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Bitcoin BTC/USD fell more than 3% during Friday’s 24-hour trading session, in tandem with the S&P 500, which suffered a fourth straight day of falling prices.
Ethereum ETH/USD and Dogecoin DOGE/USD were weaker than Bitcoin, slipping about 5% below Thursday’s closing price.
The general market and crypto sector slowdown came after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell crashed the Wall Street party on Wednesday with forecasts that inflation would remain stubbornly high in 2023 and the rate of unemployment would rise to more than 4%.
Ahead of the bleak outlook, the market rallied on weaker-than-expected consumer price index data that showed inflation eased in November, which lifted Bitcoin and Ethereum higher. Dogecoin has not joined the party and is down more than 24% since Nov. 30.
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The Bitcoin Chart: Bitcoin’s fall on Thursday sent the stock back into a sideways trading pattern, which had kept the crypto between $16,000 and $17,580 since November 11. and 21-day exponential moving averages, which were bearish at least in the short term.
Slight support near the $16,800 pattern developed over the past month and bullish traders would like to see Bitcoin close the Friday session above this level. If that happens, Bitcoin could consolidate sideways in the upper range of the sideways channel over the weekend.
Bitcoin has resistance above $17,580 and $19,915 and support below at $16,797 and $16,000.
The Ethereum Chart: Ethereum broke out of a sideways channel on Friday, undoing its current uptrend by printing a lower low. For a downtrend to be confirmed, Ethereum would eventually need to rebound to print at least a lower high on the 24-hour chart.
Unlike Bitcoin, which was trading on falling volume, Ethereum’s drop came on rising volume, which was a bad sign for bulls. Eventually, Ethereum would likely enter a consolidation phase and start trading sideways. If this happens, bullish traders will want to see the crypto print a series of candlesticks with lower wicks to indicate that an accumulation may be taking place.
Ethereum has resistance above $1,245 and $1,412 and support below at $1,081 and $997.
The Dogecoin Chart: The bearish trend for Dogecoins played out between two parallel lines, which set the crypto up in a descending channel pattern on the 24-hour chart. The pattern is considered bearish until a stock or crypto breaks above the upper descending trendline of the channel on above average volume.
On Friday, Dogecoin was testing the lower trendline of the channel and rebounding from the level. If Dogecoin continues to fall in the channel, bullish traders want to see the crypto bounce off the 200-day SMA if Dogecoin returns to this zone.
Dogecoin has resistance above $0.083 and $0.091 and support below $0.075 and $0.07.
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