Bitcoin fell by 0.90% on Friday. Following on from a 0.77% decline on Thursday, Bitcoin ended the day at $9,315.5.
It was a bearish start to the day. Bitcoin slid to an early morning intraday low $9,237.0 before recovering.
Bitcoin fell through the first major support level at $9,291.03 before striking a late morning intraday high $9,444.1.
Falling well short of the first major resistance level at $9,502.93, Bitcoin slid back to a late low $9,262.5.
Bitcoin fell back through the first major support level at $9,291.03 before a partial recovery late in the day.
The near-term bullish trend remained intact in spite of a 3rd consecutive days in the red. Bitcoin continued to hold above the 23.6% FIB of $8,900.
For the bears, Bitcoin would need to slide through the 62% FIB of $6,400 to form a near-term bearish trend.
The Rest of the Pack
Across the rest of the majors, it was another bearish day on Friday.
Cardano’s ADA slid by 2.24% to lead the way down.
Binance Coin (-1.18%), Bitcoin Cash SC (-1.46%), Litecoin (-1.29%), Ripple’s XRP (-1.47%), Stellar’s Lumen (-1.62%), and Tezos (-1.42%) weren’t far behind.
Bitcoin Cash ABC (-0.66%), EOS (-0.39%), Ethereum (-1.03%), Monero’s XMR (-1.03%), and Tron’s TRX (-0.84%) saw relatively modest losses.
Through the current week, the crypto total market cap fell to a Monday low $245.97bn before rising to a Wednesday high $267.65bn. At the time of writing, the total market cap stood at $259.06bn.
Bitcoin’s dominance rose to a Monday high 66.60% before sliding to a Wednesday low 65.79%. At the time of writing, Bitcoin’s dominance stood at 66.09%.