The cryptocurrency market experienced its worst crash on Friday, with over $19 billion worth of leveraged positions wiped 0 flash crash saw Bitcoin briefly drop to the $102k region, while Ether tanked to $3,500. Bitcoin is now showing signs of stabilization at the start of the week, with the leading cryptocurrency now trading above $115. Ether and XRP are also showing similar signs, as they are now trading above $4,100 and $2.57, respectively. However, traders are cautiously returning to the market amid improved sentiment, with BTC now targeting the $120k psychological level in the near 1 tops $115k after a massive dip The cryptocurrency market is recovering from the massive dip experienced on 2 dropped from roughly $120k to $102k in less than an hour on Friday following President Trump’s announcement on new Chinese 3 crash saw altcoins suffer bigger losses, with some losing over 50% of their value within an 4 massive dip saw over $19 billion worth of leveraged positions liquidated from the market, in what many describe as the largest crash in the history of the cryptocurrency 5 an email to Invezz, Nick Forster, Founder at the onchain options platform, Derive.
xyz, stated that the crash was triggered by renewed fears of a U. S.-China trade war, after Donald Trump threatened an additional 100% tariff on Chinese 6 explained that, “Trump’s tariff remarks immediately sent shockwaves through global 7 evaporated across crypto futures as market makers pulled quotes to avoid breaching risk 8 order books thinned out, forced liquidations and panic selling had an outsized impact on price, fueling a self-reinforcing cascade of liquidations and accelerating the flash 9 eyes $120k amid market optimism The BTC/USD 4-hour chart is bearish and inefficient following Friday’s massive 10 leading cryptocurrency faced rejection after reaching a new all-time high of $126k on October 11 proceeded to lose 11% of its value on Friday, hitting a daily low of $102k from Tuesday’s high to Saturday’s 12 leading cryptocurrency has now slightly bounced back, adding over 3% to its value in the last 24 hours and now trading around $115,500 per 13 momentum indicators remain bearish but are 14 Relative Strength Index (RSI) on the 4-hour chart reads 48, nearing the neutral level of 50, indicating fading bearish momentum.
Furthermore, the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) lines are still within the bearish region but could cross over into the bullish zone as buyers begin to dominate the 15 Bitcoin continues its recovery, it could rally higher and test the key psychological level at $120k over the next few hours or 16 all-time high of $126k could become a target once the $120k resistance is surpassed. However, if BTC faces a correction after yesterday’s relief, it could dip further towards the next major support level at $107,245.
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