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Shiba Inu Breaks Free From Downtrend as Bitcoin Eyes $100K, Dogecoin Sees Accumulation Around 18 Cents
Check what HUMINT and TECHINT has to say about the price trajectory of BTC and major meme coins.
Updated Apr 25, 2025, 4:02 p.m. Published Apr 25, 2025, 1:03 p.m.
What to know:
- Bitcoin's price briefly surpassed $95,000, marking its highest level since March, and signaling a bullish market trend.
- Increased trading activity in the memecoin sector has been observed, with SHIB and DOGE showing strong bullish indicators, per CoinDesk's market insights bot.
- SHIB has broken out of a downtrend and is establishing support, while DOGE is seeing investor accumulation, the bot said.
Bitcoin's recent uptrend has likely set the stage for a six-figure price mark, catalyzing increased trading activity in the memecoin sector, where DOGE and SHIB are seeing bullish activity.
BTC, the leading cryptocurrency by market value, briefly topped $95,000 soon before press time, the highest since March 2, CoinDesk data show. The move comes three days after prices crossed above the Ichimoku cloud momentum indicator, signaling a bullish shift in the market trend.
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Supporting the constructive outlook are the consecutive daily candles with long tails (marked by box), suggestive of buy the dip mentality, and the upward-sloping five- and 10-day simple moving averages (SMA). Additionally, the daily chart MACD histogram prints higher bars above the zero line to suggest strengthening upward momentum.
In other words, the path of least resistance is likely on the higher side, hinting at a continued move higher to $100,000, which is also the most popular call option strike on Deribit. The bullish outlook risks negation below $88,800, the former resistance-turned-support.
AI's take on SHIB and DOGE
Amid this bullish backdrop for bitcoin, the CoinDesk AI market insight bot has identified a breakout in SHIB, the world's second-largest meme coin, suggesting increased risk-taking in the broader crypto market.
"Bitcoin's rise above $92K has triggered increased memecoin trading, with SHIB breaking out of a year-to-date falling channel and showing bullish technical indicators, " the bot said. "SHIB has demonstrated exceptional volatility with a 15.6% price fluctuation, establishing strong support at 0.00001225 after bottoming on April 21."
The chart shows that SHIB has topped the trendline, characterizing the year-to-date downtrend and is looking to establish a foothold above the Ichimoku cloud, following BTC's lead. That would confirm the trend reversal higher.
Meanwhile, DOGE, the world's leading cryptocurrency by market value, could soon follow suit, with the AI bot pointing to investor accumulation at around 18 cents.
"Recent price action shows consolidation above 0.180 with decreasing volatility, suggesting accumulation before [bullish] continuation," the bot said.
DOGE has risen over 35% since probing lows under 13 cents on April 7.
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