It's a bullish start to the day. A Bitcoin move back through to $13,700 levels should support a broader market rally.
Bitcoin, BTC to USD, rose by 0.88% on Friday. Following on from a 1.39% gain on Thursday, Bitcoin ended the day at $13,568.0.
It was a mixed start to the day. Bitcoin rose to an early morning intraday high $13,673.0 before hitting reverse.
Falling short of the first major resistance level at $13,729, Bitcoin slid to a mid-morning intraday low $13,120.0
Steering clear of the first major support level at $13.072, Bitcoin rose to a late afternoon high $13,673.0 before easing back.
The near-term bullish trend remained intact, supported by the latest move through to $13,000 levels. For the bears, Bitcoin would need to slide through the 62% FIB of $6,400 to form a near-term bearish trend.
Across the rest of the majors, it was bearish day on Friday.
Binance Coin and Crypto.com Coin slid by 4.52% and by 5.88% to lead the way down.
Bitcoin Cash SV (-2.30%), Cardano’s ADA (-1.92%), Chainlink (-1.65%), Ethereum (-1.22%), Litecoin (-1.55%), and Ripple’s XRP (-1.36%) also struggled.
Bitcoin Cash ABC (-1.06%) and Polkadot (-0.33%) saw relatively modest losses on the day.
In current the week, the crypto total fell to a Wednesday low $377.69bn before striking a Friday high $585.96. At the time of writing, the total market cap stood at $394.82bn.
Bitcoin’s dominance rose to a Friday high 64.16% before sliding to a Saturday low 43.18%. At the time of writing, Bitcoin’s dominance stood at 63.90%.
At the time of writing, Bitcoin was up by 0.38% to $13,619.0 A mixed start to the day saw Bitcoin fall to an early morning low $13,525.0 before rising to a high $13,649.0.
Bitcoin left the major support and resistance levels untested early on.
Elsewhere, it was another mixed start to the day. Cardano’s ADA (-0.05%) and Crypto.com Coin (-1.18%) bucked the trend early on.
It was a bullish start for the rest of the majors, however.
At the time of writing, Litecoin was up by 1.35% to lead the way.
Bitcoin would need to avoid a fall through the pivot level at $13,454 to bring the first major resistance level at $13,787 into play.
Support from the broader market would be needed, however, for Bitcoin to break back through to $13,700 levels.
Barring an extended crypto rally, the first major resistance level would likely cap any upside.
In the event of another crypto breakout, Bitcoin could test resistance at $14,000 before any pullback. The second major resistance level sits at $14,007.
Failure to avoid a fall through the $13,454 pivot would bring the first major support level at $13,234 into play.
Barring another extended crypto sell-off, Bitcoin should steer well clear of sub-$13,000 levels. The second major support level sits at $12,901.
With over 20 years of experience in the finance industry, Bob has been managing regional teams across Europe and Asia and focusing on analytics across both corporate and financial institutions. Currently he is covering developments relating to the financial markets, including currencies, commodities, alternative asset classes, and global equities.