Bitcoin worth rose sharply once more on Friday as a dose of volatility helped BTC add practically $1,000 inside hours to high the $20,000 mark. Indeed, the BTC/USD pair rose as excessive as $20,182 on crypto trade Coinbase – up from an intraday low of round $19,154 reached earlier within the day.
The worth replace under exhibits one occasion the place worth had elevated by over $800 in 24 hours.
The $BTC worth is at $20,126.22 proper now.
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The upside for the flagship crypto asset cascaded throughout the altcoin market, with Ethereum additionally seeing a swift soar to above $1,370 and Ripple’s XRP holding to most features after ripping higher earlier on one other rating for the corporate is its case with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Elsewhere, the US inventory market additionally opened barely higher, though the muted transfer isn’t helped by the prevailing detrimental sentiment. The S&P 500 trades at ranges not seen since 2020 and as is probably going, it may slip decrease to finish the brutal Q3 within the purple.
Can bulls see a higher BTC month-to-month close?
September has been a brutal month throughout the danger belongings market, with Bitcoin oscillating across the $20k stage with some painful dips in direction of the $18,000 help space.
Now with the traditional market session simply hours away from the month-to-month close, the eye could possibly be on whether or not bulls can keep away from a second consecutive purple month. As seen on the chart under, BTC is about 1.8% within the purple, with August seeing the cryptocurrency dump greater than 13%.
Bitcoin has had a purple month in 4 out of the final 5, with the final one ending with BTC/USD simply above the vital $20k.
BTCUSD month-to-month worth chart. Source: TradingView
A higher month-to-month candle close Friday may arrange recent bids for the weekend and push BTC/USD higher. It’s an outlook that’s seemingly if $19,600 holds and a push for $20,300 opens up the $22,000 resistance line.
