{"id":818792,"date":"2025-01-10T10:13:21","date_gmt":"2025-01-10T16:13:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/10\/why-is-bitcoin-down-today-a-hike-to-73k-again-will-depend-on\/"},"modified":"2025-01-10T10:13:21","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T16:13:21","slug":"why-is-bitcoin-down-today-a-hike-to-73k-again-will-depend-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/10\/why-is-bitcoin-down-today-a-hike-to-73k-again-will-depend-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is Bitcoin down today? A hike to $73K again will depend on\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoins <\/p>\n<div id=\"single-post-wrapper\">\n<p><img width=\"1200\" height=\"686\" alt=\"bitcoins Why is Bitcoin down today? A hike to $73K again will depend on...\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"   data-old-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201200%20686'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Assessing-BTCs-latest-dip-1200x686.webp 1200w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Assessing-BTCs-latest-dip-300x171.webp 300w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Assessing-BTCs-latest-dip-1024x585.webp 1024w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Assessing-BTCs-latest-dip-768x439.webp 768w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Assessing-BTCs-latest-dip-1536x878.webp 1536w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Assessing-BTCs-latest-dip.webp 1792w\" src=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Assessing-BTCs-latest-dip-1200x686.webp\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-del=\"avatar\" alt=\"bitcoins Avatar\" height=\"48\" width=\"48\" data-old-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%2048%2048'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" src=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_20230322_164923565_2-scaled-e1679645058899-80x80.jpg\"><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<h4>Share this article<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><em><span>An unknown wallet transferred BTC worth hundreds of millions to Coinbase<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><em><span>At press time, BTC seemed to be approaching a crucial support, and a re-test could change the prevailing market trend<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/category\/bitcoin-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><span>Bitcoin [BTC]<\/span><\/a><span> investors have been a happy crowd lately after it managed to push past $72,000 on the charts over the last few days. However, it couldn\u2019t sustain its positive momentum and soon, BTC started to drop. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Hence, it\u2019s worth taking a closer look at why Bitcoin is down today.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Bitcoins Why did Bitcoin drop below $70k again?<\/h2>\n<p><span>Bitcoin bulls gained control of the market on 27 October. Since then, BTC has performed very well, with its value climbing as high as $73.4k on 30 October. Following the same, the cryptocurrency started to consolidate and remained somewhere near $72k. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>However, things took a u-turn over the last 24 hours or so. Bitcoin\u2019s market bears returned and pushed the coin\u2019s price down by more than 4%. At the time of writing, it was <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/coinmarketcap.com\/currencies\/bitcoin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow external noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\"><span>trading<\/span><\/a><span> at $69,063.85 on the charts.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>A possible reason behind this latest price correction could be a major transfer. Whale Alerts, an X handle that shares updates related to whale activity, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/whale_alert\/status\/1851988738898813194?t=mJC1x_Jt6f57OJZ907YBWQ&#038;s=19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow external noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\"><span>revealed<\/span><\/a><span> that more than 8000 BTC, worth over $567 million, were transferred from an unknown wallet to Coinbase. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Such major sell-offs often trigger price declines. However, things in this scenario might be different. This wasn\u2019t the case on this occasion, however, as there are chances the transfer was made by a cold CEX wallet. These generally don\u2019t affect prices much. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In fact, Lookonchain\u2019s recent <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/lookonchain\/status\/1852195532921540971?t=an1PPbZ1r7LDkFHZWdTU3w&#038;s=19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow external noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\"><span>tweet<\/span><\/a><span> suggested that a whale actually bought the dip. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>According to the same, after Bitcoin\u2019s price dipped, a whale bought 550 BTC, worth $38.68 million. Therefore, AMBCrypto checked other datasets to find out whether buying sentiment increased over the last 24 hours or not.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Bitcoins What next for BTC?<\/h2>\n<p><span>As per our analysis of Glassnode\u2019s data, Bitcoin\u2019s accumulation trend score had a value of 0.88. A number closer to 1 indicates that buying pressure is high. Bitcoin\u2019s NVT ratio also declined sharply over the last few days. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>A drop in the metric means that an asset is undervalued. This could have also motivated investors to increase their accumulation while BTC\u2019s price dropped.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_438805\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/glassnode-studio_btc-network-value-to-transactions-ratio-nvt.png\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-438805\" alt=\"bitcoins Bitcoin's NVT ratio dropped\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1013\"   data-old-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201800%201013'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/glassnode-studio_btc-network-value-to-transactions-ratio-nvt.png 1800w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/glassnode-studio_btc-network-value-to-transactions-ratio-nvt-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/glassnode-studio_btc-network-value-to-transactions-ratio-nvt-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/glassnode-studio_btc-network-value-to-transactions-ratio-nvt-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/glassnode-studio_btc-network-value-to-transactions-ratio-nvt-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/glassnode-studio_btc-network-value-to-transactions-ratio-nvt-1200x675.png 1200w\" src=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/glassnode-studio_btc-network-value-to-transactions-ratio-nvt.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-438805\">Source: Glassnode<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>To better understand why Bitcoin is down today, AMBCrypto checked its daily chart. We found that BTC\u2019s Relative Strength Index (RSI) declined sharply over the last few days.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><span>Read <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/predictions\/bitcoin-price-prediction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><span>Bitcoin\u2019s [BTC] Price Prediction<\/span><\/a><span> 2024-25\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><span>Nonetheless, the MA cross indicator revealed that the 9-day MA was well above the 21-day MA, which looked bullish. At press time, BTC was approaching its support at $68.59k. A successful test could once again push BTC towards $73k.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_438807\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/BTCUSD_2024-11-01_13-00-54.png\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-438807\" alt width=\"2264\" height=\"1456\"   data-old-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%202264%201456'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/BTCUSD_2024-11-01_13-00-54.png 2264w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/BTCUSD_2024-11-01_13-00-54-300x193.png 300w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/BTCUSD_2024-11-01_13-00-54-1024x659.png 1024w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/BTCUSD_2024-11-01_13-00-54-768x494.png 768w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/BTCUSD_2024-11-01_13-00-54-1536x988.png 1536w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/BTCUSD_2024-11-01_13-00-54-2048x1317.png 2048w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/BTCUSD_2024-11-01_13-00-54-1200x772.png 1200w\" src=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/BTCUSD_2024-11-01_13-00-54.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-438807\">Source: TradingView<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h4>Share<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> Dipayan Mitra <a href=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/why-is-bitcoin-down-today-a-hike-to-73k-again-will-depend-on\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Share this article An unknown wallet transferred BTC worth hundreds of millions to Coinbase At press time, BTC seemed to be approaching a crucial support, and a re-test could change the prevailing market trend Bitcoin [BTC] investors have been a happy crowd lately after it managed to push past $72,000 on the charts over the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":818793,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4041,109341],"tags":[11476],"class_list":["post-818792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bitcoin","category-depend","tag-bitcoins"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/818792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=818792"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/818792\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/818793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=818792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=818792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=818792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}