Bitcoin returns to test $40K as macro factors pile up to squash BTC bulls
Bitcoin price action goes from $45,000 to $40,800 in 48 hours thanks to an increasingly volatile macro environment. Bitcoin (BTC) bended to new macro pressures on March 4 after bulls failed to hold $42,000 for long.BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingViewEurope stocks sink on Friday openData from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD reaching lows of $40,800 on Bitstamp Friday after a major options expiry event.Overnight performance, initially showing a recovery, had been stymied by worries over a nuclear power plant fire in Ukraine.Stocks futures fell....
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