The Crypto Markets were Recovering yesterday after Weekend Losses but today we are seeing negative 24h numbers in the top 10 currencies. Bitcoin is trading around $6,173 at the moment of this publication, down around -0.45% over the last 24-hours. Yesterday, BTC raised to $6.342 but since then, the price started to go down, crossed the 100-50 EMAs and seems to be bearish for the remaining time of the trading session, according to the indicators. As we said it, the ten first currencies of the market are in red and the one that loses the most at this moment is Ethereum with -3.16%
General Overview
Market Cap: $251.594.440.275
24h Vol: $17.855.718.044 .
BTC Dominance: 42.0%
Suddenly the market that came a little inactive has become bearish and there are some lost in major cryptos, we must be alert to a possible drop.
The market is turning negative in the last hours but it has only lost a Billion in the capital in 24H, contrary to what we were thinking, apparently the market is not going to have a long setback and would like to resume the low levels of the weekend.
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Source: ccn.com
Analysis
BTC/USD
Bitcoin is trading around $6,173 at the moment of this publication, down around -0.45% over the last 24-hours. Yesterday, BTC raised to $6,342 but since then, the price started to go down, crossed the 100-50 EMAs and seems to be bearish for the remaining time of the trading session, according to the indicators in this 1H chart. The immediate support is $ 6,131 and next to the Pivot S1 around $6,096.
Market sentiment
4-H chart technicals signal a sell sentiment.
Oscillators are showing sell signals and pointing down.
Pivot points
R3 6637.76 R2 6491.77 R1 6370.11 PP 6224.12 S1 6102.47 S2 5956.47 S3 5834.82
LTC/USD
Litecoin price has lost -1.99% in the last 24H after touching yesterday highs around $84.18. The price was moving over the central pivot point during the beginning of the session but this support was lost and now the price is testing the pivot S1 at $78.81 in this 1H chart.
Market sentiment
1-H chart technicals signal a Strongly Bearish sentiment.
Oscillators are showing sell signals and pointing down.
Pivot points
R3 90.0820 R2 87.2371 R1 84.4182 PP 81.5733 S1 78.7544 S2 75.9096 S3 73.0906
XRP/USD
XRP has lost -1.17% in the last 24h after finding a strong resistance in the central pivot point around $0.4817 and now is testing the pivot S1 in $0.4711. As like some of the main currencies, XRP comes negative in the last hours. If the Pivot S1 can support the price pressure we could see a bounce to $0.4793, if a breakout happens, a considerable drop can come for the pair.
Market sentiment
1-H chart technicals signal a Strongly Bearish sentiment.
Oscillators are showing sell signals and pointing down.
Pivot points
R3 0.5097 R2 0.5006 R1 0.4905 PP 0.4814 S1 0.4713 S2 0.4622 S3 0.4520
Conclusion
There is a new bearish and unexpected scenario today. Although the losses have not been so big, the market is feeling nervous again, which may lead us to go back to the weekend minimums very soon if the selling pressure is still active.