Crypto traders found cause for celebration on July 18 as the total market capitalization climbed back above the $1 trillion mark following weeks of widespread selling after Bitcoin (BTC) price swept yearly lows below $18,000.
The green day for cryptocurrencies largely tracks a positive day in the traditional markets, which are up modestly despite analyst estimates that the Federal Reserve intends to raise interest rates by at least 75 basis points at the Federal Open Market Committee meeting on July 27.
While traders will welcome today’s positive price action, many analysts caution that the upswing is nothing more than a bear market pump. Let’s take a look at the current top performers.
Bitcoin holds a 16% gain
Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView shows that over the past week, Bitcoin has rallied significantly and at the time of writing BTC holds a 16% weekly gain from it’s recent low at $18,907.
The top cryptocurrency now finds itself running square into the resistance found at its 200-week moving average, which also happens to be the upper bound of the trading range BTC has been trapped in since the middle of June.
This level has proven to be a tough nut to crack over the past 5 weeks as multiple attempts to break above it have been met with rejection. It remains to be seen if Bitcoin will manage to break free of this level and move higher or spend longer trading between $19,000 and $22,000.
$BTC battling that 200 Week MA again. Rejected 3 times in the last 5 weeks here.
Decision time imo.
We either have a fat breakout or fat breakdown. $ETH has been leading the market so far, along with many other altcoins. Breakouts occurring everywhere.
Can $BTC follow suit? pic.twitter.com/6Cz49po8CH
— Taner ⚡️ (@Taner_Crypto) July 18, 2022
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