Bitcoin is Finished US Dollar says otherwise

Bitcoin is Finished? US Dollar says otherwise!

China has been on a rampage trying to crackdown on cryptocurrencies, threatening banks and miners throughout the country. Over this past weekend, China ordered domestic banks and payment platforms to stop provides services linked to trading of virtual currencies. As a result, Bitcoin has been selling off on fears that future of currency may not be Bitcoin, but rather simply digital fiat currencies. However, China isn’t the only one spreading fear into crypto HODLers. An Elon Musk tweet can send Bitcoin in either direction, depending on how he feels that day. The US government retrieved ransom Bitcoin, which until this point, was thought to be untraceable. In addition, more and more government officials in the US and around the world are calling for regulation of cryptos (governments always way their piece of your money!).

So, Bitcoin is moving lower. In February, Bitcoin began forming a rounding top formation and reached its all-time high on April 14^th at 64895.22, which happened to be the same day as the Coinbase IPO (coincidence?). On May 10^th, the cryptocurrency started to sell off aggressively and stalled near 30,000. Bitcoin consolidated in a flag pattern from May 10^th to June 22^nd between 30,066 and 41,341. On June 19^th, the 50Day Moving Average crossed below the 200 Day Moving Average forming a “Death Cross”, which as the name may imply, is a bearish signal. Today, price broke below the 30,066 lows and the bottom of the flag. The target of a flag pattern is the length of the flag poll added to the breakdown point from the flag, which in this case targets near 11,500.

Source: Tradingview, City Index

If we overlay a chart of DXY (blue line) on a chart of Bitcoin, it appears that the US Dollar Index has been leading BTC since February. Price in DXY formed 3 higher highs ahead of Bitcoin. The US Dollar then began moving lower on March 30^th, ahead of the Bitcoin selloff which began in April 14^th. DXY bottomed on May 25^th and began moving higher, with a breakout on June 16^th (FOMC). The US Dollar Index traced to the 61.8% Fibonacci retracement level from the March 31^st highs to the May 25^th lows, near 92.00. If traders expect this relationship to continue, BTC may be in for an aggressive bounce soon. It’s difficult to determine where BTC may bounce to if it is following DXY, as we don’t yet know if today’s low is going to be the low to measure from. However, if we assume it is, the 61.8% Fibonacci retracement in Bitcoin from the April 14^th highs to today’s lows is near 51,030!

Source: Tradingview, City Index

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BTC by itself points to a continued selloff to near 11,500. However, the current relationship between US Dollar and Bitcoin points to a bounce to 51,030. Which is right? If traders believe that DXY will continue to act as a leading indicator for Bitcoin, they should expect Bitcoin to bounce. If traders feel the flag pattern is a more reliable formation, BTC will move lower. Perhaps BTC won’t reach either level. However, if Bullard and Kaplan continue to be hawkish, while Williams and Powell continue to be bearish, there is sure to be good 2-way action in the coming months in both BTC and the US Dollar!

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