Bitcoin price eyes $24K retest as US dollar dives into monthly close

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A beardown BTC terms play adjacent becomes an onslaught connected absorption levels mislaid the week anterior arsenic DXY headwinds lessen.

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Bitcoin (BTC) headed toward $24,000 astatine the Feb. 27 Wall Street unfastened arsenic a beardown play adjacent translated into further gains.

BTC/USD 1-hour candle illustration (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView

Bitcoin gains $1,000 versus play lows

Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD rebounding successful enactment with United States equities futures.

The brace had seen lows of $22,770 connected Bitstamp implicit the weekend, these nevertheless proving short lived arsenic the play candle closed supra $23,500.

With stocks rebuilding spot into the caller week, hopes were precocious that Bitcoin could proceed its upward trajectory to decorativeness February connected a high.

“Rejecting astatine important $23.8K level would bespeak that we´ll beryllium having different trial of the support,” Cointelegraph contributor Michaël van de Poppe, laminitis and CEO of trading steadfast Eight, wrote successful portion of a Twitter update connected the day.

“If that expanse happens and we reclaim, $25K trial is inevitable and longs are triggered.”
BTC/USD annotated chart. Source: Michaël van de Poppe/Twitter

Popular trader Crypto Tony held akin opinions, inactive erring connected the much cautious broadside erstwhile it came to the wide uptrend enduring.

“I volition agelong if we reclaim $23,750 and stay supra - Or I volition look to abbreviated if we suffer $22,900 and stay below,” helium told Twitter followers.

BTC/USD annotated chart. Source: Crypto Tony/Twitter

Trading suite Decentrader besides argued that stronger signals were needed earlier going agelong BTC.

“People kept longing Bitcoin arsenic it dropped and present the Long/Short ratio is starting to travel down terms is starting to retrieve a bit,” it commented.

“Still precise precocious astatine 1.8, would privation to spot much get unwound, earlier a rally tin truly get going.”
BTC/USD long/ abbreviated ratio chart. Source: Decentrader/ Twitter

Dollar reverses anterior strength

U.S. stocks continued to retrieve crushed mislaid the week anterior astatine the clip of writing, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite Index up 1% and 1.2%, respectively.

Related: BTC whale colonisation shrinks to aboriginal 2020 levels — 5 things to cognize successful Bitcoin this week

The U.S. dollar scale (DXY) meantime suffered, dropping beneath the 105 people successful a boost for hazard assets crossed the board.

U.S. dollar scale (DXY) 1-hour candle chart. Source: TradingView

"So far, we person a imaginable fakeout supra this rising wedge," fashionable trader Justin Bennett wrote successful portion of his latest dedicated update connected the index.

"Things are astir to get interesting."

Popular expert CryptoCon meantime highlighted changes successful the correlation dynamic betwixt DXY and BTC.

The #Bitcoin Bull Market is present successful afloat effect according to the DXY correlation coefficient

High correlation aft a carnivore marketplace antagonistic correlation has been the commencement to each Bull Market

2/3 times this was the precursor to rally, what bash you deliberation volition hap this time? pic.twitter.com/z516j35BDg

— CryptoCon (@CryptoCon_) February 27, 2023

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