Bitcoin tumbled below $20,000 as losses extended Saturday, with the widespread bleeding also sending other major coins to multi-year lows.
BTC price falls below previous cycle high
Bitcoin’s plunge on Saturday pushed BTC price past the 2017 all-time high, the first time the benchmark cryptocurrency had broken below a four-year cycle high.
The 2017 bull market had Bitcoin peaking just under the $20k mark – a level that today’s dip broke past as price fell to lows of $18,718 on crypto exchange Coinbase.
Bitcoin below the previous cycle ATH had a number of long term holders who bought at that peak down on their investment.
If you bought Bitcoin at the top of the 2017 bull market you're down on your investment about 2.7%
— Frank Chaparro (@fintechfrank) June 18, 2022
What next for the BTC price?
While BTC/USD is back above $19,000 (currently around $19,467), it remains below the critical level. The Bitcoin Fear& Greed index has dipped to 6, indicating the market is in extreme fear and likely to see further losses.
#Bitcoin Fear & Greed Index is 6 😳 pic.twitter.com/0M3kXgQKpK
— Bitcoin Archive 🗄🚀🌔 (@BTC_Archive) June 18, 2022
Crypto investor and analyst Michael van de Poppe says Bitcoin is currently wading below a key level. It’s also getting a hiding from a “destructive market structure“, which leaves the next reaction a crucial phase as to what happens next.
Ethereum broke below $1,000 + bad news for alts
Ethereum fell below $1,000 to lows around $980 while there were losses for BNB, Cardano, XRP, Solana and Polkadot in the top ten section of
