Bitcoin (BTC) continues to limp along the 50-day moving average (MA), indicating that this trend line is proving its mettle as a strong resistance point for the bitcoin bulls.
Representing the average closing price over the past 50 trading sessions, the 50-day MA is often used by traders to place their sell orders.
This is evident in bitcoin’s price action right now, having closed on or near to this trend line for the past nine days.
The benchmark cryptocurrency moved 0.9% higher against the US dollar yesterday before paring back half of these gains in early Wednesday exchanges.
At the time of writing, the BTC/USD pair was swapping for $42,930.
Bitcoin begins trading sideways on the 50-day MA (pink) – Source: binance.com
As for Ethereum (ETH), the second-largest cryptocurrency had a strong Tuesday, rallying more than 3% against the US dollar to close at $2,372.
After falling back 0.4% this morning, the ETH/USD pair was trading closer to $2,360, slightly above its own 50-day MA.
In the broader altcoin space, Binance’s BNB token posted incremental overnight gains, adding 0.3% against the US dollar, though the rest of the blue chips struggled.
Ripple (XRP), Cardano (ADA), Avalanche (AVAX), Solana (SOL) and Dogecoin (DOGE) all fell in the low single digits.
Global cryptocurrency market capitalisation currency stands at $1.65 trillion, with bitcoin dominance at 52.5%.