Bitcoin’s Move Below 20-DMA Possible Short-Term Bearish Signal, Analysts Say
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Lyllah Ledesma is a CoinDesk Markets reporter currently based in Europe. She holds bitcoin, ether and small amounts of other crypto assets.
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Head of Firmwide ResearchGalaxy
Hear Alex Thorn share his take on “Bitcoin and Inflation: It’s Complicated” at Consensus 2023.
Bitcoin lost ground for a second straight day on Thursday, dropping to a 10-day low of $28,300 as traders appeared to move away from risky assets.
After rallying since the start of the year, the world’s largest cryptocurrency by market value, bitcoin, appears to be losing ground. Bitcoin closed below the 20-day moving average (DMA) on Wednesday, according to data from TradingView, signaling a sign of weakness. The last time the cryptocurrency traded below the 20-DMA was in mid-March.
Bitcoin’s 20-Day Moving Average (TradingView)
A 20-day moving average is a short term view and could allow investors to trigger further selling pressure, according to Laurent Kssis, a crypto trading adviser at CEC Capital.
“The 20-day moving average has less lag (time it takes to signal a potential reversal) and tracks more closely bitcoin,” said Kssis. “In our view it shows a correction to the market which could accentuate.”
The drop comes a day after bitcoin saw a large sell order on crypto exchange Binance and an unexpectedly high U.K. March inflation figure of more than 10%.
“This pullback doesn’t look positive, however, when looking at bitcoin’s yearly chart, it’s clear we have just witnessed a period of exceptional growth as the industry recovers from the crypto mishaps of the past few years,” said Sheraz Ahmed, managing partner at STORM, in an interview with CoinDesk.
“We could be witnessing the beginnings of an overdue but overall healthy correction, which should encourage further accumulation,” added Ahmed.
In traditional markets, sentiment was knocked by a decline in Tesla (TSLA) shares, which dropped 8.5% on the day, following the company’s earnings report released Wednesday that showed a more than 20% drop in net income compared with last year. Dow Jones futures fell on the day, along with S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq futures.
Craig Erlam, an analyst at foreign-exchange trading firm Oanda, said in a morning note that despite bitcoin’s rally since the start of the year, the recovery may be running on fumes.
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Lyllah Ledesma is a CoinDesk Markets reporter currently based in Europe. She holds bitcoin, ether and small amounts of other crypto assets.
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