Share this article

Bitcoin Rises Past $40K; Resistance at $43K and $46K

The price jump reflects short-term bullish activity, although upside appears limited.

Updated May 11, 2023, 6:16 p.m. Published Feb 28, 2022, 6:58 p.m.
Bitcoin four-hour chart shows support/resistance. (Damanick Dantes/CoinDesk, TradingView)
Bitcoin four-hour chart shows support/resistance. (Damanick Dantes/CoinDesk, TradingView)

Bitcoin (BTC) broke above the $40,000 price level on intraday charts, indicating short-term bullish activity. The cryptocurrency pared earlier losses, although immediate resistance around current levels could stall the upswing.

BTC was trading around $41,200 at press time and is up 5% over the past 24 hours.

STORY CONTINUES BELOW
Don't miss another story.Subscribe to the Crypto Daybook Americas Newsletter today. See all newsletters

The two-week long downtrend registered a downside exhaustion signal on Feb. 24, per the DeMARK indicators, which typically precedes brief price rallies. Still, long-term momentum indicators are negative, pointing to limited upside around the $43,000-$46,000 resistance zone.

jwp-player-placeholder

For now, BTC will need to remain above the 100-day moving average on the four-hour chart, currently near $40,000, to confirm upside targets. Lower support is seen at $37,000, which could stabilize pullbacks into the Asia trading day.

More For You

Protocol Research: GoPlus Security

GP Basic Image

What to know:

  • As of October 2025, GoPlus has generated $4.7M in total revenue across its product lines. The GoPlus App is the primary revenue driver, contributing $2.5M (approx. 53%), followed by the SafeToken Protocol at $1.7M.
  • GoPlus Intelligence's Token Security API averaged 717 million monthly calls year-to-date in 2025 , with a peak of nearly 1 billion calls in February 2025. Total blockchain-level requests, including transaction simulations, averaged an additional 350 million per month.
  • Since its January 2025 launch , the $GPS token has registered over $5B in total spot volume and $10B in derivatives volume in 2025. Monthly spot volume peaked in March 2025 at over $1.1B , while derivatives volume peaked the same month at over $4B.

More For You

Coinbase shares rise as ‘ambitious expansion’ wins analyst praise

Coinbase

The event marked a milestone that broadens the platform’s reach across new and traditional assets, the analysts said.

What to know:

  • Coinbase rose as much as 4.6% after unveiling a broad product expansion including stock trading and AI-powered tools.
  • Analysts from JPMorgan, Citi, and Clear Street said the roadmap could expand Coinbase’s market and user engagement.
  • Wall Street price targets range from $244 to $505, reflecting diverging views on Coinbase’s ability to execute its “Everything Exchange” strategy.
  • The shares were recently price at $249.16.