Bitcoin (BTC) hovered around the $67,000 level on May 19 with liquidity strengthening around the spot price into the weekly close.
Bitcoin resistance levels take shape at around $70,000
Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed that the bulls are maintaining this week's uptrend, with month-to-date gains of more than 10%.
Analyzing the hurdles to overcome, popular trader Daan Crypto Trades noted that $72,000 now represents the largest resistance area.
“The price has captured a big range around $67.4k but there are still some big levels around $68k. ~$72k onwards is where most of the liquidity is,” he wrote in part of a post on X (formerly Twitter) alongside a chart from monitoring resource CoinGlass.
“Below, most of it has settled with the recent downtrend, and the first level to note will be around the $60,000 area.”
Near the spot price, liquidity concentrations stand at $66,500 and $67,800, respectively, at the time of writing.
Continuing, Daan Crypto Trades noted the importance of Bitcoin's 100-day moving average (MA) as a long-term support level.
“This will be a good indicator going forward to measure mid/high time frame momentum,” he commented.
Popular trader and analyst Rekt Capital reinforced the hopeful outlook for Bitcoin, noting that only a 1% rise in the BTC price stands between the current movement and a new chapter in the bull market.
“BTC only needs an additional -1% drop to make a retest attempt following the Bull Flag breakout in an attempt to secure a continuation of the trend to the upside,” he explained while examining the daily time frames.
Trader: BTC price may fall by 10% “minimum”
More conservative views on BTC's recent price action came from, among others, fellow trader and commentator Credible Crypto.
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X's post on May 17 noted that the uptrend is now complete, and that BTC/USD should return to retest the $60,000 level – or lower.
“At this point, I think we will reach, at the very least, the 59-60K area,” he warned alongside the chart.
“The blue zone at 62-63K is still an interesting area and may provide some temporary relief, but eventually I think it will fade away.”
Credible Crypto added that altcoins would suffer more severe losses if this scenario occurred.
“A drop to $59-60k on BTC represents a 10% drop on many altcoins, and their own drop would be much more,” he concluded.
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