Bitcoin (BTC) meandered into the weekly shut on July 3 after weekend buying and selling produced a short wick under $18,800.

BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Supply: TradingView

Bollinger bands sign volatility due

Knowledge from Cointelegraph Markets Professional and TradingView adopted BTC/USD because it caught to $19,000 rigidly for a 3rd day working.

The pair had gone mild on volatility total on the weekend, however on the time of writing was nonetheless on observe for the primary weekly shut under its prior halving cycle’s all-time excessive since December 2020.

The earlier weekend’s motion had produced a late surge which saved bulls from a close below $20,000.

Momentum remained weak throughout the following week’s Wall Street trading, however, and traders were unconvinced about the potential for a significant relief bounce.

“Looking for a push down to the lower support zone at $18,000 while we are below $19,300. Quick scalp and tight invalidation,” popular Twitter account Crypto Tony wrote in an replace to followers on the day.

“I can’t actually belief this transfer as a result of it is ‘weekend pa,’” fellow account Ninja continued in a part of an extra put up, including that “if bulls can’t push to $19.7k, I don’t suppose the dump is over.”

Up or down, incoming volatility was being keenly eyed by commentators because the weekly shut drew close to. Common analyst Matthew Hyland famous that the Bollinger bands indicator was signaling that worth circumstances would quickly develop into extra erratic.

On day by day timeframes, BTC/USD traded close to the underside Bollinger band, threatening a drop under as an expression of volatility much like that which occurred in Could.

BTC/USD 1-day candle chart (Bitstamp) with Bollinger bands. Supply: TradingView

Underwater addresses surpass March 2020 peak

Recent knowledge in the meantime confirmed simply how a lot ache the common hodler was going by way of after the worst monthly losses since 2011.

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According to on-chain monitoring agency Glassnode, the weekly transferring common variety of distinctive BTC addresses now at a loss reached a brand new all-time excessive of 18.8 million on July 3.

As Cointelegraph beforehand reported, in earlier capitulation occasions, 60% of the availability wanted to see unrealized losses.

Bitcoin addresses in loss chart. Supply: Glassnode

“Virtually $40 Billion in Bitcoin Web Realized Losses since Could 1st,” analytics account On-Chain Faculty summarized as June got here to a detailed:

“Some have stop, some have caught round. One factor is for sure- if you happen to’ve been on this house during the last yr and also you’re nonetheless right here, you’ve been by way of numerous volatility.”

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