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Bitcoin (<a href="https://cointelegraph.com/bitcoin-price" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">BTC</a>) hit new two-year highs on Feb. 14 as bulls enjoyed a Valentine’s Day surprise.&nbsp;
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 BTC/USD 1-week chart. Source: TradingView
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<h2 id="bitcoin-bulls-charge-past-51-000">Bitcoin bulls charge past $51,000</h2>
Data from <a href="https://subscription.cointelegraph.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Cointelegraph Markets Pro</a> and <a href="https://www.tradingview.com/symbols/BTCUSD/?exchange=BINANCE" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">TradingView</a> tracked a powerful BTC price comeback from $48,400 lows the day prior.
During the Asia session, Bitcoin not only erased its <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-price-drops-hot-cpi-markets-fed-rate-cut" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">snap 4% losses</a>&nbsp;but also added to long-term highs and was on course for $52,000 at the time of writing.
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Characteristic bullish behavior saw BTC/USD add $1,000 in a single hourly candle, while the overall crypto market capitalization neared the $2-trillion line with <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-1-trillion-market-cap" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Bitcoin’s passing $1 trillion</a>.
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Analyzing the low-timeframe setup, popular trader Skew showed an ongoing resistance/support flip on the four-hour chart.
The main trendlines to watch, he said, involved exponential moving averages (EMAs) and the relative strength index (RSI) score.
“I think so far this trend is fairly straightforward as long as the market sustains current bullish momentum,” he wrote in part of his <a href="https://twitter.com/52kskew/status/1757703156425994391" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">latest post</a> on X (formerly Twitter).
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 “4H EMAs will provide nice &amp; concise trend confirmations along with RSI for momentum with current trend, as well when its clear current momentum is lost. Key closes often with these trends are daily open &amp; weekly open.”
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On Binance, Skew additionally noted that spot buyer interest had been front-running institutional inflows via the United States spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
As Cointelegraph <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-faces-52k-brick-wall-bitfinex-btc-price-erases-dip" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">continues to report</a>, these continue to gain traction, with more and more BTC being bought up by the nine ETF providers on a daily basis.
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 Bitcoin ETF Flow All data out for 13th Feb. Very strong day, with $631m positive net flow over all providers. Huge day for Blackrock at +$493m <a href="https://t.co/F1abDO6OUZ" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">pic.twitter.com/F1abDO6OUZ</a>— BitMEX Research (@BitMEXResearch) <a href="https://twitter.com/BitMEXResearch/status/1757682975892811977?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">February 14, 2024</a>
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<h2 id="btc-price-performance-right-on-schedule">BTC price performance “right on schedule”</h2>
Taking a longer-term view, popular trader and analyst Rekt Capital suggested that everything was happening in line with classic bull markets for Bitcoin.
Related:&nbsp;<a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/best-weekly-close-since-2021-5-things-bitcoin-this-week" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Best weekly close since 2021 — 5 things to know in Bitcoin this week</a>
The timing of the BTC price recovery toward all-time highs was “right on schedule,” he told X followers this week.
Drawing comparisons to 2020, Rekt Capital noted the cathartic effect of the <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/learn/bitcoin-halving-how-does-the-halving-cycle-work-and-why-does-it-matter" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">block subsidy halving</a>, with BTC/USD generally beginning a “pre-halving rally” two months in advance.
The next halving is due in mid-April.
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 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BTC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">#BTC</a> Right on schedule<a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%24BTC&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">$BTC</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Crypto?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">#Crypto</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Bitcoin?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">#Bitcoin</a> <a href="https://t.co/fj3vJ62bIb" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://t.co/fj3vJ62bIb</a> <a href="https://t.co/Tue8nMMDUe" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">pic.twitter.com/Tue8nMMDUe</a>— Rekt Capital (@rektcapital) <a href="https://twitter.com/rektcapital/status/1757363495429980667?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">February 13, 2024</a>
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