It was a mixed start to the day. Bitcoin rose to an early morning intraday high $11,547.0 before hitting reverse.
Falling short of the first major resistance level at $11,668, Bitcoin fell to an early morning intraday low $11,212.0.
The morning pullback saw Bitcoin fall through the first major support level at $11,313.
Finding support in the late morning, Bitcoin briefly revisited $11,400 levels before falling back through the first major support level.
A late move back through to $11,320 levels reduced the deficit on the day. The late move also saw Bitcoin break back through the first major support level at $11,313.
The near-term bullish trend remained intact, supported by the latest move back through to $11,000 levels. For the bears, Bitcoin would need to slide through the 62% FIB of $6,400 to form a near-term bearish trend.
The Rest of the Pack
Across the rest of the majors, it was a bearish day on Friday.
Binance Coin (-4.18%), Bitcoin Cash ABC (-5.22%), and Bitcoin Cash SV (-5.16%) led the way down.
Cardano’s ADA (-2.25%), Ethereum (-3.26%), Litecoin (-3.87%), Polkadot (-2.81%), and Ripple’s XRP (-2.31%) also struggled.
Chainlink (-1.57%) and Crypto.com Coin (-1.94%) saw relatively modest losses on the day.
In the current week, the crypto total market rose to a Monday high $365.23bn before falling to a Friday low $343.10. At the time of writing, the total market cap stood at $347.00bn.
Bitcoin’s dominance fell to a Monday low 59.47% before rising to a Friday high 60.45%. At the time of writing, Bitcoin’s dominance stood at 60.28%.
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