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The Crypto Daily – Movers and Shakers – April 19th, 2021

Bob Mason
·3-min read

Bitcoin, BTC to USD, slid by 6.29% on Sunday. Following on from a 2.27% decline on Saturday, Bitcoin ended the week down by 6.43% to $56,172.0.

A bullish start to the day saw Bitcoin rise to an early morning intraday high $60,279.0 before hitting reverse.

Falling short of the first major resistance level at $61,197, Bitcoin tumbled to an early morning intraday low $50,500.0.

The extended sell-off saw Bitcoin fall through the major support levels

Finding support at the 23.6% FIB of $50,473, Bitcoin broke back through the third major resistance level at $55,104 to end the day at $56,100 levels.

The near-term bullish trend remained intact in spite of the slide back to $50,500 levels. For the bears, Bitcoin would need to slide through the 62% FIB of $27,237 to form a near-term bearish trend.

The Rest of the Pack

Across the rest of the majors, it was a bearish day on Sunday.

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Crypto.com Coin tumbled by 15.14% to lead the way down, with Bitcoin Cash SV sliding by 12.39%.

Litecoin (-8.92%) and Ripple’s XRP (-8.28%) also saw heavy losses.

Binance Coin (-6.24%), Cardano’s ADA (-6.50%), Chainlink (-2.17%), Ethereum (-3.35%), and Polkadot (-5.14%) saw relatively modest losses on the day.

It was also a mixed week for the majors in the week ending 18th April.

Binance Coin slid by 8.23%, with Crypto.com Coin falling by 5.08% to join Bitcoin in the red.

It was a bullish week for the rest of the majors, however.

Bitcoin Cash SV jumped by 25.25% to lead the way, with Polkadot rallying by 15.72%.

Cardano’s ADA (+1.32%), Ethereum (+4.23%), Litecoin (+8.68%), and Ripple’s XRP (+4.67%) also ended the week in positive territory.

In the week, the crypto total market rose to a Friday high $2,305bn before sliding to a Sunday low $1,755bn. At the time of writing, the total market cap stood at $2,019bn.

Bitcoin’s dominance rose to a Monday high 56.61% before falling to a Saturday low 51.37%. At the time of writing, Bitcoin’s dominance stood at 52.52%.

This Morning

At the time of writing, Bitcoin was up by 0.81% to $56,625.1. A mixed start to the day saw Bitcoin fall to an early morning low $55,709.0 before rising to a high $56,666.0.

Bitcoin left the major support and resistance levels untested early on.

Elsewhere, it was a mixed start to the day.

Polkadot (-0.77%) and Ripple’s XRP (-0.55%) saw red to buck the trend early on.

It was a bullish start for the rest of the majors, however.

At the time of writing, Chainlink was up by 3.69% to lead the way.

For the Bitcoin Day Ahead

Bitcoin would need to avoid a fall through the pivot level at $55,650 to bring the first major resistance level at $60,801 into play.

Support from the broader market would be needed for Bitcoin to break back through to $60,000 levels.

Barring an extended crypto rally, the first major resistance level and Sunday’s high $60,279.0 would likely cap any upside.

In the event of an extended crypto rally, Bitcoin could test resistance at Wednesday’s swing hi $64,829.0 before any pullback. The second major resistance level sits at $65,429.

Failure to avoid a fall through the $55,650 pivot would bring the first major support level at $51,022 and the 23.6% FIB of $50,473 into play.

Barring another extended sell-off on the day, Bitcoin should steer clear of sub-$50,000 levels. The second major support level sits at $45,871.

This article was originally posted on FX Empire

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