On Sept. 6, Bitcoin (BTC) worth crumbled under $20,000 and the asset seems to be able to endure additional decline in September attributable to a robust U.S. greenback and an ominous technical evaluation sample.

Bitcoin eyes $15,000 subsequent

From a technical perspective, Bitcoin dangers dropping to $15,000 or under within the coming weeks after breaking out of its prevailing “bear flag” sample.

For the unversed, bear flags type when the worth consolidates greater inside a parallel, ascending vary after a robust downtrend. They usually resolve after the worth breaks under the decrease trendline and falls by as a lot because the earlier downtrend’s size.

Bitcoin has entered the so-called breakdown stage of its bear flag sample, with its draw back goal lurking south of $15,000, as illustrated within the chart above.

Money is king

The prospects of a weaker Bitcoin heading additional into 2022 are rising primarily due to a worsening financial backdrop.

Bitcoin’s 60% year-to-date worth decline is likely one of the unlucky penalties of the Federal Reserve’s hawkish policy to bring inflation down to 2% from its current 8.5% level. In detail, the U.S. central bank has raised its benchmark rates to the 2.25%–2.5% range via four consecutive hikes in 2022.

For instance,U.S. banks with savings accounts offer clients an annual percentage yield of 2% or more from around 0.5% at the start of this year, BankRate.com data shows.

In the meantime, a Goldman Sachs evaluation shows that mutual funds with $2.7 trillion in fairness beneath administration have elevated their money holdings by $208 billion within the first half of 2022, the quickest allocation price to this point.

The broader demand for money has helped the U.S. greenback index, which measures the dollar’s energy towards a pool of high foreign currency, climb to 110.55 on Sept. 6, its highest degree since 2002.

In consequence, money has drastically outperformed shares, Bitcoin, Ethereum, copper, lumber and different property in 2022.

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This pattern could proceed, provided that the Federal Reserve plans tocontinue its rate-hiking spree,in response to Jerome Powell’s statements on the latest Jackson Gap symposium.

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