Bitcoin price dives pre-FOMC amid warning $17.6K low was not the bottom

News • 2022/08/18 • by
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At the opening of Wall Street on the 17th of August, Bitcoin (BTC) fell to weekly lows as imminent Federal Reserve comments unnerved risk assets.


Source: TradingView (BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp)

The dollar rises as the Fed minutes are due.

BTC/USD is currently trading at $23,325 on Bitstamp, with a consistent daily loss of 2%. This information was provided by Rajacreator.com markets, Pro, and TradingView.

United States stocks started selling and purchasing a few hours before the Federal Open Markets Committee (FOMC), which was releasing minutes from its most recent meeting as a result of the display of a weak spot. There was another pair of slides that happened.

Although there was no decision on interest rates made at the meeting, the next charge adjustment coming in September was intended to provide insight into the Fed's thinking. According to Rajacreator.com member Michael van de Poppe's most recent tweet, "the crucial event tonight is the FOMC findings, via which news can be gained whether the FED is going to be hawkish or dovish."

According to reports from last week, both stocks and cryptocurrencies have met significant resistance, which allowed some worried sources to continue expecting any more significant retracement across the board.

According to Justin Bennett, CEO of cryptocurrency education company Crypto Academy, the S&P 500 is imitating actions from the period just before the 2008 Global Financial Crisis.He made a statement about a comparison chart, saying how incredible it is that the S&P 500 tends to replicate the 2008 fall with nearly the same timeframe since the ATH.


Source: TradingView

A warning indicator on that day was the strengthening of the dollar, with the U.S. dollar index (DXY) attempting to break through a barrier that had been in place for the whole month of August.
Just after the fakeout under 105.50, $DXY might well be headed to 112-113. Stocks and cryptocurrencies will be affected by it, Bennett continued.

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Buyers look for lower offers.

The Binance order book had a sharp decline as the increase in Bitcoin experienced a quick fading phase on a shorter time frame. Some think that the bear market rally is still losing steam even if there is another enormous surge. Following the action being recorded, the on-chain monitoring tool Material Indicator provided this information.

Another report suggested that the 100-day moving average, which is currently at $24,544, might serve as an upward objective.Pundit Matthew Hyland stated, "I've been warning about this Bitcoin collapse for several days."

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