Bitcoin (BTC) extended its slide on Nov. 16 as BTC price action returned to test $60,000.
Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD coming down 8% from Monday's local highs above $66,000.
Bouncing at $60,350 on Bitstamp, the pair nonetheless traded at its lowest since Nov. 6.
As leveraged traders felt the pain, optimism remained that the "shakeout" of positions on derivatives exchanges was nearing completion, with a resumption of upside taking over thereafter.
Leverage shakeout close to complete$BTC pic.twitter.com/rQyfaT8HUd
Bitcoin further managed to close a CME futures gap in place for over a week, a classic move that had been anticipated from the moment the gap appeared.
While previous arguments even favored a trip
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