Bitcoin (BTC) trades just above $57,000 on Tuesday after gaining almost 4% on Monday, buoyed by mild ETF inflows, increasing whale buying activity during price dips, a long-to-short ratio above one, and increasing stablecoin holdings on exchanges.
Bitcoin Spot ETF Net Inflow chart
Additionally, from September 1 to September 3, some other whales bought 2,814 BTC worth $157.3 million from Binance, with an average price of $55,887. This indicates that large investors are buying to try to get a profit from the recent BTC price dips.
Another whale created a new wallet and withdrew 300 $BTC($17.19M) from #Binance 2 hours ago!
— Lookonchain (@lookonchain) September 10, 2024
The price of $BTC has increased by ~4% in the past 24 hours!
Address:
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Binance Bitcoin’s long-to-short ratio chart
Stablecoins holding on all exchanges chart
Bitcoin price retested and found support around the $54,000 level on Saturday, bouncing 5.5% the next two days. It broke and closed above the $56,022 daily resistance level on Monday. At the time of writing on Tuesday, it trades slightly above $57,094.
If the $56,022 continues to hold as support, BTC could rise 4% from its current trading level to retest its 50% price retracement level at $59,529 (drawn from a high in late July to a low in early August).
The Relative Strength Index (RSI) on the daily chart is hovering around its neutral level of 50, indicating indecisiveness among investors. The Awesome Oscillator (AO) still trades well below its neutral level of zero. Both indicators should trade above their respective neutral levels for any upcoming recovery rally to be sustained.
BTC/USDT daily chart
This bullish thesis will be invalidated if Bitcoin price closes below the $54,000 support level. In this scenario, BTC could decline by an additional 7% and retest the next daily support at $49,917.
Bitcoin is the largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, a virtual currency designed to serve as money. This form of payment cannot be controlled by any one person, group, or entity, which eliminates the need for third-party participation during financial transactions.
Altcoins are any cryptocurrency apart from Bitcoin, but some also regard Ethereum as a non-altcoin because it is from these two cryptocurrencies that forking happens. If this is true, then Litecoin is the first altcoin, forked from the Bitcoin protocol and, therefore, an “improved” version of it.
Stablecoins are cryptocurrencies designed to have a stable price, with their value backed by a reserve of the asset it represents. To achieve this, the value of any one stablecoin is pegged to a commodity or financial instrument, such as the US Dollar (USD), with its supply regulated by an algorithm or demand. The main goal of stablecoins is to provide an on/off-ramp for investors willing to trade and invest in cryptocurrencies. Stablecoins also allow investors to store value since cryptocurrencies, in general, are subject to volatility.
Bitcoin dominance is the ratio of Bitcoin's market capitalization to the total market capitalization of all cryptocurrencies combined. It provides a clear picture of Bitcoin’s interest among investors. A high BTC dominance typically happens before and during a bull run, in which investors resort to investing in relatively stable and high market capitalization cryptocurrency like Bitcoin. A drop in BTC dominance usually means that investors are moving their capital and/or profits to altcoins in a quest for higher returns, which usually triggers an explosion of altcoin rallies.