Bitcoin is seeing a sell-off, but there is still clear evidence for a new bullrun
Despite all of the recent profit-taking activities that have permeated the market, Bitcoin’s weekly gains still stand at a solid 6%.
- Experts believe that a run-up to $75K could be on the books for Bitcoin in the near term.
- BTCs highly anticipated Taproot upgrade is scheduled to go live over the next few days.
- Bitcoin’s dominance index (DI) currently stands at 43.1%.
After having touched an all-time high value of nearly $69K, Bitcoin has faced a lot of financial turbulence, causing the flagship crypto’s price to fluctuate wildly. At press time, BTC is trading for $63,409.
However, this volatility has not fazed analysts. Most believe that Bitcoin’s ongoing price action is quite unsurprising. Every time the asset makes a major run-up to a new all-time high, it is usually followed by a substantial amount of profit-taking from smaller investors.
On the subject, Jean-Marc Bonnefous, head of asset management at Tellurian ExoAlpha, believes that the current dip is a direct result of a “technical consolidation” that was bound to occur after the recent sharp rally. Furthermore, he believes that more positive price action may be on the cards, especially with the US Consumer Price Index (CPI) rising by a whopping 6.2% recently.
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a metric used to estimate the average change in prices of everyday goods and services. It can also be used to gauge monetary inflation caused by a nation’s fiscal policies — such as excessive money printing, maintenance of low interest rates and more.
More bullish action incoming?
Even though Bitcoin continues to show an increasing consolidation trend around the $65K resistance zone, pseudonymous crypto analyst and investor ‘GalaxyBTC’ recently released a TA chart showcasing Bitcoin’s possible ascent to a price point of $75K over the coming few days. On the subject, he opined: “Yesterday’s retest was needed to continue the bull run in a healthy manner. I think we will start pumping harder now.”
With Bitcoin’s highly anticipated Taproot upgrade set to take place over the next few days, it will be interesting to see how the market reacts. The update will have a massive effect on the digital currency’s privacy, security and scalability as well as its ability to interact with the flourishing decentralized finance (DeFi) market — which has grown 4x in 2021 alone.
Also, next week, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission will either greenlight or reject VanEck’s spot Bitcoin ETF application. If approved, the decision will most likely trigger another rally.
Interested in cryptocurrency? Learn more about the basics with our beginner’s guide to Bitcoin, dive deeper by learning about Ethereum and see what blockchain can do with our simple guide to DeFi.
Disclosure: The author owns a range of cryptocurrencies at the time of writing
