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Week Ahead: Bitcoin flashes sell signal, but altcoins ignore it

  • Bitcoin price flashes sell signal on the weekly timeframe, forecasting a potential correction.
  • Meme coins and some altcoins show strength as they rally over the weekend.
  • This week shows promise, but investors need to be cautious. 

This week, Bitcoin has finally flashed a sell signal on the weekly chart, forecasting a correction of one-to-four weekly down candlesticks. Despite the short-term correction forecast, some altcoins are rallying.

BTC/USDT 1-week chart

BTC/USDT 1-week chart

Read more on BTC’s sell signal: Bitcoin Weekly Forecast: BTC looks set for correction amid increasing sell signals

Before we get into what altcoin picks for the week, let’s take a look at the week’s agenda.

Crypto Week Ahead:

Monday, April 1:

  • Floki Inu (FLOKI) AMA.

Wednesday, April 3:

  • ImmutableX (IMX) Watch Dogs Cards game-related.
  • Wormhole (W) and Injective Protocol (INJ) airdrop.
  • Fed Chairman Jerome Powell's speech at 16:10 GMT.

Thursday, April 4:

  • Bitcoin Cash (BCH) halving.

Friday, April 5:

  • Nonfarm Payrolls (NFP) at 12:30 GMT.

Altcoin picks for this week:

Here are some rebellion altcoins that rallied this weekend.    

  1. Jito (JTO) - JTO price is up 35% in the last 48 hours.
  2. Bitcoin Cash (BCH) - BCH price is up 11.81% in the past two days.
  3. BitcoinSV (BSV) - BSV price has shot up 7.45% in the past two days.

Read more: Jito price could hit $6 as JTO coils up inside this bullish pattern

Apart from these individual altcoins, meme coins are likely going to continue their ascent. 

  1. Floki Inu (FLOKI) and Pepe Coin (PEPE): These two altcoins are among the most trending meme coins, but FLOKI seems to have taken a break over the week as it’s at breakeven. PEPE, on the other hand, has shot up 10%.
  2. Sui (SUI) and Sei (SEI): These modular blockchains have been at the center of the hype cycle, with investors returning to them occasionally. SEI was down 3.24% over the weekend, while SUI is at breakeven. These altcoins are likely to get a lot of attention as well. 
  3. Fetch.ai (FET) and SingularityNET (AGIX): These AI coins are also likely to see some bidding from investors. Both the AI tokens sit at roughly -4% over the weekend. 

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Akash Girimath

Akash Girimath is a Mechanical Engineer interested in the chaos of the financial markets. Trying to make sense of this convoluted yet fascinating space, he switched his engineering job to become a crypto reporter and analyst.

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