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Bitcoin Cash Surges 5%, Chalks Out Bullish Golden Cross Against BTC
The BCH/BTC pair has risen nearly 20% in four weeks, with a bullish golden crossover indicating potential for a bull market.
Jul 1, 2025, 2:00 p.m.
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What to know:
- Bitcoin Cash (BCH) surged over 5% in the past 24 hours, reaching a high of $528, despite weak fundamentals.
- The BCH/BTC pair has risen nearly 20% in four weeks, with a bullish golden crossover indicating potential for a bull market.
- Trading volume for BCH tripled, with over 120,000 BCH changing hands, suggesting strong buyer interest.
Bitcoin's offshoot bitcoin cash chalked out impressive gains in the past 24 hours, bucking the weakness in BTC and the broader market.
BCH has gained over 5% from $491.25 to $516 in 24 hours, with trading volume tripling at one point as over 120,000 BCH changed hands. Prices hit a high of $528 at one point, the level last seen on Dec. 18, according to CoinDesk data.
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While a high-volume rally is said to be sustainable, gains are not backed by improvement in onchain fundamentals. According to CoinDesk's AI research, fundamentals for the Bitcoin Cash network recently hit six-year lows in daily active addresses. Per on-chain data, the network is experiencing a "critical demand deficit," suggesting the recent price action is driven more by speculation than actual network usage or adoption.
Key AI insights
- In the last 24 hours from June 30, 13:00 to July 1, 12:00, BCH exhibited a significant bullish trend, climbing from $491.25 to $519.65, representing a 5.8% gain.
- The price range during this period was $37.80 (7.7%), with BCH reaching a peak of $527.37 at 03:00 on July 1 following exceptional volume support.
- Key resistance formed around $527 with multiple tests, while support was established at $519-$520, suggesting continued bullish momentum despite the minor pullback.
- Over 120,000 BCH changed hands at 01:00—nearly triple the 24-hour average volume, indicating strong buyer interest.
- In the last 60 minutes from 1 July 11:30 to 12:29, BCH experienced significant volatility, initially climbing 0.55% from $519.67 to $522.55 by 11:57, before sharply declining 0.71% to close at $518.85.
BCH/BTC chalks out golden cross
The Binance-listed bitcoin cash-bitcoin (BCH/BTC) pair, which tracks the ratio between the prices of BCH and BTC, has risen nearly 20% in four weeks, hitting a six-month high of 0.0049, according to data source TradingView.
BCH's outperformance is gathering momentum as evidenced by the bullish golden crossover of the 50-day simple moving average (SMA) crossing above the 200-day SMA.
The pattern indicates that short-term momentum is now outperforming the broader trend, with the potential to evolve into a significant bull market.
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