Bitcoins value falls by 3 due to US sellers triggering BTC price targets below 65K

Bitcoin (
BTC
) dipped below $67,000 after the Oct. 21 Wall Street open amid “expected” United States sell pressure.


BTC/USD 1-hour chart. Source: TradingView
Traders consider deeper BTC price pullback next
Data from
Cointelegraph Markets Pro
and
TradingView
tracked 3% BTC price losses on the day.
These followed the highest weekly close in five months for BTC/USD, and market observers suggested that consolidation and support retests should now enter.
“Market selling off slightly today, as expected – and thats okay,” popular trader Jelle
wrote
in one of his latest X posts, calling the weekly chart “primed.”
BTC price forecasts included deeper retracements, with popular X account Emperor suggesting that $62,000 may reappear.
“H6 55EMA and high volume pocket between $66,000-500 should be a good area to watch for support, shorts will take profit here and should,” it
told
followers.
Emperor also eyed the 200-period exponential moving average (EMA) on 6-hour timeframes, currently around $63,300.


BTC/USD chart. Source: Emperor/X
“Trends are memes, mainly self-fulfilling prophecy but the mid-lone and bottom of the trend actually played significant for bounces for Bitcoin,” trader, analyst and commentator Josh Rafer
continued
.


BTC/USD 1-day chart. Source: Josh Rager/X
Well-known commentator WhalePanda, meanwhile, vented frustration at the US reaction to Bitcoin’s attack of $69,000.
“US with another impressive $2k dump. Got to wonder where they keep getting the Bitcoin from to dump every day,” he
responded
.
Bitcoin needs to flip $69,000 for higher
The latest data from monitoring resource CoinGlass showed BTC/USD eating through bid-side liquidity as buyers added interest closer to $66,000.
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BTC liquidation heatmap (screenshot). Source: CoinGlass
Analyzing liquidity conditions on the largest global exchange, Binance, trading resource Material Indicators
described
Bitcoin as “having a flash sale.”
In a separate X discussion, co-founder Keith Alan stressed the need for full candles to close above $69,000 for bulls to have a chance at challenging the March all-time highs.
“There is indeed heavy ask liquidity stacked above $70k, but don’t overlook the significance of historical and technical resistance at the 2021 Top,” he
wrote
earlier in the day.


BTC/USDT order book liquidity for Binance. Source: Material Indicators/X
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