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Bitcoin price taps $62K sell wall as analyst sees ’up only’ for crypto

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William Suberg9 hours agoBitcoin price taps $62K sell wall as analyst sees ’up only’ for cryptoBitcoin bulls charge into key BTC price resistance as the US Federal Reserve gives a clear signal regarding interest rate cuts.7056 Total views17 Total sharesListen to article 0:00Market UpdateOwn this piece of crypto historyCollect this article as NFTCOINTELEGRAPH IN YOUR SOCIAL FEEDFollow ourSubscribe onBitcoin spiked through $62,000 after the Aug. 23 Wall Street open as the United States Federal Reserve announced the first interest rate cuts since 2019.BTC/USD 1-hour chart. Source: TradingViewBTC price volatile as Fed’s Powell says policy should “adjust”


Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed new local Bitcoin (BTC) price highs of $62,323 on Bitstamp.


Investors reacted warmly to confirmation by Fed Chair Jerome Powell that interest rates were now due to fall.


“The time has come for policy to adjust,” he said during a speech at the annual Jackson Hole symposium.


The event, which markets had keenly watched for policy easing cues, saw a dovish Powell herald an “appropriate dialling back of policy restraint” while not giving a concrete timeline for the cuts to begin.


“The current level of our policy rate gives us ample room to respond to any risks we may face, including the risk of unwelcome further weakening in labor market conditions,” he continued.


Employment formed a key topic of debate over the week after a snap drawdown saw job openings for the 12 months through March 2024 revised lower by 818,000.


The latest data from CME Group’s FedWatch Tool, meanwhile, saw markets betting on a 0.25% rate cut at the Fed’s next meeting at the end of September.Fed target rate probabilities. Source: CME Group


Responding, Bitcoin market commentators were in a bullish mood.


“Powell goes full dove,” trader, analyst and podcast host Scott Melker, known as the “Wolf of All Streets,” summarized in a post on X alongside Powell’s quotes.


Arthur Hayes, former CEO of crypto exchange BitMEX, predicted, “Up only time for crypto.”


“$BTC liquidations to the upside getting hit and a long wick forming,” popular trader CrypNuevo wrote while analyzing low-timeframe market moves.Bitcoin traders up liquidity games


The latest data from monitoring resource CoinGlass tracked liquidity shifts across exchange order books. It revealed a new block of ask liquidity being added at $62,450, keeping Bitcoin’s price from heading any higher at the time of writing. 


Related: Bitcoin macro top due in 2025 despite "confusing" March all-time highBTC liquidation heatmap (screenshot). Source: CoinGlass


$62,000 nonetheless remained the key breakout level for bulls to flip to support on daily timeframes.


“Bitcoin is still facing a crucial breakout. If it breaks through $62K, that would be a sign for the markets to continue rallying this week,” Michaël van de Poppe, founder and CEO of trading firm MNTrading, confirmed in his latest X analysis.


Van de Poppe added that the influx of capital to the US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) over the past week meant such a scenario was “likely.”


“We"ll likely have that breakout, given the massive inflow we"ve seen in the ETF the past week,” he wrote.BTC/USDT 12-hour chart. Source: Michaël van de Poppe/X


Data from United Kingdom-based investment firm Farside Investors puts net ETF inflows for the first four days of the week at just over $250 million.US spot Bitcoin ETF flows summary (screenshot). Source: Farside Investors


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