Bitcoin '6-8 weeks' from breakout as Hang Seng echoes Lehman Brothers dip
Volatility is closing in, but traders may have to wait until the end of the year if history repeats itself, one analyst warns. Bitcoin (BTC) waited for cues at the Oct. 24 Wall Street open as expectations of a breakout ran high.BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingViewHang Seng drops most since 2008Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView tracked a mundane trading day for BTC/USD after the pair hit weekly highs of $19,700 overnight.Despite what Michaël van de Poppe, CEO and founder of trading firm Eight, called “way worse than expected” manufacturing data from....
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