Bitcoin (BTC) stayed inflexible under $17,000 on the Dec. 19 Wall Avenue open as skeptical merchants feared extra draw back.

BTC merchants name time on upside potential

Knowledge from Cointelegraph Markets Professional and TradingView confirmed BTC/USD lingering across the $16,700 mark, virtually unmoved over the weekend.

The pair noticed solely fractional volatility on the open, as United States equities fell barely. On the time of writing, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite Index have been down 0.5% and 1%, respectively.

For Bitcoin merchants, there was little to have a good time, with consensus forming across the potential for testing decrease ranges subsequent.

“Bearish so long as it stays under the $19k,” Crypto Poseidon summarized alongside a chart.

Well-liked dealer and analyst Rekt Capital highlighted $17,150 as an necessary degree to reclaim to keep away from additional draw back afterward.

“If BTC continues to reject from the ~$17150 resistance… Then value may drop as much as -20% to the draw back within the coming weeks,” he predicted, importing the one-month BTC/USD chart.

Rekt Capital added that there was “nonetheless time for BTC to carry out a Month-to-month Shut above the ~$17150 degree later this month” however that “a Month-to-month Shut under ~$17150 would affirm the beginnings of a breakdown from right here.”

Michaël van de Poppe, founder and CEO of buying and selling agency Eight, in the meantime,offered a barely extra hopeful outlook.

With extra U.S. financial information anticipated towards the top of the week, BTC/USD had the potential to interrupt to the upside and goal $17,300 to then provide “quick alternatives.”

“No breakthrough, then on the lookout for longs round $16.2K or $15.5K,” he countered.

Grayscale CEO: FTX was a “failure of individuals”

Information that Binance.US, the U.S. offshoot of crypto change Binance, had supplied to amass the belongings of stricken lender Voyager, however it had no tangible influence on market efficiency.

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The most recent growth within the FTX saga, the announcement got here as Binance itself continued to take care of what its CEO, Changpeng Zhao, once more called “FUD” over the weekend.

In a letterto traders, in the meantime, Michael Sonnenshein, CEO of funding agency Grayscale, sought to attract a transparent distinction between FTX and crypto as an entire. Grayscale’s mum or dad firm, Digital Foreign money Group (DCG), had beforehand additionally turn into caught up within the FTX aftermath.

“FTX Was a Failure of Individuals, Not a Failure of Crypto: Too many traders have been harmed. From crypto to conventional finance, mainstream media, and D.C. – it appears few have been spared from deception via false narratives and false documentation,” he wrote.

“We should always not, nevertheless, conflate the actions of some people and organizations with Bitcoin or Ethereum, the underlying blockchain expertise, or good contracts and decentralized finance functions.”

Grayscale’s flagship product, the Grayscale Bitcoin Belief (GBTC), traded at a 48.7% low cost to the Bitcoin spot value as of Dec. 17 — its steepest low cost ever, in keeping with information from Coinglass.

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