The bitcoin price fell to test the $230 support line yesterday, with little movement over the last 24 hours. We have seen a lot of interesting and positive news surrounding bitcoin in the last week or so, with the Winklevoss Twins creating their own regulated bitcoin exchange, CNBC’s report that ‘bitcoin is done with its tumultuous teen years”, Tim Draper investing another $400,000 in bitcoin, Coinbase announcing their US regulated bitcoin exchange, and finally, Bill Clinton’s statement “Digital currency can help the poor, but not bitcoin”.
Whilst the saying “any press is good press’ sounds great in theory, it hasn’t necessarily reflected positively on the bitcoin price.
January 29th Bitcoin Trading session
The BTC/USD opened at 235 on the 4H Bitfinex chart, dropping to 220 at one point then rebounding back up, just past 230 hours later. By studying the 4 hour Bitfinex (BTC/USD) chart, we can see that the red downtrend line is still above the blue uptrend line, which is synchronizing with the current bearish trend. We will see a reversal of the bearish trend if we see an increase of 4 or more successive bullish candles on the 1 hour charts and more so if the blue uptrend line crosses over the red downtrend line.
At press time, the BTC/USD is priced around 232
What to expect today?
We can see that the bitcoin price stopped falling after reaching levels near the $230 support line. The long shadow of the candlestick reflects how the 230 support line is preventing the price from dropping further.
We still believe that the near future will show a reversal of the recent bearish trend; It might be worth waiting for signals of a bullish wave before investing in a long booster. We hope the price does not drop below 200 though there is still a chance.
Conclusion (On Daily Charts)
Current Mood: Bearish
Moving Averages: Strong Sell (2 Buy 10 Sell)
Technical Indicators: Strong Buy (7 Buy 1 Sell 3 Neutral)
400 000$ will not move the market much; the 75millions of capital that coinbase will get is more positive.