The Crypto Daily – Movers and Shakers – January 18th, 2021

Bitcoin, BTC to USD, slipped by 0.38% on Sunday. Following on from a 1.91% fall on Saturday, Bitcoin ended the week down by 6.02% to $35,900.0.

It was a mixed start to the day. Bitcoin rose to an early morning intraday high $36,928.0 before hitting reverse.

Falling short of the first major resistance level at $37,553, Bitcoin slid to a late morning intraday low $33,868.0.

Bitcoin fell through the first major support level at $34,974 and the second major support level at $33,906.

Steering clear of the 23.6% FIB of $33,008, Bitcoin revisited $36,900 levels before falling back to sub-$36,000 levels.

The near-term bullish trend remained intact, in spite of the latest reversal. For the bears, Bitcoin would need to slide through the 62% FIB of $18,504 to form a near-term bearish trend.

The Rest of the Pack

Across the rest of the majors, it was another mixed day on Sunday.

Chainlink jumped by 15.8% to lead the way, with Binance Coin  and Cardano’s ADA rallying by 6.38% and by 8.64% respectively. Ethereum also avoided the red, rising by a modest 0.43%.

It was a bearish day for the rest of the pack.

Bitcoin Cash SV and Polkadot led the way down, with losses of 3.42% and 4.67% respectively.

Crypto.com Coin (-0.63%), Litecoin (-0.54%), and Ripple’s XRP (-0.68%) saw modest losses on the day.

For the week ending 17^th January, it was also a mixed bag for the majors.

Polkadot surged by 95.6% to lead the way, with Chainlink jumping by 46.2%.

Cardano’s ADA also found strong support, rallying by 26.3%, with Binance Coin rising by 7.99%.

It was a bearish week for the rest of the pack, however.

Bitcoin Cash SV slid by 21.9% to lead the way down.

Litecoin and Ripple’s XRP also struggled, sliding by 16.1% and by 12.0% respectively.

Crypto.com Coin and Ethereum saw relatively modest losses of 2.7% and 1.8% respectively.

In the week, the crypto total market cap fell to a Monday low $803.97bn before rising to a Thursday high $1,083.27bn. At the time of writing, the total market cap stood at $1,002.00bn.

Bitcoin’s dominance rose to a Thursday high 70.28% before falling to a Sunday low 66.33%. At the time of writing, Bitcoin’s dominance stood at 66.68%.

This Morning

At the time of writing, Bitcoin was up by 0.33% to $36,018.0. A mixed start to the day saw Bitcoin fall to an early morning low $35,630.0 before striking a high $36,071.0.

Bitcoin left the major support and resistance levels untested early on.

Elsewhere, it was a mixed start to the day.

Bitcoin Cash SV (-0.28%), Chainlink (-0.21%), and Ripple’s XRP (-0.03%) saw red early on.

It was a bullish start for the rest of the majors, however.

At the time of writing, Cardano’s ADA was up by 3.08% to lead the way, with Binance Coin up by 2.07%.

For the Bitcoin Day Ahead

Bitcoin would need to avoid a fall through the pivot level at $35,565 to bring the first major resistance level at $37,263 into play.

Support from the broader market would be needed for Bitcoin to break back through to $37,000 levels.

Barring an extended crypto rally, first major resistance level and resistance at $37,500 would likely cap any upside.

In the event of an extended crypto rally, Bitcoin could test resistance at $40,000 before any pullback. The second major resistance level sits at $38,625.

Failure to avoid a fall through the $35,565 pivot would bring the first major support level at $34,203 into play.

Barring another extended crypto sell-off, Bitcoin should steer clear of the second major support level at $32,505. The 23.6% FIB of $33,008 should limit any downside.