As Bitcoin\u2019s recent rally cools, technical signals suggest the biggest cryptocurrency could face further headwinds ahead.<\/p>\n
The trading range between Bitcoin\u2019s 50- and 200-day moving averages has diminished to its narrowest since June, potentially indicating that an inflection point may be on the horizon. Though Bitcoin\u2019s already fallen below its 50-day moving average, a drop below the 200-day could trigger a sell signal.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe best way to describe the market is it\u2019s retracing last year\u2019s bear market,\u201d Mike McGlone, an analyst with Bloomberg Intelligence, said by phone. \u201cIt\u2019s in no hurry to take out the old highs — there\u2019s a hangover of residual selling from the parabolic rally in 2017. There\u2019s just a lot of people who bought it, got way too overextended, who will be responsive sellers.\u201d<\/p>\n
The most widely-owned-digital asset has erased much of the gains it posted after China\u2019s President Xi Jinping said the country was inclined toward increasing investments of blockchain technology as it searches for industrial advantages. While crypto enthusiasts took that as a positive for Bitcoin, the token has subsequently traded lower, dropping near 5% this month. The Bloomberg Galaxy Crypto Index has lost more than 2% in the same period.<\/p>\n
On Wednesday, Bitcoin fell as much as 0.6% to around $8,708 in New York trading.<\/p>\n
As Bitcoin\u2019s recent rally cools, technical signals suggest the biggest cryptocurrency could face further headwinds ahead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":341034,"featured_media":252401,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[44696],"tags":[187],"class_list":["post-327547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cryptocurrency","tag-bitcoin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327547"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/341034"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=327547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327547\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/252401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=327547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=327547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}