Bitcoin (BTC) headed toward $42,000 on April 9 after bulls failed to spark a late-week turnaround.
Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD slowly dissolving support levels in place for several weeks as the weekend began.
After multiple tests of $43,000, that area finally gave way to see the pair hit lows of $42,131 on Bitstamp, its lowest since March 23.
Bulls hoping for a rescue move felt the pain, with cross-crypto liquidations totaling $200 million on April 9 in the 24 hours to the time of writing, data from on-chain monitoring resource Coinglass confirmed.
For traders, the short-term outlook was thus firmly bearish in character. Popular commentator Crypto Ed eyed a retest of $40,000, but warned that Bitcoin might not stop there.
“As long as it doesn't reclaim 44k or even better 45-46, I’m affraid we have to be ready for more downside and at least retesting 40k and maybe even lower,” he warned Twitter followers.
“Like I said a week ago, not trusting anymore those moves up.”
An accompanying chart showed a projected multi-step downtrend with support levels at $40,000 and $37,500.
Yann Allemann and Jan Happel, co-founders of on-chain analytics firm Glassnode, meanwhile, drew attention to the potential for volatility thanks to lower weekend market volumes.
#Bitcoin is trading at a liquid range of $42-$45k. Low volume over the weekend can cause abrupt price swings.#BTC Risk signal at the high-level threshold. pic.twitter.com/J4bj2aHCKo
— (@Negentropic_) April 8, 2022
In contrast to the previous week, Bitcoin’s weekly candle is set to close on April 10, including almost $5,000 of losses, or nearly 10%.
Nonetheless, not everyone was attempting an exit.
Related: Waiting for $40K? Bitcoin's critical level is already here, says new research
According to the latest data, Bitcoin whales were busy buying up new supply from sellers, with exchange Bitfinex seeing some notable bid volumes getting filled.
More bids being filled... $BTChttps://t.co/CKj7zF7yXWpic.twitter.com/cF48gAYxax
— Credible Crypto (@CredibleCrypto) April 9, 2022
Cointelegraph previously reported on the significance of Bitfinex whales and their buying and selling habits this year.
Another large-volume wallet of unknown origin likewise continued to buy millions of dollars worth of BTC at regular intervals regardless of price action — a strategy known as dollar cost averaging.
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