Bitcoin can hit $40K before BTC price sees ‘harsh correction’ — Analyst

cointelegraph.com:

Bitcoin (BTC) faced selling pressure at the Feb. 21 Wall Street open as United States’ stock markets opened down.

Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD dipping to daily lows of $24,324 on Bitstamp.

Bearish signals were already in for the pair after it saw swift rejection during its latest attempt to flip $25,000 to support.

Amid suspicions over whale movements on exchanges, monitoring resource Material Indicators concluded that the 200-week moving average (MA) at $25,100 needed to become support for Bitcoin to change its long-term trend.

“IMO, until we see full candles above the 200 WMA this is still distribution in a bear market rally, and with the bid wall above $24k, shorting from this level has about as much short term risk as longing,” it wrote in part of comments in its latest Twitter update.

An accompanying chart of the Binance order book showed liquidity moving closer to spot price prior to the Wall Street open.

Caleb Franzen, senior market analyst at Cubic Analytics, meanwhile, had a bearish prognosis for the S&P 500 in particular, with risk asset performance still liable to weigh on crypto.

“The S&P 500 is gapping lower, trading decisively below my $4,080 line in the sand,” he summarized alongside a chart on the day.

The S&P 500 was down 1.3% at the time of writing, while the Nasdaq Composite Index was 1.7% lower.

The U.S. Dollar Index (DXY), despite being broadly inversely correlated with stocks and crypto, also took a hit at the open, dropping to 103.77 before rebounding.

“USD higher highs and lows have held through much of Feb. 103.82 as support in DXY, current higher-low,” part of commentary from trader and stategist James Stanley read.

Stanley additionally noted the minutes from the