{"id":387221,"date":"2019-06-24T12:07:58","date_gmt":"2019-06-24T12:07:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktsl888.com\/?p=387221"},"modified":"2024-06-11T13:44:34","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T13:44:34","slug":"bitcoin-steady-at-10800-why-do-analysts-think-btc-is-still-on-thin-ice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktsl888.com\/news\/bitcoin-steady-at-10800-why-do-analysts-think-btc-is-still-on-thin-ice\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Steady at $10,800, Why do Analysts Think BTC is Still on Thin Ice?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Unlike previous weekends in this uptrend, Bitcoin<\/a> (BTC) was rather mild on Saturday night and Sunday. As of the time of writing this, BTC has found itself trading for $10,800 \u2014 down 5% from year-to-date highs, but up 1% in the past 24 hours. Simultaneously, altcoins have begun to slip, selling off against the market leader as investors flood to large caps.<\/p>\n

Related Reading: Bitcoin Price Stabilizes Around $10,700, But Analysts Believe a Surge Towards $11,500 is Imminent<\/a><\/h6>\n

With this lack of immediate bullish continuation, some analysts have begun to fear that Bitcoin may, at least for the time being, be susceptible to a rapid drawdown. This is reminiscent of when BTC hit $9,100 in late-May, which was a move that sparked concerns of a retracement.<\/p>\n

Bitcoin is on Thin Ice<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Bitcoin has had a stellar week. After wallowing under $9,000 for weeks on end, the cryptocurrency began rallying, pushing past key resistances in a steady grind upward. By Friday night, BTC was poised to test $10,000 \u2014 a level which commentators, like Fundstrat’s Tom Lee<\/a>, believe is of utmost importance.<\/p>\n

After steady itself under $9,900 for a couple of hours, Bitcoin shot up, releasing a pent up burst of energy that catapulted it to and past $10,000. And from there, BTC continued higher, to $10,800 where it stands on Monday morning.<\/p>\n

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Despite this bullish price action, which analysts claim is a confirmation of a significant uptrend, a retracement is purportedly not off the table. On Sunday, NewsBTC reported<\/a> that Saturday was BitMEX’s largest trading session ever.<\/p>\n

Spotted first by analyst\u00a0Joe McCann<\/a>, Saturday’s session saw the derivatives exchange register over $8 billion worth of trades \u2014 accounting for 10% of all volumes registered on Coin Market Cap<\/a>. While this tacitly confirmed that cryptocurrency is back, BitMEX saw an unintended consequence from this historical flood of trading activity.<\/p>\n

The Bitcoin-to-USD synthetic pair saw its funding rate (meaning how much holders of the contract need to pay) hit 0.2965% for every eight hours of trading. High funding rates for longs incentivize those holding their positions to sell, thus moving the price of BTC on BitMEX, which should affect the broader cryptocurrency market.<\/p>\n

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Funding for longs is incredibly high right now<\/p>\n

Without continuing positive price action, a 100x long's margin is gone within a single day at current funding rates<\/p>\n

I think alts provide a long opportunity if Bitcoin corrects pic.twitter.com\/wo9vyn94SM<\/a><\/p>\n

— \/\/Bitcoin \ud835\udd75ack \ud83d\udc10 (@BTC_JackSparrow) June 23, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n