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Bitcoin (18k), Ethereum (1.2k), and XRP suffered losses on Wednesday

Bitcoin Analysis 

Bitcoin’s price again suffered on Wednesday upon news by The Federal Reserve’s Chairman, Jerome Powell, that a third consecutive interest rate hike of 0.75 percentage point has been greenlit and is forthcoming. Following the news, when traders settled-up at BTC’s session close on Wednesday, BTC’s price was -$385.5. 

The BTC/USD 8HR chart from Alex_master_forex is the first chart we’re examining for this Thursday. BTC’s price is trading between 0.00% [$18,555.87] and 38.20% [$21,094.87], at the time of writing.

The targets on BTC for bullish market participants to the upside of the 8HR chart are 38.20%, 50.00% [$21,879.17], 61.80% [$22,663.46], and 100.00% [$25,202.46].

Bearish traders are conversely taking aim at the 0.00% fib level with a secondary target of $17,611 [BTC’s 12-month low]. If bearish traders can send BTC’s price to a fresh low for 2022, their next aim is -27.20% [$16,748.00].  

BTC/USD 8HR chart
BTC/USD 8HR chart: the price is trading between 0.00% [$18,555.87] and 38.20% [$21,094.87]
The Fear and Greed Index is 22 Extreme Fear and is -1 from Wednesday’s reading of 23 Extreme Fear.

Fear and Greed
The Fear and Greed Index is 22 Extreme Fear

Bitcoin’s Moving Averages: 5-Day [$19,461.81], 20-Day [$20,069.52], 50-Day [$21,712.35], 100-Day [$23,814.81], 200-Day [$32,973.89], Year to Date [$31,986.72].

BTC’s 24 hour price range is $18,126-$19,956 and its 7 day price range is $18,126-$20,201.58. Bitcoin’s 52 week price range is $17,611-$69,044. 

The price of Bitcoin on this date last year was $43,536.1. 

The average price of BTC for the last 30 days is $20,300.2 and its -7.6% over the same time frame. 

Bitcoin’s price [-2.04%] closed its daily candle on Wednesday worth $18,489.3 and in red figures for the third time over the last four days. 

Ethereum Analysis 

Ether’s price has lost 20.8% of its value over the last 30 days and Wednesday saw another sharp markdown on ETH’s price. When traders had wrapped-up trading for Wednesday’s daily session, ETH’s price was -$75.42. 

The ETH/USD 4HR chart by Alex_master_forex is the second chart we’re looking at today. ETH’s price is trading between the -27.20% fibonacci level [$1,253.64] and 0.00% [$1,420.46], at the time of writing.

If bullish Ether traders can regain the 0.00% fib level, their targets then shift to 38.20% [$1,654.73], 50.00% [$1,797.1], 61.80% [$1,799.47], and 100.00% [$2,033.74].

Bearish ETH traders wish to break the -27.20% fib level before sending Ether’s price back to triple figures. 

ETH/USD 4HR chart
ETH/USD 4HR chart: the price is trading between the -27.20% fibonacci level [$1,253.64] and 0.00% [$1,420.46]
Ether’s Moving Averages: 5-Day [$1,397.37], 20-Day [$1,560.25], 50-Day [$1,615.77], 100-Day [$1,608.15], 200-Day [$2,346.85], Year to Date [$2,246.15].

ETH’s 24 hour price range is $1,220-$1,408.9 and its 7 day price range is $1,220-$1,634.95. Ether’s 52 week price range is $883.62-$4,878. 

The price of ETH on this date in 2021 was $3,077.76. 

The average price of ETH for the last 30 days is $1,562.88.

Ether’s price [-5.70%] closed its daily session on Wednesday valued at $1,247.9 and in red digits also for a third time over the last four daily candles. 

XRP Analysis

XRP’s price also pulled-back more than 5% on Wednesday and concluded its daily session -$0.0208. 

The last chart we’re analyzing for this Thursday is the XRP/USD 1W chart below from crytobullmike. Ripple’s price is trading between the 0 fib level [$0.28714] and 0.236 [$0.55350], at the time of writing. 

The targets above for bullish XRP traders are 0.236, 0.618 [$0.98465], 0.786 [$1.17427], and 1 [$1.41580].

Bearish traders have an aim of a full retracement on the weekly timescale for XRP, which is to send its price back to the $0.28 level before sending it to a fresh 52 week low. 

XRP/USD 1W chart
XRP/USD 1W chart: the price is trading between the 0 fib level [$0.28714] and 0.236 [$0.55350]
XRP’s Moving Averages: 5-Day [$0.37], 20-Day [$0.344], 50-Day [$0.355], 100-Day [$0.368], 200-Day [$0.565], Year to Date [$0.544].

Ripple’s 24 hour price range is $0.38-$0.434 and its 7 day price range is $0.324-$0.434. XRP’s 52 week price range is $0.2876-$1.3462. 

Ripple’s price on this date last year was $1.00. 

The average price of XRP over the last 30 days is $0.34608 and its +17.53% over the same period. 

XRP’s price [-5.01%] closed its daily candle on Wednesday worth $0.394 and in red figures for the first time in three days.

R.L. Bryer
R.L. Bryerhttp://bryer.io
Since 2009, the onset of the bitcoin network, R.L. Bryer has been covering the space. He is the author of Blockchain: Project Renaissance Volume I and II. He's also been the guest of countless bitcoin and cryptocurrency related podcasts throughout the world. Every opportunity, he speaks on or writes about Austrian Economics and how bitcoin is the world's preeminent money.
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