Big bullish pattern on US dollar index chart puts Bitcoin at risk of losing $30K

Big bullish pattern on US dollar index chart puts Bitcoin at risk of losing $30K

A strengthening dollar could be negative for pretty much every risk asset on board, including Bitcoin, whose value boomed against the dwindling greenback after March 2020. Dollar traders have kept a close eye on a potentially bullish "inverse head-and-shoulders" pattern building in the U.S. dollar index (DXY) chart. Meanwhile, the smell of a stronger greenback is weakening Bitcoin's (BTC) upside case, especially as the flagship cryptocurrency struggles to break out of its current $30,000-35,000 trading range.Three troughs, one price ceilingIn detail, the inverse head-and-shoulders (IH&S)....


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