Markets Update: Record Shorts Drive Short-Lived BTC Squeeze
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Markets Update: Record Shorts Drive Short-Lived BTC Squeeze

THELOGICALINDIAN - The BTC markets rallied today with a accessory abbreviate clasp bound active the amount up by added than 5 in beneath than bisected an hour The move about may accept been shortlived with both aggregate and amount activity declining to accept aggregate added drive afterward the abrupt spike

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Minor Squeeze Drives Weak BTC Rally

When attractive at the 1-minute chart, one can see that added about 1,500 BTC were traded in aloof sixty abnormal at 01:00 on the 22nd of August – active the amount up by added than 4% from almost $6,465 in beneath than one minute.

By 01:20, the markets had acquired as abundant as 6.7% in twenty account to analysis attrition at $6,900. At 02:02 the BTC markets abominably retested the $6,900 area, afore bottomward 2.5% in the afterward bristles minutes.

From again on, BTC markets oscillated aural a 1.5 to 2 percent approach for about twelve hours, bouncing amid about $6,640 and $6,750 until 13:35, at which point the markets afford a added 3.5% to complete a abounding amend aback bottomward to analysis abutment at $6,400.

Looking at the cardinal of shorts on Bitfinex, a about 11% bead to almost 35,500 occurred today, afterward yesterday’s analysis of the best highs of 40,000. Despite the retracement in affairs burden witnessed today, it was far beneath agitated than April’s abbreviate clasp which saw the cardinal of shorts bead by 41% in a distinct day afterwards establishing a then-record aerial of almost 40,000.

BCH Gains 9% in 20 Minutes

BCH additionally rallied at the aforementioned time today, accepting about 9% from about $530 at 01:00 to analysis attrition at $575 beneath than twenty account later. As of this writing, BCH is trading for $530 afterwards commutual a abounding amend over the advance of the aftermost 14 hours.

Despite the move, BCH was clumsy to abduction assets over BTC today, with BCH currently trading for almost 0.082 BTC anniversary afterward aboriginal August’s breach beneath the 0.1 BTC breadth for the aboriginal time in 2018.

The move appears to accept apprenticed alloyed reactions from the arch altcoin markets. Despite this response, amount activity continues to tighten, with no cryptocurrency bazaar ranked in the top 40 by market capitalization posting a accretion or accident beyond 5% from 24 hours ago as of this writing.

Do you anticipate that the BTC markets are in for a bigger squeeze, or will we see a new almanac for shorts? Share your thoughts in the comments area below!

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