{"id":2165,"date":"2022-06-28T18:57:02","date_gmt":"2022-06-28T22:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptocornercafe.com\/cafe\/?p=2165"},"modified":"2022-06-28T18:57:02","modified_gmt":"2022-06-28T22:57:02","slug":"why-crypto-is-likely-to-dump-as-it-lags-the-sp-500-expert-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptocornercafe.com\/cafe\/2022\/06\/28\/why-crypto-is-likely-to-dump-as-it-lags-the-sp-500-expert-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Crypto Is \u201cLikely To Dump\u201d As It Lags The S&amp;P 500, Expert Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin remains stuck at its current levels. The number one cryptocurrency has been unable to push upwards and could be in danger of revisiting its yearly lows.<\/p>\n<p>Related Reading |\u00a0Outflows Rock Bitcoin As Institutional Investors Pull The Plug, More Downside Coming?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>At the time of writing, Bitcoin trades at $20,700 with sideways movement in the last 24 hours and the past week.<\/p>\n<p> BTC\u2019s price moving sideways on the 4-hour chart. Source: BTCUSD Tradingview<\/p>\n<p>According to crypto analyst Justin Bennett, Bitcoin is hinting at further losses. The cryptocurrency stayed rangebound even as the traditional market rallied.<\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin has displayed a high correlation with traditional equities. In particular, the price of Bitcoin seems to be moving in tandem with the Nasdaq 100 and the S&amp;P 500 Index.<\/p>\n<p>However, this dynamic has been changing in short timeframes making BTC a lagger as equities trend upwards. Bennett believes this is an indicator of a fakeout, a false upwards movement before a re-test of previous support.<\/p>\n<p>At the moment, the analyst claims, there is nothing more important for BTC\u2019s price than equities. Via Twitter, Bennett wrote the following and shared the chart below:<\/p>\n<p>Everything for #crypto boils down to this\u2026Does the S&amp;P 500 fail to hold above 3,880? If so, and we get a 1h close below, this latest rally becomes a fakeout, and we likely get the next leg lower for stocks and crypto alike. Everything else is just noise. You could literally trade BTC using nothing but the S&amp;P chart above. As of now, it looks like this level will fail.<\/p>\n<p> S&amp;P 500 breaks below major trendline and hints at further losses, will BTC\u2019s price follow? Source: Justin Bennett via Twitter<\/p>\n<p>As seen in the chart above, the S&amp;P 500 broke below a major trendline and seems to be heading towards critical support at 3,800. Bitcoin seems to be holding its levels despite the S&amp;P 500 price action, but Bennett ruled out the possibility of a \u201cfakeout\u201d due to the overall weakness in the market.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve seen a few comments stating that this could be a fakeout. <\/p>\n<p>The fakeout to the upside already occurred. The last 1h close confirmed it. <\/p>\n<p>No guarantees, but fakeouts of fakeouts are rare. pic.twitter.com\/GQjKCwzRm9<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Justin Bennett (@JustinBennettFX) June 28, 2022<\/p>\n\n<p>Bitcoin Levels To Watch In Case Of Further Losses<\/p>\n<p>Data from Material Indicators shows liquidity on crypto exchange Binance has been constantly moving around current levels. There are over $30 million in bids orders below BTC\u2019s price which could provide important support.<\/p>\n<p>However, as seen below, asks orders to have been swelling which could prevent BTC\u2019s price to break above $21,000 and get out of the danger zone. Analysts from Material Indicators identified the levels between $17,000 and $19,000 as the next potential area for Bitcoin.<\/p>\n<p>Related Reading |\u00a0Glassnode Deems 2022 Bear Market As The Most Atrocious For BTC And All Cryptocurrencies<\/p>\n<p>At those levels, there are important pools of liquidity, and the price of Bitcoin tends to trend towards these levels. The analyst added:<\/p>\n<p>This looks like a ladder of #BTC bids that intends to get filled. Time will tell if it gets filled where it rests or if it needs to adjust closer to the active trading range.<\/p>\n<p> The highlighted box is BTC\u2019s largest liquidity zone and a potential target in case of more downside price action. Source: Material Indicators via Twitter<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><!-- wp:html --><\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin remains stuck at its current levels. The number one cryptocurrency has been unable to push upwards and could be in danger of revisiting its yearly lows.