{"id":411178,"date":"2020-01-16T02:38:38","date_gmt":"2020-01-16T02:38:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/?p=411178"},"modified":"2024-06-11T13:40:34","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T13:40:34","slug":"bitcoin-just-plunged-minutes-does-mean-rally-done","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/news\/bitcoin-just-plunged-minutes-does-mean-rally-done\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Just Plunged 3% In Minutes: Does This Mean Rally is Done?"},"content":{"rendered":"
In the past few hours, the price of Bitcoin<\/a> (BTC) has crashed, falling from the daily high of around $8,910 to a local low of $8,585, the lowest the cryptocurrency has traded at in around 18 hours. This represents a 3% drop in a matter of a few hours, which honestly isn’t that surprising considering the volatility the cryptocurrency markets have seen over the past few days.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n While this drop wasn’t that deep when it comes to crashes in the cryptocurrency market \u2014 Bitcoin Satoshi Vision is down 35% from the local peak of its price<\/a> \u2014 this drop put BTC under a bullish ascending triangle pattern that was forming on the one-hour chart.<\/p>\n This begs the question \u2014 is the rally done? Will BTC now retrace much lower than it already has?<\/p>\n On the bear side of things, trader Big Cheds posted the below analysis,<\/a> showing that with this latest move, Bitcoin has started to form what is known as an “M top,” which has price action shaped like an M.<\/p>\n Right now, the pattern is in its middle stages, not yet forming the entire latter half of the “M” in the topping pattern. But should it play out in full, BTC could fall as low as $8,200, the analyst’s chart suggests.<\/p>\n $BTC<\/a> #Bitcoin<\/a> 4 hour – Working on an M top https:\/\/t.co\/bUGOvUFthb<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/TWs0uTDWWg<\/a><\/p>\n — Cheds (Trading Quotes) (@BigCheds) January 16, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\nRelated Reading:\u00a0Crypto Tidbits: Elon Musk Pokes Bitcoin Bear, Japanese Giants Delve Into Cryptocurrency Mining, Baidu\u2019s Blockchain Beta<\/a><\/h6>\n
Bitcoin Plunges 3%: What’s Next?<\/h2>\n
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