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Wintermute: Bitcoin weekly close below the 50-week moving average, next observation level at 68000 USD
BlockBeats news, November 9, according to Wintermute's latest market review, the S&P 500 index fell 4.4% last Thursday, marking its largest single-day drop since April 2025. Wintermute stated that after Democrats secured both chambers of Congress in the US midterm elections, the market repriced regulatory risks for the artificial intelligence sector, and the crypto market weakened alongside risk assets, with Bitcoin falling below 75000 USD. Spot Bitcoin ETFs saw a net outflow of 1280000000 USD for the week, the largest scale since June this year, sufficient to wipe out year-to-date net inflows. The non-farm payrolls released on Friday recorded 165000 jobs, higher than the market expectation of approximately 60000, pushing the probability of a December rate hike from about 67% one week ago to about 77%.
Wintermute noted that Bitcoin rose to 81000 USD on Wednesday but gave back all gains by Friday; it hit a low of approximately 73500 USD on Sunday, slightly above the 200-day moving average of about 73000 USD. The weekly close landed just below the 50-week moving average at 75500 USD, ending a streak of 7 consecutive weeks above that average. Entering Monday, over 1000000000 USD in positions were liquidated, with Ethereum liquidations exceeding those of Bitcoin, and nearly all liquidations on the Bitcoin side being long liquidations. Altcoins fell more sharply, with NEAR, HYPE, ENA, and LIT dropping double digits, while Bitcoin declined by about 4% over the same period, and ZEC was among the few large-cap tokens to rise.
Wintermute stated that it remains cautious while Bitcoin is below the 50-week moving average, with the next observation level at 68000 USD, and reclaiming 80000 USD would change this view. The firm said that if the daily close falls below 73000 USD and the 200-day moving average, it could open up room pointing toward 68000 USD; if the daily close holds above 80000 USD and spot Bitcoin ETFs record a net inflow week, its stance will turn positive. Wintermute pointed out that the October CPI released on Tuesday is the first recent test, with core CPI expected to grow 0.2% month-over-month; the Federal Reserve will meet on December 8 to 9, with the current probability of a rate hike at approximately 77%.
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