<\/p>\n<p>Related Reading |\u00a0Outflows Rock Bitcoin As Institutional Investors Pull The Plug, More Downside Coming?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>At the time of writing, Bitcoin trades at $20,700 with sideways movement in the last 24 hours and the past week.<\/p>\n<p> BTC\u2019s price moving sideways on the 4-hour chart. Source: BTCUSD Tradingview<\/p>\n<p>According to crypto analyst Justin Bennett, Bitcoin is hinting at further losses. The cryptocurrency stayed rangebound even as the traditional market rallied.<\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin has displayed a high correlation with traditional equities. In particular, the price of Bitcoin seems to be moving in tandem with the Nasdaq 100 and the S&amp;P 500 Index.<\/p>\n<p>However, this dynamic has been changing in short timeframes making BTC a lagger as equities trend upwards. Bennett believes this is an indicator of a fakeout, a false upwards movement before a re-test of previous support.<\/p>\n<p>At the moment, the analyst claims, there is nothing more important for BTC\u2019s price than equities. Via Twitter, Bennett wrote the following and shared the chart below:<\/p>\n<p>Everything for #crypto boils down to this\u2026Does the S&amp;P 500 fail to hold above 3,880? If so, and we get a 1h close below, this latest rally becomes a fakeout, and we likely get the next leg lower for stocks and crypto alike. Everything else is just noise. You could literally trade BTC using nothing but the S&amp;P chart above. As of now, it looks like this level will fail.<\/p>\n<p> S&amp;P 500 breaks below major trendline and hints at further losses, will BTC\u2019s price follow? Source: Justin Bennett via Twitter<\/p>\n<p>As seen in the chart above, the S&amp;P 500 broke below a major trendline and seems to be heading towards critical support at 3,800. Bitcoin seems to be holding its levels despite the S&amp;P 500 price action, but Bennett ruled out the possibility of a \u201cfakeout\u201d due to the overall weakness in the market.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve seen a few comments stating that this could be a fakeout. <\/p>\n<p>The fakeout to the upside already occurred. The last 1h close confirmed it. <\/p>\n<p>No guarantees, but fakeouts of fakeouts are rare. pic.twitter.com\/GQjKCwzRm9<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Justin Bennett (@JustinBennettFX) June 28, 2022<\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin Levels To Watch In Case Of Further Losses<\/p>\n<p>Data from Material Indicators shows liquidity on crypto exchange Binance has been constantly moving around current levels. There are over $30 million in bids orders below BTC\u2019s price which could provide important support.<\/p>\n<p>However, as seen below, asks orders to have been swelling which could prevent BTC\u2019s price to break above $21,000 and get out of the danger zone. Analysts from Material Indicators identified the levels between $17,000 and $19,000 as the next potential area for Bitcoin.<\/p>\n<p>Related Reading |\u00a0Glassnode Deems 2022 Bear Market As The Most Atrocious For BTC And All Cryptocurrencies<\/p>\n<p>At those levels, there are important pools of liquidity, and the price of Bitcoin tends to trend towards these levels. The analyst added:<\/p>\n<p>This looks like a ladder of #BTC bids that intends to get filled. Time will tell if it gets filled where it rests or if it needs to adjust closer to the active trading range.<\/p>\n<p> The highlighted box is BTC\u2019s largest liquidity zone and a potential target in case of more downside price action. Source: Material Indicators via Twitter<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:html --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_layout":"default_layout","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[82],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blockchain"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptocornercafe.com\/cafe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptocornercafe.com\/cafe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptocornercafe.com\/cafe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptocornercafe.com\/cafe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptocornercafe.com\/cafe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2165\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptocornercafe.com\/cafe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptocornercafe.com\/cafe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptocornercafe.com\/cafe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}