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Breaking: Bitcoin stages a comeback, topping $8,000, Ethereum, Ripple follow

BTC/USD is has topped $8,000, surging some 5% on the day from a low close to $7,500.

On its way up, Bitcoin has broken resistance at $7,870 and is eyeing the next levels. Here is what Tomas Salles explains in his analysis:

Above the current price, the first resistance level is at $7,870 (price congestion resistance), then the second resistance level is at $8,025 (price congestion resistance). The third resistance level for the BTC/USD pair is at $8,175 (price congestion resistance and long term down channel trendline ceiling).

Other cryptocurrencies are following. Ethereum is trading around $242 and XRP is getting close to $0.40.

Here is the move on the BTC/USD 15-minute chart:

Bitcoin June 10 2019 technical chart

There has been no clear trigger for the recent surge that follows the downward correction. Some have attributed the slide to the improving sentiment in stock markets – the US and Mexico reached an accord that results in no new US tariffs. 

Zooming out from intraday moves, cryptos have been trading in a broad range after the sharp rises seen in April and in May.

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Yohay Elam

Yohay Elam

FXStreet

Yohay is in Forex since 2008 when he founded Forex Crunch, a blog crafted in his free time that turned into a fully-fledged currency website later sold to Finixio.

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