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Bitcoin (<a href="https://cointelegraph.com/bitcoin-price" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">BTC</a>) failed to attract bids nearer $70,000 on May 30 as traders prepared for a “pretty massive” macroeconomic data release.
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<h2 id="btc-price-bulls-have-lacked-sustained-momentum">BTC price: Bulls "have lacked sustained momentum"</h2>
Data from <a href="https://subscription.cointelegraph.com/?_gl=1*7499wx*_ga*MTQ0MzQ0NzI4Ny4xNzE2MzY1NTA0*_ga_53R24TEEB1*MTcxNjM2NTUwNC4xLjEuMTcxNjM2Njg2MC4wLjAuMA.." 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> showed BTC price action lacking impetus as it ground away at nearby support.
Four wicks toward $67,000 in recent days established that level’s importance as a line in the sand to maintain for bulls, who nonetheless struggled to muster the strength to revisit overhead resistance.
“After running into range high &amp; market supply $72K, bulls have lacked sustained momentum above $70K,” popular trader Skew wrote in part of his <a href="https://x.com/52kskew/status/1795993941709615320" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">latest market update</a> on X (formerly Twitter).
Skew flagged “waning momentum” based on relative strength index (RSI) signals, suggesting that any further downside needed to bottom at around $65,000.
“Takers sold into the bounce, supply is kinda thin with limit spot bids defending the low ($67K),” he <a href="https://x.com/52kskew/status/1796103478726787216" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">added</a> in subsequent commentary about the most recent BTC price moves.
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 “It's here if buyers wanna swing price towards $70K.”
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Fellow trader Roman noted declining volume on revisits to the lower end of the short-term range.
“One thing I am really liking is the bull PA that’s present as we’re dropping into support,” he told X followers the day prior.
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 “Low volume + lower price = a non confident downtrend. Again, looking for LTF reversals in this area to take longs.”
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<h2 id="jobless-claims-precede-pce-print">Jobless claims precede PCE print</h2>
The day’s main event nonetheless revolved around the upcoming United States macro data prints.
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These take the form of both jobless claims and the first revision of Q1 GDP — both potential volatility catalysts for crypto and risk-assets should the result differ from expectations.
As <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-67-5-k-btc-price-gains-us-jobless-claims" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Cointelegraph reported</a>, unemployment figures in particular have served to upend market behavior this year.
“Actually pretty massive macro day tbh today &amp; into end of the week / month,” Skew <a href="https://x.com/52kskew/status/1796106766847242677" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">commented</a> about the releases.
The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge, the Producer Price Index (PCE), is due on May 31.
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Bitcoin traders brace for US macro data with BTC price stuck at $67K

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