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Bitcoin addresses in loss hit 1-month high as BTC price retests $21K

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  • Bitcoin Tackle Hit 1-month Excessive

Bitcoin Tackle Hit 1-month Excessive

Bitcoin (BTC) hodlers are feeling the squeeze this week as repeated exams of decrease ranges spark growing losses.

Knowledge from on-chain analytics agency Glassnode shows extra wallets are within the purple as of Aug. 23 than at any time previously month.

Over 17.5 million wallets within the purple

BTC/USD has seen 5 journeys under $21,000 because the finish of Aug. 19, knowledge from Cointelegraph Markets Professional and TradingView exhibits, and the hunt for help is already making loads of merchants nervous.

BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Supply: TradingView

In the meantime, those that purchased in latest weeks are underwater to various levels, as Bitcoin is at its lowest because the final week of July.

The extent to which buyers added or created positions on the best way to this month’s $25,200 highs is now changing into clearer — extra BTC addresses are at an total loss than at any time since July 23.

The rise in underwater addresses has been notably pronounced since final week’s sudden value drop. On the time of writing, the seven-day transferring common (MA) of wallets within the purple sits at greater than 17.5 million — a rise of 1.5 million over a number of days.

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Bitcoin addresses in loss chart (7-day MA). Supply: Glassnode/ Twitter

Further statistics from monitoring useful resource Coinglass protecting liquidations of positions on derivatives exchanges, in the meantime, level to the overwhelming majority of ache being inflicted on Aug. 1, with subsequent value actions throughout the $21,000 mark being of little significance.

Aug. 19 sealed a complete of $209.5 million in lengthy place liquidations on exchanges — essentially the most since June 13 — together with $30 million of quick positions.

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BTC/USD liquidations chart. Supply: Coinglass

Greenback rises to stress outlook

Turning to the fast outlook, few have been ready to wager on a serious renaissance in crypto markets.

Fashionable dealer and analyst Rekt Capital highlighted Bitcoin’s first shut under the important thing 200-week MA since July, and others noted threat property confronted resistance whereas the US greenback broke greater.

The U.S. greenback index (DXY), with which Bitcoin has proven inverse correlation to various levels lately, hit its highest since July 14, passing 109 and up 4.4% from its August lows.

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U.S. greenback index (DXY) 1-day candle chart. Supply: TradingView

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