Bitcoin addresses in loss hit all-time high amid $18K BTC price target

cointelegraph.com:

Bitcoin (BTC) meandered into the weekly close on July 3 after weekend trading produced a brief wick below $18,800.

Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView followed BTC/USD as it stuck to $19,000 rigidly for a third day running.

The pair had gone light on volatility overall at the weekend, but at the time of writing was still on track for the first weekly close below its prior halving cycle’s all-time high since December 2020.

The previous weekend’s action had produced a late surge which saved bulls from a close below $20,000.

Momentum remained weak throughout the following week’s Wall Street trading, however, and traders were unconvinced about the potential for a significant relief bounce.

“Looking for a push down to the lower support zone at $18,000 while we are below $19,300. Quick scalp and tight invalidation,” popular Twitter account Crypto Tony wrote in an update to followers on the day.

“I can't really trust this move because it's ‘weekend pa,’” fellow account Ninja continued in part of a further post, adding that “if bulls can't push to $19.7k, I don't think the dump is over.”

Up or down, incoming volatility was being keenly eyed by commentators as the weekly close drew near. Popular analyst Matthew Hyland noted that the Bollinger bands indicator was signaling that price conditions would soon become more erratic.

#Bitcoin Bollinger Bands tightening on the daily time frame as displayed on the width indicator: pic.twitter.com/c0bqmMfdSi

On daily timeframes, BTC/USD traded near the bottom Bollinger band, threatening a drop below as an expression of volatility similar to that which occurred in May.

Fresh data meanwhile showed just how much pain the average hodler was going through after the worst monthly losses