Битцоин (BTC) failed to hold $20,000 into the September monthly close as one trader eyed a final comeback before fresh downside.
Trader’s $20,500 upside target remains
Подаци из Цоинтелеграпх Маркетс Про ТрадингВиев showed BTC/USD staying lower after finishing the month at around $19,400.
Capping 3% losses, the monthly chart failed to rally on Oct. 1, with BTC/USD down another 0.7% in “Uptober” so far, according to data from on-chain data resource Coingglass.
Dismal financial data from macro markets contributed to the lack of appetite for risk assets, and among crypto traders, the outlook remained gloomy.
For popular Twitter account Il Capo of Crypto, a return above the $20,000 mark was still possible on the day, this still to be followed by a dive знатно ниже.
An additional post noted steady buy-ins worth $192,000 on exchange FTX, something which he argued could contribute to the short-term upside.
While still at the time of writing, BTC/USD looked apt for volatility into the weekly close, as suggested by the затезање Bollinger Bands on lower timeframes.
The September close nonetheless continued a losing streak for Bitcoin which now rivaled the 2018 bear market, as highlighted by Caleb Franzen, senior market analyst at Cubic Analytics.
“Bitcoin has officially produced 10 consecutive red monthly Heikin Ashi candles, with the September close,” he открила.
“This is the longest such streak since the 2018 bear market, which produced 14 red candles from Feb.’18 to Mar.’19. Each bear market streak has been longer than the last…”
Major banks sound alarm bells among analysts
The macro story of the moment revolved around major global banks, headlined by worrying signs coming out of Credit Suisse.
Релатед: Купци биковског тржишта биткоина 2021 'капитулирају' јер подаци показују губитке од 50%.
The Swiss lender’s share price, having all but collapsed since 2021, now had concern spreading to institutions such as Deutsche Bank, UniCredit and even Bank of China.
“Credit Suisse is not the only major bank whose price-to-book is flashing warning signals.The list below is of all G-SIBs with PtBs of under 40%,” Alistair Macleod, head of research at Goldmoney, одговорио, uploading a comparative chart of various banks’ price to book ratios.
“A failure of one of them is likely to call the survival of the others into question.”
У допису цитирано by Reuters on Oct. 2, Credit Suisse CEO, Ulrich Koerner, cautioned investors against “confusing our day-to-day stock price performance with the strong capital base and liquidity position of the bank.”
The events follow the Bank of England returning to quantitative easing (QE) last week in an unprecedented U-turn with inflation at forty-year highs.
Овдје приказана стајалишта и мишљења су искључиво становишта аутора и не одражавају нужно ставове Цоинтелеграпх.цом. Сваки потез улагања и трговања укључује ризик, приликом доношења одлуке требало би да спроведете сопствено истраживање.
Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-price-starts-uptober-down-0-7-amid-hope-for-final-20k-push