Bitcoin hodlers will ‘soon see why’ $21.6K BTC cost pump is fake — trader

Bitcoin (BTC) spiked to 1-week highs on This summer 17 among warnings that traders shouldn’t trust current BTC cost action.

BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView

Binance inflows see multi-week high

Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD reaching $21,600 on Bitstamp, its best performance since last Sunday. 

The happy couple saw a brand new advantage throughout the weekend, this nevertheless developing the rear of thin, retail-driven “out-of-hrs” liquidity with institutions from the picture.

With Bitcoin vulnerable to “fakeout” moves both up and lower such conditions, there is thus little appetite to think that current trajectory would endure because the weekly close loomed.

“Don’t allow CT noise improve your vision of methods things actually are,” popular social networking account, Il Capo of Crypto, told supporters at the time, referencing Crypto Twitter narratives.

“Not concerned about this scam pump. Still fully from the market, soon you will notice why.”

Also getting ready to exit the trade, it made an appearance, were traders, as major exchange Binance saw increased inflows within the 24 hrs towards the duration of writing.

Based on data still being compiled from on-chain analytics platform CryptoQuant, on This summer 17, inflows neared 17,500 BTC, probably the most on one day since June 22.

Binance BTC inflows chart. Source: CryptoQuant

Nevertheless, some commentators continued to be upbeat around the short-term outlook. Cointelegraph contributor Michaël van de Poppe, who’d known as for $21,200 to interrupt for upside to carry on, got his wish because the market selected up overnight.

“Overall, strength remains and I am presuming further upside is going on. Crucial barrier for the time being $21K,” he’d described before the move. 

As Cointelegraph reported, potential upside targets incorporated $22,000 and also the 200-week moving average around $22,600.

The most recent order book data from Binance via analytics resource Material Indicators meanwhile demonstrated a brand new wall of buy support clustered in the $21,200 breakthrough point, worth some $20 million. 

BTC/USD order book data chart (Binance). Source: Material Indicators

Weekly close keeps chart narrative fluid

On weekly timeframes, the This summer 17 close had the possibility to become significant.

Related: Bitcoin has become in the longest-ever ‘extreme fear’ period

At $21,300, Bitcoin wouldn’t only seal its second “eco-friendly” weekly candle but additionally its greatest weekly close since early June.

BTC/USD 1-week candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView

Dependent on $500 nevertheless was between that outcome and continuation from the downward trend, because the This summer 10 close had are available in around $20,850.

That event, popular trader and analyst Rekt Capital noted at that time, marked a lesser high for that week, alongside “declining buy-side volume.”

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