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Bitcoin All-Time High Breakout Could Target $86K, Price Charts Suggest

The world’s largest cryptocurrency’s price has now fully recovered from a near 50% correction earlier this year.

Updated May 11, 2023, 6:36 p.m. Published Oct 20, 2021, 9:58 p.m. 1 min read
Bitcoin daily price chart (CoinDesk, TradingView)

Bitcoin’s price made a fresh all-time high above $66,000 on Wednesday and could continue higher as bullish momentum improves, price-chart indicators suggest.

A successful breakout would require a daily close above $65,000, which would yield upside targets toward $74,000 and $86,000.

The price of the world’s largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization has fully recovered from a near 50% correction earlier this year, which stabilized around the $30,000 support level. Since then, buyers responded to oversold conditions and continued to accumulate long positions, anticipating the stock’s value will rise over time.

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The next level of resistance is seen around $74,000, which could briefly stall the current rally. However, buyers will likely remain active above the $60,000-$65,000 support range given positive momentum signals on the weekly chart.

If support is held, BTC could see further upside toward $86,000, which is based on a measured move from the Oct. 1 breakout above the 200-day moving average.

The relative strength index (RSI) on the daily chart is the most overbought since February (current reading around 78), which preceded a brief price pullback. However, at that point, BTC continued to rally about 10% before hitting the April all-time high of $64,899, after which upside momentum slowed.

BTC will need to see continued buying pressure and a daily RSI reading above 50 to 60 to keep the current rally intact.

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