bitcoin (BTC) reached key liquidity for the third time on January 29 as the weekly and monthly closes approached.
Bitcoin Trader: $25,000 "On Demand"
Data of Cointelegraph Pro Markets Y TradingView showed that BTC/USD briefly reached $24,498 on Bitstamp overnight.
The move, albeit short-lived, marked the pair's third attempt to push sell-side liquidity above $23,400 in recent days.
In each case, the bulls seemed to lack momentum to reclaim new support levels, and as of this writing, the status quo remained the same, with Bitcoin trading just below liquidity at $23,250.
Previous Binance Order Book Data uploaded to Twitter by monitoring the Resource Material Indicators demonstrated the firepower needed to neutralize the bears.
As of Jan. 27, resistance has built up at $23,200, $24,500, and $25,000, with the latter, however, still on traders' radar as a potential next target.
โ$25,000 Target in Sight,โ a Confident Crypto Tony saying Twitter followers in part of the comments of the day.
Crypto Tony was also expecting a move higher in altcoins, with the total crypto market capitalization set for a new stress test above the $1 trillion mark.
โI am still looking for a decent move over the next few weeks BUT watch out when we start to touch the $1.2 - $1.33 trillion market cap resistance level. This is a significant level and I expect strong resistance here,โ he said. wrote it's january 28
However, like others, Crypto Tony remained cautious on longer time frames, keeping the door open for a new macro low to appear in Bitcoin and altcoins sometime in 2023.
Among them is fellow commentator Il Capo from Crypto, who in a to update on the day he avoided technical analysis to claim that BTC stayed โshort and strong.โ
"Interesting week ahead," he added.
The best January in a decade?
At current prices, BTC/USD looked set to close out the week at its highest levels since mid-August.
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With the ramifications of the FTX crash absent from the charts, January gains sitting at 39.8% as of this writing, Bitcoin's more profitable January since 2013.
In addition to the monthly close, next week will see new potential macroeconomic triggers from the United States as the Federal Reserve decides on its latest interest rate hike.
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