{"id":5126,"date":"2020-10-21T17:00:07","date_gmt":"2020-10-21T17:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/?p=447278"},"modified":"2020-10-21T17:00:07","modified_gmt":"2020-10-21T17:00:07","slug":"bitcoin-nears-bullish-breakout-but-volume-has-yet-to-come","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.buyucoin.com\/crypto-labs\/bitcoin-nears-bullish-breakout-but-volume-has-yet-to-come\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Nears Bullish Breakout, But Volume Has Yet To Come"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin has very few resistance levels left to clear before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/analysis\/btc\/bitcoins-volume-profile-move-past-12000-will-ignite-bull-run-to-16500\/\">a new bull run is on<\/a>, and the leading cryptocurrency by market cap returns to price discovery mode in search of its next all-time high.<\/p>\n<p>And while that break out into a bull market draws nearer with each passing day, so far, there&rsquo;s no volume to support the bullish breach through resistance that crypto investors are hopeful for. Here&rsquo;s what to look out for when Bitcoin does finally break out with volume.<\/p>\n<h2>Bitcoin Reclaims August 2020 Peak, Sets New Yearly High<\/h2>\n<p>Bitcoin price is trading at $12,750 currently, just today setting a new high for the year following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/analysis\/btc\/bitcoin-retests-2020-high-following-paypal-news-will-btc-roar-higher\/\">bullish news that PayPal would be supporting cryptocurrency payments<\/a> across its 26 million merchants.<\/p>\n<p>The positive news caps off a string of big corporate buyers absorbing a lion&rsquo;s share of the limited BTC supply. Between the buying activity in such sums, and the post-halving block reward reduction, demand has begun to outstrip supply and thus prices are skyrocketing again.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><strong>Related Reading | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/analysis\/btc\/bitcoin-retests-2020-high-following-paypal-news-will-btc-roar-higher\/\">Bitcoin Retests 2020 High Following PayPal News, Will BTC Roar Higher?<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The cryptocurrency has very few resistance levels above here that it must contest with before the bull run is on. $10,000 acted as a crucial level, but the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/analysis\/btc\/bitcoins-volume-profile-move-past-12000-will-ignite-bull-run-to-16500\/\">volume from the move up<\/a> wasn&rsquo;t enough to keep Bitcoin pumping.<\/p>\n<p>Volume has since dwindled further, with Black Thursday acting as the peak for the year. But when Bitcoin finally does break out and there&rsquo;s volume to support it, the crypto asset may never look back.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"860\" height=\"394\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-447288 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/bitcoin-btcusd-volume-860x394.png\" alt=\"bitcoin btcusd volume\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/bitcoin-btcusd-volume-860x394.png 860w, https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/bitcoin-btcusd-volume-460x211.png 460w, https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/bitcoin-btcusd-volume-768x352.png 768w, https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/bitcoin-btcusd-volume-1536x703.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/bitcoin-btcusd-volume-2048x938.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/bitcoin-btcusd-volume-750x343.png 750w, https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/bitcoin-btcusd-volume-1140x522.png 1140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 860px) 100vw, 860px\"\/><\/p>\n<pre style=\"text-align: center\">Bitcoin currently lacks volume to support bullish breakout | Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/symbols\/BTCUSDT\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BTCUSDT on TradingView.com<\/a><\/pre>\n<h2>Top Ranked Cryptocurrency Lacks Volume To Support Bull Breakout, For Now<\/h2>\n<p>Looking at past major breakouts that follow periods of falling trading volume, the moves<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/analysis\/btc\/bitcoin-near-crucial-breakout-pattern\/\"> are sizable<\/a> when they finally do occur.<\/p>\n<p>The breakdown from Bitcoin&rsquo;s round one <a class=\"wpg-linkify wpg-tooltip\" title=\"&lt;h3 class=&quot;wpg-tooltip-title&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;wpg-tooltip-term-title&quot;&gt;Bear&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/h3&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;wpg-tooltip-content&quot;&gt;Bear market is defined as a decreasing set of prices for various types of assets. A bearish investor wants to profit from the movement of dropping prices. You can think of a bear, swinging his big paw downward on the investment, crushing prices.&lt;p class=&quot;wpg-read-more&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/dictionary\/bear\/&quot;&gt;&raquo; Read more&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;\/div&gt;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/dictionary\/bear\/\" >bear<\/a> market <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/courses\/intermediate-crypto-trading-101\/lessons\/chart-patterns\/topic\/triangles\/\">descending triangle<\/a>, send the cryptocurrency to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/analysis\/btc\/old-hands-sold-the-bitcoin-bottom-and-are-selling-again-now\/\">its bottom<\/a>. The next breakout was bullish, causing the cryptocurrency to fly back toward $13,800.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><strong>Related Reading | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/analysis\/btc\/old-hands-sold-the-bitcoin-bottom-and-are-selling-again-now\/\">&ldquo;Old Hands&rdquo; Sold The Bitcoin Bottom And Are Selling Again Now<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Then, Bitcoin broke down again from $10,000 in late 2019 and set off a second <a class=\"wpg-linkify wpg-tooltip\" title=\"&lt;h3 class=&quot;wpg-tooltip-title&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;wpg-tooltip-term-title&quot;&gt;Bear&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/h3&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;wpg-tooltip-content&quot;&gt;Bear market is defined as a decreasing set of prices for various types of assets. A bearish investor wants to profit from the movement of dropping prices. You can think of a bear, swinging his big paw downward on the investment, crushing prices.&lt;p class=&quot;wpg-read-more&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/dictionary\/bear\/&quot;&gt;&raquo; Read more&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;\/div&gt;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/dictionary\/bear\/\" >bear<\/a> market. That downtrend culminated with Black Thursday, and Bitcoin has been on an uptrend ever since.<\/p>\n<p>But the volume still isn&rsquo;t here. When it arrives, however, a similar-sized move as what was seen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/analysis\/btc\/old-hands-sold-the-bitcoin-bottom-and-are-selling-again-now\/\">in late 2018<\/a> and early 2019 could happen again, and send Bitcoin soaring from 50% to 300% in a matter of weeks.<\/p>\n<p>It would require volume to move the needle that far, but doing so would also cause Bitcoin&rsquo;s bull market to begin, so long as when the move arrives, the direction is up.<\/p>\n<pre>Featured Image From Deposit Photos, Chart from TradingView.com<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin has very few resistance levels left to clear before a new bull run is on, and the leading cryptocurrency by&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5127,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[44,180,114,251,115,28,307,308,181,116],"class_list":["post-5126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-crypto-news","tag-bitcoin","tag-btc","tag-btcusd","tag-btcusdc","tag-btcusdt","tag-crypto","tag-paypal","tag-volume","tag-xbt","tag-xbtusd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyucoin.com\/crypto-labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5126"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyucoin.com\/crypto-labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyucoin.com\/crypto-labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyucoin.com\/crypto-labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyucoin.com\/crypto-labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5126"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyucoin.com\/crypto-labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5126\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyucoin.com\/crypto-labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyucoin.com\/crypto-labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyucoin.com\/crypto-labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyucoin.com\/crypto-labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}