The bitcoin price has dropped to $9,300, demonstrating another 3 percent decline in value over the past 24 hours after failing to test the $10,000 support level. The cryptocurrency market followed the short-term price trend of bitcoin and has dropped more than $20 billion overnight.
On May 5, the global average bitcoin price was less than $100 away from achieving the $10,000 mark, as regions such as Hong Kong, Japan, and South Korea with premium rates already surpassed $10,000. However, bitcoin failed to secure the $10,000 support level and immediately declined by around 3 percent, to $9,600.
Since then, the bitcoin price has fallen an additional 3 percent to $9,300 and the volume of the cryptocurrency market has dropped by around $3 billion, from $26 billion to $22.9 billion.Technical indicators of bitcoin including the Relative Strength Index (RSI) and Williams’ Percent Range (WPR) demonstrate a neutral zone, showing that bitcoin has not been oversold or overbought in the past 48 hours. But, simple and exponential moving averages show a negative short-term trend for bitcoin and if the dominant cryptocurrency fails to hold its volume and momentum in the $9,300 mark, it may be possible for the bitcoin price to record another 2 to 4 percent decline in the next few days.Traders still remain optimistic in regard to the May 7 Ethereum Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) hearing in the US, as Ethereum founders including blockchain development studio ConsenSys founder Joseph Lubin firmly stated that they have done sufficient due diligence prior to the launch of Ether to ensure that it is not categorized as a security and remains compliant with existing regulations.
Source-https://www.ccn.com/bitcoin-drops-to-9300-cryptocurrency-market-loses-20-billion-overnight/
