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Bitcoin Surges to Seven-Month Highs Amid Market Uncertainty
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In Short: Bitcoin surged to an eight-month high on Monday, reaching $85,222, a significant milestone after weeks of volatility in financial markets.
Analysts at IG noted that markets had returned to a more risk-on environment, helping Bitcoin break above its previous May highs.
Bitcoin's move through the $80,000 mark, a psychological barrier that had resisted upward breakthroughs in prior weeks, represents a significant short-term recovery.
The US Dollar paused its pullback amid persistent geopolitical uncertainties, limiting the downside for Bitcoin.
Financial markets remain in a state of uncertainty as we move to the final weeks of Q3, with volatility continuing to grip markets despite falling oil prices and European and US stocks poised to open higher.
The surge in Bitcoin comes as the cryptocurrency faces renewed ETF demand and improving appetite for risk assets.
For Bitcoin investors, the key question now is whether the rally can hold above the former resistance area or quickly reverse below it.
In light of this, a soft Core CPI could give Bitcoin a boost in the short-term, while an upside surprise might exacerbate risk-off sentiment and trigger a selloff.
What this adds
Bitcoin's surge above $80,000 and $84,000 marks represents a significant short-term recovery for investors.
Background
Bitcoin surged above $81,000 on Friday, climbing back above the True Market Mean, according to Glassnode.
What's confirmed
- Analysts at IG noted that markets had returned to a more risk-on environment, helping Bitcoin break above its previous May highs.
- Bitcoin's move through the $80,000 mark, a psychological barrier that had resisted upward breakthroughs in prior weeks, represents a significant short-term recovery.
- The US Dollar paused its pullback amid persistent geopolitical uncertainties, limiting the downside for Bitcoin.
- Financial markets remain in a state of uncertainty as we move to the final weeks of Q3, with volatility continuing to grip markets despite falling oil prices and European and US stocks poised to open higher.
- The surge in Bitcoin comes as the cryptocurrency faces renewed ETF demand and improving appetite for risk assets.
- For Bitcoin investors, the key question now is whether the rally can hold above the former resistance area or quickly reverse below it.
- In light of this, a soft Core CPI could give Bitcoin a boost in the short-term, while an upside surprise might exacerbate risk-off sentiment and trigger a selloff.
What's still developing
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- AUD/USD holds steady above 0.7100 in the Asian session on Monday as the US Dollar stalls its modest pullback from the highest level since late July amid persistent geopolitical uncertainties.
- Market stresses are concentrated in sovereign bonds, and European and US yields had another scare late on Friday, and moved higher.
- The cryptocurrency added nearly 5% on Monday, building on last week's gains despite a Fed rate hike and the failure of key crypto legislation Bitcoin reached an eight-month high on Monday, with the cryptocurrency peaking at $85,222 for a gain of up to 5.1%, as renewed ETF demand and improving appetite for risk assets carried forward momentum that took hold the previous week.
- On the options platform Deribit, call contracts — giving holders the right to buy bitcoin — outnumbered puts by more than 272,000 to 154,000, signaling bullish positioning.
- Bitcoin surged above $84,000 on Monday, reaching its highest level since May, as improving risk appetite and easing pressure from oil prices helped cryptocurrencies rebound sharply.
- Bitcoin dropped all the way back to the key $76,000 support level, as first the strong US NFP report and later the surge in oil prices increased Fed rate hike expectations.
- The escalation in attacks between US and Iran, and Yemen’s Houthis attacks on Saudi energy facilities, provided a tailwind for oil prices to push into new highs.
- On the daily chart, we can see that Bitcoin rejected the 82,500 resistance and pulled all the way back to the key 76,000 support.
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