Bitcoin
$20,000 disappears into weekend
Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD circling $19,500 at the time of writing.
Lows of $19,340 appeared on Bitstamp the day prior before consolidation began.
The pair had seen a swift, if predictable, downside accompanying the United States unemployment numbers, where crypto markets copied equities while the U.S. dollar gained.
Michaël van de Poppe, founder and CEO of trading firm Eight, described the unemployment rate as “way lower than expected.”
“This week economic’s data was conflicting,” he continued:
“Positive in the last part of the week with unemployment dropping from 3.7% to 3.5%, while earlier this week job openings and PMI data came in badly. Eyes now focused on earnings season, PPI and CPI coming week.”
On-chain analytics resource Material Indicators, meanwhile, noted the ongoing importance of Bitcoin’s 50-day moving average (MA) as resistance.
Currently, at just under $20,000, the 50MA was also joined by the 21MA after the unemployment data release, the latter subsequently being reclaimed.
“This week, Bitcoin had 4 consecutive rejections from the 50-Day MA, and on today’s positive U.S. Unemployment Report, bulls gave back the R/S flips $20k, the 2017 Top and the 21-Day MA,” Material Indicators summarized.
Liquidations mount as market burns longs
As a result of the snap return to volatility, meanwhile, BTC long traders suffered almost $23 million in liquidations on Oct. 7.
