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After flashing some signs of intense weakness yesterday, Bitcoin is now expressing signs of strength as it consolidates within the mid-$9,000 region.
This rebound has been incredibly positive, as it suggests that BTC’s buyers have enough strength to guard against a decline below the lower boundary of the trading range it has been caught within throughout the past few months.
This range currently exists between $9,000 and $10,000. If buyers are able to maintain this momentum, they may soon be able to catalyze a movement to the upper boundary of this long-held consolidation channel.
A trend seen while looking towards the benchmark cryptocurrency’s funding rates does seem to suggest that it could be positioned to see a notable upside in the days ahead.
Bitcoin’s negative funding a positive sign for buyers
Bitcoin dipped to lows of $8,900 yesterday in a sharp and sudden movement that came as a surprise to bulls.
This decline was the result of a firm rejection seen at $10,000 last week and caused a significant shift in investor sentiment.
Following this decline, however, buyers stepped up and propelled Bitcoin back into the mid-$9,000 region – where it is currently consolidating at now.
At the time of writing, BTC is trading up just over 1% at its current price of $9,500. It does face some resistance between $9,700 and $10,000 that may slow its ascent.
One factor that could suggest it has room to run in the near-term is that its funding rates have still remained negative in the time following this recent dip. This means that shorts pay out longs and is typically used as a counter-indicator by traders.
Popular pseudonymous analyst “Byzantine General” spoke about this in a recent post, explaining that he believes this provides the crypto with “room to pump.”
“Funding is usually pretty extreme on the daily before we make a significant move the other way. We haven’t seen that type of over-levering yet. So I think we still have some room to pump.”
Psychology shows why $10,000 has become such a significant resistance level
Bitcoin has posted countless rejections at $10,000 throughout the past several weeks and months. Some analysts are even pointing to the existence of a potential “triple top” at $10,500.
Philip Swift – a respected data analyst – explained that the psychological significance of the five-figure price region is what has made $10,000 such a hefty resistance level.
“If you’re wondering why we are struggling to get past $10k. Worth remembering how little time we spent above that level last bull market. Just *18 days* were spent above $10k before we topped out. So $10k is a huge psychological level…but it will break.”
That being said, once this level does decisively break, the subsequent rally could be sharp and swift – should history repeat itself.
Bitcoin
17 Jun at 6:47 am UTC$9,469.74
-0.72%Bitcoin, currently ranked #1 by market cap, is down 0.72% over the past 24 hours. BTC has a market cap of $174.31B with a 24 hour volume of $19.63B.
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