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Official data confirms US recession with Bitcoin price falling to $19K Bitcoin ( BitcoinTC), wobbled in its narrow trading range on Sept. 29, Wall Street Open, as official data placed the United States economy into recession. BTC/USD 1-hour candle charts (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView The U.S. meets the technical definition of recession Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro, and tradingView show that BTC/USD hovered just above $19,000 as of the writing. The pair survived the gloomy statistics for the United States with the second quarter gross national product (GDP), growth of -0.6%. Despite protestations from the White House, this meant that the U.S. had met the standard criteria of recession, with two consecutive quarters without growth. “Everyone talks as though recessions should never happen,” financial commentary resource The Kobeissi Letter responded.
“A healthy economy will experience many recessions over the long-term. A bubble is one that does not experience a recession. This is a case of a bubble and recession. Fake markets are not real.
Analyzing the European situation, Robin Brooks (chief economist at IIF), warned about a “deep” economic recession. This was based on consumer confidence data. “With the second quarter GDP revision negative the White House stated that this isn’t the definition of recession,” popular Twitter account Unusual whales continued on the confusion about what constitutes a slump which started earlier in the year.
They advocate for NBER’s which is “a significant decline of economic activity spread across all sectors of the economy lasting longer than a few weeks.”
This event occurs after the Bank of England intervenes abruptly in the United Kingdom’s bond market. They then return to quantitative easing (QE), in a move that is reminiscent of the atmosphere during Bitcoin’s birth. $19,000 seems unstable However, the Bitcoin price action managed to avoid significant volatility even though the monthly close was just one day away. Similar: Bitcoin’s ‘great detox’ could cause a drop in the price to $12K. BTC/USD was trying to break $19,000 support at the time of writing. Although the -0.6% GDP result was better that the forecasted -0.9%, Material Indicators, an on-chain analytics resource, had little to celebrate. Material Indicators shared a screenshot from the Binance BTC/USD order books and warned that the market bottom was not in. Strong economic report indicates that FED tightening is not having much, if any, impact. Translation: More aggressive rate increases through Q4 and into 2023,” it predicted as part of the accompanying comments. BTC/USD order book data (Binance) chart. Source: Material Indicators/ Twitter These views and opinions are the author’s and do not necessarily reflect those of Cointelegraph.com. You should do your research before making any investment or trading decision.

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Bitcoin price drops 6%, trader says. As the culmination of a week-long sideways action, Bitcoin ( BTC), fell quickly on Aug. 19, disappointing bulls. BTC/USD 1-hour candle charts (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView New lows are “just a matter” Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro, TradingView showed that BTC/USD dropped 6.2% in an hourly candle. Reacting, traders believed that a rebound would allow consolidation higher than the current spot price levels (which were below $22,000 at the time this article was written). “Well, I hope that it was liquidity seeking, otherwise, it’s over,” a sad Crypto Chase said to followers. Crypto account Il Capo, a fellow account, had long predicted a return at lower levels. He was now content with new lows being “just an issue of time.” He warned that consolidating below $22,500 would be “very bearish” in his most recent update.
$BTC Second option is available. A test of 23500 resistance is a great selling opportunity. A consolidation below 22500 (clean break + using the level of resistance) would be extremely bearish = 21k and lower It is only a matter time before we see new lows. https://t.co/MzxrDCZuiZ pic.twitter.com/I5PatYduNW — il Capo Of Crypto (@CryptoCapo_) August 19, 2022
Venturefounder , an analyst, stated that any price below $23,000 would make Bitcoin a reasonable price to purchase in the long-term. He also said that it was unlikely that Bitcoin has exited its bear markets so far. He argued that the relative strength index (RSI), which is still at all-time lows, showed how much BTC/USD was being oversold. However, there were signs of buying emerging below key Bear Market support levels such as the 200 week moving average or key whale entry level. BTC/USD 1-week candle chart (Bitstamp) with 200-week moving average. Source: TradingView CryptoQuant data shows that exchange outflows in the first hours of August 19 reached 21,500 BTC. Bitcoin exchange outflows chart. Source: CryptoQuant Ether retraces August gains Altcoins felt the impact of Bitcoin’s three-week lows. Similar: Options data indicates that Bitcoin’s short-term uptrend could be at risk if it falls below $23K The largest altcoin market cap was Ether ( ETH), which traded at $1,750. ETH/USD 1-day candle chart (Binance). Source: TradingView Other major tokens also lost more than 11%. Dogecoin ( DOGE) was the worst performer of the top ten, dropping 13.6%. “Bear bias now, unless $1790 reclaimed/flipped for support,” Crypto Chase added to ETH in a separate tweet. These views and opinions are the author’s and do not necessarily reflect those of Cointelegraph.com. You should do your research before making any investment or trading decision.

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