The end of the first week of June brought even more pain to global financial markets as the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite ended the day down 2.3% on June 3, while the S&P 500 lost 1.4% of its value.
The cryptocurrency market has fared no better, and data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView shows that an early-morning attempt to push Bitcoin (BTC) above $30,000 was hit by a sell-off that dropped it to a daily low of $29,286.
BTC/USDT 1-day chart. Source: TradingView
Here’s a look at what several market analysts are saying about the outlook for BTC as it remains locked in a tight trading range.
The price is in the lower range
Bitcoin’s dip back to its current range was “expected,” according to crypto trader and pseudonymous Twitter user altcoin Sherpa, who Posted The chart below shows the price falling to the middle of its recent trading range.
BTC/USD 4 hour chart. Source: Twitter
Altcoin Sherpa said:
“A bit lower is probably a better place to go long, but that whole area is choppy and not very clear for levels to me. Would rather wait for 28.4k first. #Bitcoins”
Fellow traders and pseudonymous Twitter user ShardiB2 as well complains the price pullback into the trading rangenoting that “Elon, Dimon, Goldman, etc. say [the] Economy will be shit for a while, will weigh on markets.”
ShardiB2 said,
“Not great, back in our lower channel…must stay here or revisit [$]28.6[K] can be ok, crack this and we get this [$]25[K]–[$]26K I think…”
Bitcoin’s rally to $32,400 was just a fake
EmperorBTC, who Posted The chart below highlights the “previous range high acting as resistance”.
BTC/USDT 4 hour chart. Source: Twitter
EmperorBTC said,
“Looks like the run after [$]32K was just a deviation. I did not expect the previous range high to act as such a strong resistance. Expect support at PoC [point of control] now and will spots there.”
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Bulls will win in the long run
An estimate of how long crypto traders can expect the current market battle to last was provided by Twitter user Crypto Rover, who Posted The chart below outlines the formation of a bullish reversal pattern.
BTC/USD 1 day chart. Source: Twitter
Crypto Rover said:
“It may be another 3 months before #Bitcoin finally starts moving higher at a significant pace. But one thing is for sure, we are creating a typical bullish buyer reversal pattern. Time is on our side now.”
The total cryptocurrency market cap is now $1.217 trillion and Bitcoin’s dominance rate is 46.3%.
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