Market Summary 17/03: Bitcoin Retests $55k, ETH Holds Support below $1,800

News • 2021/03/16 • by
remitano

Daily insight into happenings in the cryptocurrency market every day examining, including the prices of bitcoin and ethereum, and some of the other altcoins.

Bitcoin News

Bitcoin has found support above the $53,000 mark after a sharp drop. BTC has recently begun a new upward trend after trading as low as $53,222. It broke through resistance at $54,200 and $55,000.

The price also surpassed the $56,000 mark. However, it met resistance close to $58,000.

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Near $57,000 level , an inverse head and shoulders trend emerged with resistance. On the hourly chart of the BTC/USD pair, a key bearish trend line formed with resistance close to $58,000. It broke below this line and began a decline. It fell below $55,000 but is currently trading above $55k.

Current market trends like liquidity of bitcoin on exchanges and it's doubling time(i.e the period.it takes the price of BTC to double during a bull run) suggest that bitcoin could rally more soon.

Ethereum News

The bulls appeared as Ethereum dropped into the $1,700 support zone. ETH traded as low as $1,712 before beginning an upward correction.

It traded above the resistance levels of $1,750 and $1,760. Nevertheless, near the $1,800 mark, the price appears to be meeting stiff resistance. On the hourly chart of ETH/USD, a main bearish trend line is forming with resistance near $1,800.

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Ethereum failed to rise above the $1,800 and $1,828 resistance levels, and began a decline. It traded as low as $1,750. On its way up it would face resistance at $1,800. The next crucial resistance is at $1,850. Above that ethereum may attempt to reach $2,000.

Reports shows that the increase in the number of regular active addresses on Ethereum network and the decline of Ethereum levels on exchanges suggests that Ethereum could retest $2,000. Only a weaking bitcoin could stand in the way of this.

Other Altcoin News

Check out BCH, LTC, and XRP prices for today.

1.Bitcoin Cash (BCH)

Bitcoin Cash's lowest point was at $514. It then peaked at $533, but it is trading close to $520.

2..Ripple (XRO)

Ripple's highest peak was above $0.479. Its intraday low level was at $0.457. It is still trading close to $0.460.

3. Litecoin (LTC)

Litecoin's intraday low point was at $196. It hit its peak at $205 and is trading above $197.

Comments (6)
Guest
atikarani14
5 years ago
Good information
jalansultan
5 years ago
Informatif 👍
bellagita_
5 years ago
Nice post
nurhotimah
5 years ago
Good 👍
godgrace1
5 years ago
The ethereum market has been stable for a while, cant predict where the market will be heading to next.
visiblemoney
5 years ago
Most alcoins also made downward corrections after the movement of BTC.

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