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Bitcoin Takes a Breather; Support at $37K-$40K

Intraday charts show downside exhaustion, which could encourage short-term buying.

Bitcoin daily chart shows support/resistance (Damanick Dantes/CoinDesk, TradingView)
Bitcoin daily chart shows support/resistance (Damanick Dantes/CoinDesk, TradingView)

Bitcoin (BTC) extended its pullback from the $45,000 resistance level, although initial support at $40,000 could stabilize the down move.

The cryptocurrency was trading at $42,200 at press time and is down 4% over the past 24 hours.

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Buyers will need to keep BTC above the $37,000 breakout level to sustain the recovery phase. Further, if momentum builds, a decisive move above $46,000 could yield further upside targets toward $50,000.

Intraday charts are showing initial signs of downside exhaustion, which could encourage short-term buying into the Asian trading day.

Damanick Dantes

Damanick was a crypto market analyst at CoinDesk where he wrote the daily Market Wrap and provided technical analysis. He is a Chartered Market Technician designation holder and member of the CMT Association. Damanick is also a portfolio strategist and does not invest in digital assets.

Damanick Dantes