Bitcoin Showing Signs of ‘Short-Term Fatigue’ Near $50K

Charts show support at $40K

Everything you need to make sense of the crypto markets and beyond By the CoinDesk Markets Team Edited by Lawrence Lewitinn, Managing Editor, Global Capital Markets August 17, 2021 Sponsored by     Bitcoin (BTC) -1.4%  $46,678 Ether (ETH)  -1.8%  $3,227 (Price data as of August 17 @ 11:00 UTC) If you were forwarded this newsletter and would like to receive it, sign up here.  Good morning, and welcome to First Mover. Here's what's happening this morning: Market Moves: Bitcoin Showing Signs of 'Short-Term Fatigue' Near $50K Ahead of Possible Continuation Low levels of daily trading volume persist as bitcoin struggles to edge higher while short positions build. Technician's Take: Bitcoin Rangebound Near $50K Resistance; Support at $40K Bitcoin is stalling ahead of $50K resistance. And check out the CoinDesk TV show "First Mover," hosted by Christine Lee, Emily Parker and me at 9:00 a.m. U.S. Eastern time. 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Market Moves by Sebastian Sinclair Bitcoin Showing Signs of 'Short-Term Fatigue' Near $50K Ahead of Possible Continuation Bitcoin failed to break the $50,000 price tag during weekend trading and is beginning to flag signs of profit-taking in the short term.   Still, bitcoin (BTC) is up 56% in year-to-date returns courtesy of a strong showing by bullish traders throughout the first half of August which saw prices rise from $38,000 on Aug. 4 to around $48,190 on Saturday.   "The price has rebounded strongly now, but this upward move is showing some signs of short-term fatigue," said Simon Peters, market analyst at trading platform eToro. "We could see a small retracement down to lower prices before the prevailing trend reasserts itself." BTC/USD Daily Chart (Source: TradingView) Low levels of daily trading volume persist as bitcoin struggles to edge higher while short positions are building, according to Datamish data, pointing toward a return to lower supports near $44,000.   "Even though the trend has flipped bullish, a pullback is to be expected before continuation," said Marcus Sotiriou, sales trader at U.K.-based digital asset brokerage firm GlobalBlock. "This is because there has been declining volume with an increase in price, as well as a bearish divergence in the RSI indicator on the daily time frame."   Other notable cryptos in the top 20 by market capitalization over a 24-hour period are mixed with polkadot (DOT), solana and terra posting the highest gains while ether (ETH), XRP, and stellar (XLM) have shed the most over the same period. Read the original story here: Bitcoin Showing Signs of 'Short-Term Fatigue' Near $50K Ahead of Possible Continuation Technician's Take by Damanick Dantes, CMT Bitcoin Rangebound Near $50K Resistance; Support at $40K Bitcoin (BTC) is stuck in a sideways range as the short-squeeze rally takes a breather. Buyers could start to take profits ahead of the $50,000 resistance level, although support around $40,000-$42,000 could stabilize a pullback.   The world's largest cryptocurrency was trading around $46,900 at press time and is roughly flat over the past week. Bitcoin daily price chart shows support and resistance levels with RSI. (Source: TradingView) The relative strength index (RSI) on the daily chart is declining from overbought levels, which typically precede price pullbacks. The RSI has a slight negative divergence with price as upside momentum wanes. Bitcoin is trading around the 200-day moving average and will need to breakout of a short-term range to resume the uptrend. Support is seen around the top of the prior two-month consolidation phase between $40,000 and $42,000. A successful re-test of these levels could yield further upside towards $50,000 and $55,000.   Read the original story here: Bitcoin Rangebound Near $50K Resistance; Support at $40K A Message from ErisX ErisX operates a high performance exchange with a fully transparent order book. We don't trade against our customers - no conflicts of interest.  Our low latency, high throughput platform maintains uptime and performance, even during market volatility.  A modern trading UI and standard APIs enable seamless and secure workflow integrations for retail and institutional traders, and technology vendors.   Open an account directly, or access the exchange through a broker.   Sign up for our weekly newsletter. Less Fees = More Bitcoin. BOLO Be on the look out for some of these upcoming events: 12:30 UTC (8:30 a.m. ET): Retail sales (July). 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