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Bitcoin Holds Support Above $40K; Initial Resistance at $46K

Buyers remain active on pullbacks, keeping support levels intact.

Updated May 11, 2023, 4:55 p.m. Published Mar 23, 2022, 6:04 p.m.
Bitcoin four-hour price chart shows support/resistance (Damanick Dantes/CoinDesk, TradingView)
Bitcoin four-hour price chart shows support/resistance (Damanick Dantes/CoinDesk, TradingView)

Bitcoin (BTC) pullbacks have been limited during the Asia trading day, suggesting that buyers could remain active above the $40,000 support level. There is room for additional upside, although resistance at $46,700 could stall the price bounce.

The cryptocurrency was trading around $42,300 at press time and is roughly flat over the past 24 hours.

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Bitcoin's trading volume remains low relative to prior highs, although a decisive breakout above $46,000 could encourage additional buying activity. For now, BTC remains in a month-long trading range and is attempting to reverse a four-month long downtrend.

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Elsewhere, the recent outperformance in alternative cryptocurrencies (altcoins) such as ether (ETH) relative to bitcoin indicates bullish sentiment among traders. That means higher trading ranges are expected over the short term.


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