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Bitcoin double top ‘invalidated’ amid fear CPI may fuel macro comedown

Bitcoin double top 'invalidated' amid fear CPI may fuel macro comedown

Bitcoin (BTC) got busy testing $30,000 as new support at the April 11 Wall Street open after hitting new ten-month highs.

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

$30,000 surge decimates liquidity

Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD coming down from an overnight peak near $30,500.

The pair had spent most of the day bouncing from the $30,000 mark after finally passing it in a short squeeze weeks in the making.

Major misgivings from some market participants accompanied the move, with fears centering on a potential correction to $25,000 or even lower.

Takes became more optimistic on longer timeframes, however. The $30,000 push, for instance, cemented popular trader and analyst Rekt Capital’s conviction that Bitcoin had abandoned a bearish double top formation from Q1.

“The signs for distortion of the BTC Double Top were there,” he wrote in a Twitter thread update.

“$BTC has invalidated the Double Top and confirmed a breakout to new Yearly Highs.”

BTC/USD annotated chart. Source: Rekt Capital/ Twitter

Continuing, Rekt Capital spelled out the conditions required to be met on daily timeframes to continue the bullish momentum.

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Analyzing the composition of the Binance order book on the day, meanwhile, monitoring resource Material Indicators suggested that the odds of continued upside remained good.

“After the push above $30k, BTC liquidity is diffused in both directions,” it explained in part of commentary.

“There are no massive buy/sell walls, in fact the so called walls that appear on FireCharts are rather thin. Bullish momentum is growing so we could see a push higher.”

BTC/USD order book data (Binance). Source: Material Indicators/Twitter

CPI lurks as volatility catalyst

The general mood was mixed with apprehension thanks to macro catalysts waiting in the wings for the rest of the week.

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April 12 will see the United States Consumer Price Index (CPI) print for March released, with Producer Price Inflation (PPI) following a day…

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