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Making its way up to the higher levels of its current range, Bitcoin records a 5.6% profit in 24 hours. BTCâs price took a heavy loss, as the implementation of its legal tender status in El Salvador became a âbuy the rumor, sell the newsâ event.
At the time of writing, the first cryptocurrency by market cap trades at $46,529 with an 11.8% loss in the 7-day chart.
BTC with moderate profits in the daily chart. Source: BTCUSD Tradingview
Previous to this event, Bitcoin made a quick move to the $52,000 zone. This moved the Fear & Greed Index back to the green area, as the general sentiment in the market turned bullish.
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According to a recent Arcane Research report, the Index has flipped red, back to fear levels once again. Bitcoin has experienced a week of volatility, mostly to the upside, but the violent bearish price action has made investors fearful, as seen below.
Source: Arcane Research
Arcane Research found that most of the action is taking place in the derivatives sector. The BTC Spot to Futures Volume indicates a decline in the trading volume for the spot market.
This doesnât necessarily suggest a rise in the trading volume for futures, but a steady dropped in spot trading over a period of 5 months, as derivatives trading volume remains stable.
Source: Arcane Research
As NewsBTC reported, much of the recent price action and volatility is related to an increase in over-leverage positions for futures. This correlates with periods of bearish momentum, retail futures traders fuel the liquidation cascade that leaves the crypto market open for downside risk.
Two Possible Scenarios For Bitcoin As Fear Re-Enters The Market
On the other hand, analyst Ben Lilly from Jarvis Labs recently examined Bitcoinâs price action. The cryptocurrency has been trading in a crap-like PA indicating before yesterdayâs sudden move to the upside and downside, almost immediately.
This corresponds with an increase in liquidity around those levels. Thus, Ben Lilly argued that market movers or large players attempt to push BTCâs price into a specific direction to grab the liquidity and eventually exhausted.
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The market is currently at that stage, as seen below, âbone dryâ out of liquidity. In this case, the analyst recommended trading in the spot market, as derivatives could continue moving without a clear direction.
Source: The Kingfisher via Ben Lilly
This is the best-case scenario, a sustain crab-like PA for a few weeks, as Bitcoin prepares for another retest of the $50,000 mark. Before that, the market could see another sweep at yesterdayâs low:
And this scenario is currently the one we are leaning towards. Meaning we think a retest of $42kish might be in the cards.
The worst-case scenario could occur by the end of this month with a return to BTCâs previous range in the $30,000 mid-area. Ben Lilly said:
This type of price action would be vicious. It will create a lot of liquidity lower very fast. Itâs often times known as exit liquidity.
Late 2020 to 2021 sell-off fractal. Source: Jarvis Labs via Ben Lilly
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