- Cryptocurrency prices, including Bitcoin, have fallen, with Bitcoin down 2.6% and trading at US$64,595.
- Swissblock describes current market conditions as a mix of greed and fear, impacting Bitcoin’s price negatively.
- Meanwhile, whales are preparing for a new rally, says Ki Young Ju from CryptoQuant.
Most major cryptocurrencies have continued on a shaky path booking losses over the past day. The largest asset itself, Bitcoin, is down 2.6% in the past 24 hours, currently trading for US$64,595 (AU$98,795) as data from CoinMarketCap shows.
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This means BTC has now returned to the trading range it was in before the Bitcoin 2024 conference. The event was expected to give the market a boost with bullish announcements. While these came almost as expected the rally didn’t follow.
Market Greedy or Fearful? Or Both?
What’s left is a market which analysts at Swissblock have aptly described as “greedy fearfulness or fearful greed”.
In a recent research note, the analysts reported that the setback in Bitcoin’s price momentum could be attributed to negative sentiment stirred by US government BTC movements and Mt. Gox’s large-scale Bitcoin transfers.
Despite these challenges, they wrote, the market has not shown significant panic, suggesting a tempered response among investors. They summarise their observation:
Not surprisingly this puts us solidly in Bitcoin Season territory […] Higher beta Altcoins are less desirable in a negative momentum environment.
Swissblock Swissblock’s Speedometer meanwhile shows a “continued high sensitivity to external factors in Bitcoin’s price”, with bearish price momentum.
Whales Are Loading Up on Altcoins
According to CryptoQuant analyst, CEO and founder, Ki Young Ju, large investors are gearing up for a potential increase in the value of altcoins, despite the uncertain conditions.
Whales are preparing for the next altcoin rally. Limit buy order volume for altcoins, excluding Bitcoin and Ethereum, is increasing, indicating that strong buy walls are being set up.
Ki Young Ju, CryptoQuant 
The increasing limit buy order volume suggests that whales are not only anticipating but are actively trying to catalyse an upcoming rally in altcoins by creating substantial support levels that might help in driving up prices.
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This action is strategic, as it not only secures the whales’ positions at preferential rates but also potentially influences market sentiment, encouraging others to invest as prices seem poised to rise.
In the meantime, while we wait for confirmation where the market is heading next, here’s what Aussie analyst Miles Deutscher thinks – not financial advice of course:
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