

Steering clear of the first major support level at $6,657.03, Bitcoin rallied to a late afternoon intraday high $6,958.8.

Falling short of the first major resistance level at $7,127.33, Bitcoin fell back to sub-$6,900 to limit the upside.

The near-term bearish trend, formed at late June 2019’s swing hi $13,764.0, remained firmly intact, reaffirmed by the March swing lo $4,000.

For the bulls, Bitcoin would need to break out from $10,000 levels to form a near-term bullish trend.

The Rest of the Pack

Across the rest of the majors, it was a mixed day on Tuesday.

Cardano’s ADA and Stellar’s Lumen led the way, with gains of 2.15% and 1.52% respectively.

Binance Coin (+1.07%), Bitcoin Cash ABC (+1.12%), Litecoin (+1.09%), and Tezos (+1.06%) also found relatively strong support.

EOS (+0.74%), Ethereum (+0.40%), Monero’s XMR (+0.78%), Ripple’s XRP (+0.89%), and Tron’s TRX (+0.84%) saw more modest gains on the day.

Bitcoin Cash SV bucked the trend on the day, falling by 0.57%.

Through the start of the week, the crypto total market cap fell from a Monday high $209.37bn to a Tuesday low $196.98bn. At the time of writing, the total market cap stood at $198.73bn.

Bitcoin’s dominance continued to hover at sub-64% levels following last week’s gains. At the time of writing, Bitcoin’s dominance stood at 63.5%.

24-hour trading volumes rose from sub-$130bn levels to reach a current week high $146.91bn on Monday before falling back to sub-$120bn levels on Tuesday. At the time of writing, 24-hr volumes stood at $114.46bn.

This Morning

At the time of writing, Bitcoin was up by 0.29% to $6,869.6. It was a mixed start to the day. Bitcoin fell to an early morning low $6,826.2 before striking a high $6,892.4.

Bitcoin left the major support and resistance levels untested early on.

Elsewhere, it was another mixed start to the day.

Binance Coin (-0.12%), Bitcoin Cash ABC (-0.17%), and EOS (-0.07%) saw red early on.

The rest of the pack found early support. Stellar’s Lumen and Tezos led the way, with gains of 1.63% and 1.61% respectively.

BTC/USD 22/04/20 Daily Chart

For the Bitcoin Day Ahead

Bitcoin would need to move through to $6,900 levels to bring the first major resistance level at $6,949.17 into play.

Support from the broader market would be needed, however, for Bitcoin to break back through to $6,900 levels.

Barring another broad-based crypto rally, the first major resistance level and Tuesday’s high $6,958.8 would likely limit any upside.

In the event of a broad-based crypto rally, the second major resistance level at $7,048.33 would likely come into play.

Failure to move through to $6,900 levels could see Bitcoin hit reverse.

A fall through the morning low $6,826.2 would bring the first major support level at $6,760.47 into play.

Barring a crypto meltdown, however, Bitcoin should steer of sub-$6,700 levels.

About the Author

Bob Masonauthor

With over 20 years of experience in the finance industry, Bob has been managing regional teams across Europe and Asia and focusing on analytics across both corporate and financial institutions. Currently he is covering developments relating to the financial markets, including currencies, commodities, alternative asset classes, and global equities.

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