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Bitcoin clings to $56K as whales keep buying — Watch these BTC price levels

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Bitcoin (BTC) is demanding a “barely bearish” rethink on worth motion as outdated assist ranges give method in a single day.

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

Analysts sounds alarm over open intere

Information from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView confirmed a low of $55,640 on Bitstamp on Nov. 19.

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Capitalizing on its lowest levels in over a month, Bitcoin has did not bounce considerably since — and now worth forecasts are starting to vary with it.

In his newest YouTube update, Filbfilb, an analyst at buying and selling platform Decentrader, warned that 50-day and 100-day shifting common (DMA) could also be all that may support bulls.

BTC/USD then fell by the primary, leaving simply the 100DMA at simply above $53,000.

“I’m positively going to go spot lengthy at $53,000 once more,” he advised viewers, having stated that the possibilities of the 100DMA defending worth had been “moderately good.”

That stage coincides with Bitcoin’s $1 trillion market cap valuation, one thing which was beforehand held to be everlasting.

Inflicting issues for Filbfilb and others, in the meantime, is the nonetheless excessive open interest on Bitcoin derivatives despite the value comedown.

This, he suspects, is all the way down to merchants taking longs — and the outcome will probably be both a clear sweep by way of a rebound, or a “flushing out” of their positions.

Bitcoin futures open curiosity chart. Supply: Coinglass

Funding rates likewise remained elevated on some main exchanges, indicating expectations of upper costs returning.

Bitcoin funding charges chart. Supply: Coinglass

Whales (hold) shopping for the dip

Elsewhere, some large-volume hodlers are placing their cash the place their mouth is.

Associated: Traders say Bitcoin’s drop to $57K is an ‘attractive entry’ for hodlers

In accordance with blockchain data, the third-largest BTC tackle has continued to purchase this week. After increasing its stability by 207 BTC at $62,000, greater accumulations adopted within the type of 1,647 BTC, 700 BTC and 484 BTC purchases.

As Cointelegraph moreover reported, those that purchased in over the previous six to twelve-month interval stay decided to not promote their cash.

Even at all-time highs, promoting remained low, with the one-year hodl accounting for the most important proportion of the present Bitcoin provide.