BTCUSD showed a minor sell-off after upbeat US retail sales. It hit a low of $57844 and is currently trading at around $58066.
4 hours ago, Mt_Gox transferred 13265 BTC to a fresh wallet. Later, the BTC could be transferred to exchanges like Bitstamp, BitGo, and Kraken.
According to from SoSoValue, 12 spot BTC ETF have seen an inflow of $88.06 million on Aug 21 increase of 42% compared to Aug 20th.
According to the CME Fed watch tool, the probability of a 25 bpbs rate cut in Sep increased to 67.5% from 47% a week ago.
US markets -
NASDAQ (negative correlation with BTC) - Bearish (neutral for BTC). The NASDAQ trades higher on upbeat market sentiment. Any close above 19600 will take the index to 20000.
Technicals-
BTCUSD trades above the short-term moving average of 21 EMA and below 55 EMA and the long-term moving average (200 EMA) in the 4-hour chart.
Minor support- $57000. Any break below will take it to the next level at $54500-/$53000/$50000/$46000.
Bull case-
Primary supply zone -$63000. Any break above confirms a bullish continuation. A jump to $65000/$67000/$70000 is possible.
Secondary barrier- $70000. A close above that barrier targets $750000/$80000.
It is good to buy on dips around $55000 with SL around $52000 for TP of $63000/$67000.
