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Biggest Movers These are the biggest movers in the CoinDesk 20 over the past 24 hours:
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Market Moves by Omkar Godbole Bitcoin Retakes $30K as Traditional Markets See Risk Reset While bitcoin (BTC) has climbed above $30,000 alongside a gain in global equity markets, it may be too early to call a trend reversal higher.
The biggest cryptocurrency by market value was changing hands near $31,300 at press time, a 5% gain on the day, according to CoinDesk 20 data. The bounce comes a day after the cryptocurrency printed its first UTC close below $30,000 since New Year’s Day and may have caught out some traders.
There was concern in the market that put-option sellers might take short positions in the spot/futures market on a break below $30,000, amplifying the price drop. Further, fund holdings dropped in the lead up to bitcoin’s break below $30,000, signaling the absence of dip demand from large investors and higher odds of a continued sell-off.
Still, the dip below $30,000 was shallow and short-lived, possibly due to the risk reset in traditional markets. The U.S. equity market jumped over 1% on Tuesday as the focus shifted from concern about the delta coronavirus variant to growth, lifting banks and industrial stocks, according to the Financial Times. Futures tied to the S&P 500 are pointing to a positive open on Wednesday, with a 0.65% gain, according to Investing.com.
Crypto market sentiment may have received a boost from the crypto derivatives exchange FTX’s record $900 million fundraise at an $18 billion valuation. The big number highlights long-term conviction in the crypto industry despite bitcoin, the industry leader, losing more than half of its value since mid-April.
Some in the crypto community are associating the price recovery with the impending bitcoin-centered conference “The ₿ Word” scheduled for Wednesday. According to reports, Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk, one of the most famous crypto proponents, will participate in a live discussion with Square’s CEO Jack Dorsey and ARK Investment Founder Cathie Wood.  Bitcoin prices, July 20-21, 2021 (Source: CoinDesk) “Bitcoin bottoming just below Elon Musk’s entry price the day before he hosts a big conference to talk about Bitcoin sounds like something that would feel very obvious in retrospect,” one popular trader tweeted.
Nevertheless, some analysts remain cautious. “Bitcoin is still just chopping around,” Joel Kruger, a currency strategist at LMAX Digital, said. “I still think there is a risk for one more decent decline, but we’d need to see a break below the June low of $28,800 to trigger such a move.”
Bitcoin still remains well below the crucial 50-day moving average (MA) resistance. “Bitcoin has been grinding lower below its down trending 50-day MA, which can be considered initial resistance near $35,000, a breakout above which would target the 200-day MA near $44,000,” Katie Stockton, founder, and managing partner of Fairlead Strategies said in the weekly research note published Monday.
On the downside, the June low of $28,800 is a key support. “Everyone is talking about $30,000 like it’s a big deal, but in reality, it’s the June low at $28,800 which is the key level to watch,” Kruger said.
A breakdown may bring a quick sell-off to the former hurdle-turned-support at $20,000. “The area between $20,000 and $30,000 is lightly traded, there is fresh air between these levels,” ByteTree Asset Management’s CIO Charlie Morris noted in a blog post published Tuesday. “Price is supposed to move slowly through the heavy areas, and quickly through the light ones.”
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 The CoinDesk Quarterly Review 2021 Q2
Most CoinDesk 20 assets, which constitute 99% of the crypto market by verifiable volume, ended the quarter with negative returns. Meanwhile, protocol development for the world's largest cryptocurrencies by market capitalization, Bitcoin and Ethereum, reached new milestones. CoinDesk Research's latest Quarterly Review dives into the trends, developments and technological progress that shaped the crypto markets from April to June 2021. The full report is now available from the CoinDesk Research Hub.
Technician's Take by Damanick Dantes, CMT  Bitcoin Rebounds Above $30K; Resistance Seen at $34K Bitcoin (BTC) returned above $30,000 support during Asia hours as buyers reacted to oversold conditions. The next level of resistance is seen around $32,000 and $34,000 given the intermediate-term downtrend.
The quick rebound above $30,000 is similar to the June 22 shakeout which preceded a brief price rally. Bitcoin was trading around $31,400 at press time and is up about 6% over the past 24-hours.  Bitcoin four-hour chart shows short-term support and resistance levels with RSI (Source: TradingView)
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