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Downward selling pressure sees Bitcoin swiftly take out $30,000 support as Binance users report technical difficulties.
Bitcoin (BTC) fell under $30,000 on Tuesday as the latest BTC price dip took the largest cryptocurrency below a significant âline in the sand.â
BTC/USD 1-minute candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView
Bitcoin beats May price bottom
Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD crashing through $30,000 support, shedding 6% in an hour and hitting its lowest levels since late January.
After dropping from $41,000 a week ago, Bitcoin has seen multiple rapid bursts of downward volatility in recent days, culminating in Tuesdayâs $30,000 breach.Â
As Cointelegraph reported, the breakdown was widely anticipated by traders, some of whom were already calling for $25,000 and even lower.
China and the associated media attention surrounding its mining purge appeared to be the main driver of bearishness despite widespread arguments that the shake-up would actually benefit Bitcoin in the long term.Â
âHow is more Bitcoin mining power moving to the and the West a bad thing?â David Marcus, head of Facebookâs F2 project, queried on Monday.Â
âIMO China cracking down on mining is a great development for BTC.â
Support evaporates above $25,000
At the time of writing, BTC/USD traded at around $29,000 amid heavy volatility, bouncing at $29,600 on Bitstamp.
Binance, the largest cryptocurrency exchange by volume, reportedly began experiencing technical problems as the price action unfolded.
Binance orderbook data showed buyers lined up at $25,000, with events taking out the $30,000 positions visible in the latest representation from monitoring resource Material Indicators.
BTC/USD buy and sell positions on Binance. Source: Material Indicators/Twitter
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