IMF recession warning sees Bitcoin dip under $21K amid fresh $1M BTC price forecast

cointelegraph.com:

Bitcoin (BTC) fell below $21,000 for the first time in eight days on July 26 as Wall Street prepared for a decision on United States' anti-inflation policy.

Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD ending a period of sideways action on the Wall Street open, hitting lows of $20,788 on Bitstamp.

Against its highs of $24,280 from July 20, the pair was now down over 14% as nerves across risk assets heightened in anticipation of the Federal Reserve's decision on interest rates due July 27.

The higher the base rate hike by the Fed, the more problematic the outlook for crypto investors as more tightening would mean more conservative conditions prevailing across the economy. 

"BTC has lost the Higher Low, which represented a lower timeframe technical uptrend," he told Twitter followers alongside an illustrative chart.

Elsewhere on macro, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) released its July 2022 World Economic Outlook, forecasting significant slowdown in global growth which should average 3.2% this year and 2.9% in 2023.

"The risk of recession is particularly prominent in 2023, when in several economies growth is expected to bottom out, household savings accumulated during the pandemic will have declined, and even small shocks could cause economies to stall," it read.

Eyeing daily timeframes, popular trader and analyst Rekt Capital warned that with the Fed event still to come, Bitcoin had already lost its uptrend.

"BTC has lost the Higher Low, which represented a lower timeframe technical uptrend," he told Twitter followers on the day.

A further post described the current pullback as the logical sequel to Bitcoin giving up its 200-week moving average level as support after briefly regaining it last week.

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