Although Bitcoin has regained its $56,000 price level in the past few hours, its sudden drop below $54,000 On July 5, he reminded investors about intense variability related to the market. In the broader time frame, Bitcoin is down 7% and 20.25% over the last seven and thirty days.
While many cryptocurrency traders and analysts are still in the spirit of a bullish cycle in the long term, the sudden price drop did not come as a surprise to some. Interestingly, cryptocurrency trader @TheFlowHorse revealed that the drop to $53,000 was in line with his $52,000 target. Similarly, Ki Young Ju, CEO of CryptoQuant, noted the possibility of Bitcoin falling to $47,000.
Bitcoin could fall to $47,000
According to Ki Young Ju, Bitcoin is still in a bull market over a broader time horizon that extends into early 2025. This school of thought resonates with many other price predictions for Bitcoin, especially in the long term. Despite this bullish outlook, market participants are currently grappling with short-term bearish conditions.
As Ki Young Ju noted, this uncertainty opens up the possibility that the world’s leading digital currency could fall to a terrifying $47,000 before finding ground again. Given the cryptocurrency market’s prolonged slump since early June, this bearish scenario seems increasingly likely. Bitcoin, in particular, has lost billions in value, and investor confidence is wavering.
$112k at cycle peak.https://t.co/beKpUVkNXL photo:twitter.com/Esj02BYms4
— Ki Young Ju (@ki_young_ju) July 5, 2024
Young Ju warns traders not to open high leverage long or tiny positions based on his long-term bullish outlook due to the prevailing uncertainty. When asked about his long-term price target for Bitcoin, there was an boost to $112,000 at the top of the cycle. This forecast is based on BTC’s realized market capitalization since July 2010.
Bearish Case for Bitcoin
At the time of writing, Bitcoin is trading at $56,520, having rebounded 4.67% since its recent drop below $54,000. However, despite this price rebound, the cryptocurrency faces significant downside risks further amidst the whale sell-offwhich have reached over $1.7 billion in BTC in the last 30 days. The closed cryptocurrency exchange Mt. Gox is also starts paying off creditors in BTC after 10 years of inactivity. This is expected to free up $2.71 billion of Bitcoin supply in the market, which could intensify selling pressure.
A downward turn is not yet out of the question. If Bitcoin were to fall to $47,000, it would mean a 16% drop from its current price level. Market participants are still waiting to see how the price of Bitcoin will change takes place in July, which has historically been a positive month.
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