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 Bitcoin price action wobbles but recovers without new lower lows, while altcoins suffer with traders eyeing potential short opportunities.
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 Bitcoin (BTC) ground higher on Oct. 10 after the start of legacy market trading saw “de-risking” take over.
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 <figcaption style="text-align: center;">BTC/USD 1-hour chart. Source: TradingView
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 <h2 id="bitcoin-price-preserves-weekly-support">Bitcoin price preserves weekly support</h2>
 Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC price stability returning ahead of the Wall Street open.
 Bitcoin bulls had lost their footing as the week began, with BTC/USD heading to $27,300 before reversing to trade near $27,700 at the time of writing.
 “Overall there's been a lot of market de-risking into $27.4K - $27.3K,” popular trader Skew wrote in part of X <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="Category Analysis" href="https://thebittimes.com/analysis.html">Analysis</a> at the time.
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 “Important area now because losing that level would take prices back to 1W demand. More importantly, around here into tomorrow buyers need to establish price control for a move higher.”
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 Continuing on the day, Skew noted that derivatives traders controlled trajectory for the time being.
 “Better to see what spot market wants later,” he advised.
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 $BTC as you can see price is very much correlated to perp involvement ~ positions chasing the market Better to see what spot market wants later https://t.co/VH46ZsLRbO pic.twitter.com/S3GScvPDtc— Skew Δ (@52kskew) October 10, 2023
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 Some market participants were broadly optimistic, among them Michaël van de Poppe, founder and CEO of trading firm MN Trading.
 In his latest X post, Van de Poppe described <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="altcoins" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/altcoins.html">altcoins</a> as being “hammered” by sell pressure while Bitcoin held support.
 “If Bitcoin is able to break back above $28,000, the thesis to $35,000-40,000 might become real,” he argued.
 A previous post predicted that “most likely the path towards $30K is going to start from here,” with an accompanying chart showing relevant resistance levels.
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 <h2 id="altcoins-bear-brunt-of-crypto-cold-feet">Altcoins bear brunt of crypto cold feet</h2>
 Against <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="altcoins" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/altcoins.html">altcoins</a>, the picture remains in Bitcoin’s favor, data meanwhile showed.
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 Bitcoin’s share of the overall crypto market cap hit 51.35% on Oct. 9, marking its highest levels since mid-July.
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 “A lot of Altcoins looking like they are breaking major support zones and bringing us some juicy short entries,” popular trader Crypto Tony continued on the topic.
 On Bitcoin, Crypto Tony flagged $27,200 as the level to hold to avoid going short BTC.
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 $BTC / $USD - Update #Bitcoin continues to range as we bounced off the support zone yesterday. I remain long until we lose $27,200, which then i will look to short down pic.twitter.com/rLyokRPqWp— Crypto Tony (@CryptoTony__) October 10, 2023
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 This article does not contain investment advice or recommendations. Every investment and trading move involves risk, and readers should conduct their own research when making a decision.
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