Bitcoin fell by 2.85% on Saturday. Reversing a 1.00% gain from Friday, Bitcoin ended the day at $8,919.0.
Range-bound through the morning, Bitcoin rose to an afternoon intraday high $9,241.5 before hitting reverse.
Coming within range of the first major resistance level at $9,249.77, Bitcoin slid to a late afternoon intraday low $8,867.4.
Bitcoin fell through the first major support level at $9,061.37 and the second major support level at $8,942.13.
Late on, Bitcoin briefly broke back through the second major support level before wrapping up the day at sub-$8,920 levels.
The near-term bearish trend, formed at late June’s swing hi $13,764.0, remained firmly intact, with Bitcoin struggling to break out from $10,000 levels.
For the bulls, Bitcoin would need to break out from $11,000 levels to form a near-term bullish trend.
The Rest of the Pack
Across the rest of the top 10 cryptos, it was a bearish day for the crypto majors.
Bitcoin Cash SV, Tezos, and Tron’s TRX led the way down, with losses of 6.78%, 6.06%, and 7.37% respectively.
Binance Coin (-5.14%), Bitcoin Cash ABC (-5.60%), Cardano’s ADA (-5.93%), EOS (-5.13%) and Stellar’s Lumen (-5.10%) also saw heavy losses.
Ethereum (-3.17%), Litecoin (-4.40%), Monero’s XMR (-4.76%), and Ripple’s XRP (-3.54%) saw relatively modest losses on the day.
Through the current week, the crypto total market cap rose to from a Monday low $243.1bn to a Saturday high $264.66bn. At the time of writing, the total market cap stood at $251.05bn.
Bitcoin’s dominance fell back from 64% levels in the week as the broader market found support. At the time of writing, Bitcoin’s dominance stood at 63.6%, the upside coming from the Saturday sell-off.
Trading volumes hit an early Tuesday high $187.15bn before falling back to sub-$130bn levels. At the time of writing, 24-hr volumes stood at $135.19bn.
