摘要： Following highly volatile Bitcoin price action in the aftermath of its vaccine-induced drop, crypto traders explain where BTC is headed next.

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The price of Bitcoin (BTC) has seen extreme volatility in the past 24 hours. After the Dow Jones Industrial Average abruptly rose by more than 800 points, BTC plunged in tandem with gold. Within five hours of achieving a four-day peak at $15,840, the dominant cryptocurrency abruptly plummeted 6.5%. Following the correction of BTC, analysts and traders remain divided on its near-future prospects.

The short-term pullback of Bitcoin, which happened within several hours, was beneficial for BTC for three key reasons. First, it neutralized the derivatives market, which is no longer overheated. Second, it led to a healthy rejection of the $16,000 resistance level. Third, it showed that even after a major price drop, overall buyer demand remains intact.

Pfizer’s vaccine neutralized the market

On Nov. 9, Bitcoin saw a sharp drop from $15,840 to $14,805, which occurred shortly after Pfizer announced its optimistic COVID-19 drug trial results, having tested nearly 44,000 individuals and demonstrated 90% effectiveness. Subsequent to the announcement by Pfizer, major U.S. stock market indices rallied by around 3%.

The highly anticipated breakthrough in the vaccine’s development caused Bitcoin and gold to rapidly drop. Capital flew out of safe-haven assets and stores of value to risk-on assets, like stocks, in a short period. Consequently, gold recorded an intraday 4.5% drop, which is rare for an asset of its size. It sparked the appetite for stocks and other risk-on assets, which gave Bitcoin whales a narrative to sell.

When Bitcoin initially started dropping, whale inflows into cryptocurrency exchanges began to increase. This meant that high-net-worth investors holding large amounts of BTC were selling. Since Bitcoin recovered back above $15,300 within six hours, whales likely bought back at a lower price. Based on the trend, it’s probable that whales used the narrative of the vaccine-induced correction to sell at resistance and buy at a lower price.

Speaking to Cointelegraph, Bitcoin technical analyst Eric Thies said that Bitcoin has essentially been fluctuating between two levels: the $14,500 support and $16,000 resistance. Bitcoin rejected heavily as it approached $16,000, indicating that there are large sell orders present at the $16,000 resistance area. If BTC sees some consolidation under $16,000, Thies noted that it would be beneficial for buyers:

We’ve seen Bitcoin breaking previous 2019 resistances for almost two weeks now, and with price rapidly fluctuating between $14.5K and $16K, bulls are in need of a consolidation period before we rapidly accelerate towards hitting the 2017 high of $19,500.

The short-term drop of Bitcoin was also critical to reset the futures market. Prior to the drop, the funding rate of BTC futures contracts across major exchanges was well over the average 0.01%. This meant that the vast majority of the market was heavily longing or buying Bitcoin. After the correction, the funding rate returned back to 0.01%, showing that the futures market is no longer overheated.

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