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Bitcoin&nbsp;circled $64,000 into the Aug. 25 weekly close as analysis warned that BTC price gains could soon be wiped.
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 BTC/USD 1-hour chart. Source: TradingView
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<h2 data-ct-non-breakable="true" id="btc-price-faces-struggle-to-preserve-gains">BTC price faces struggle to preserve gains</h2>
Data from <a href="https://subscription.cointelegraph.com/?_gl=1*7499wx*_ga*MTQ0MzQ0NzI4Ny4xNzE2MzY1NTA0*_ga_53R24TEEB1*MTcxNjM2NTUwNC4xLjEuMTcxNjM2Njg2MC4wLjAuMA..">Cointelegraph Markets Pro</a> and <a href="https://www.tradingview.com/symbols/BTCUSD/?exchange=BINANCE" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">TradingView</a> showed a flat weekend for Bitcoin (<a href="https://cointelegraph.com/bitcoin-price">BTC</a>)&nbsp;after rapid gains at the end of the previous Wall Street trading session.
These <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-price-62k-sell-wall-analyst-up-only-crypto">followed promising signals</a><a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-price-62k-sell-wall-analyst-up-only-crypto"></a> from the United States Federal Reserve regarding policy easing in September, specifically the first interest rate cuts since 2019.
Bitcoin was initially slow to react but ultimately hit two-week highs of nearly $65,000 before consolidating lower.
Analyzing the potential moves for the coming days, however, popular trader CrypNuevo was cautious.
In a <a href="https://x.com/CrypNuevo/status/1827687057210192355" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">thread</a> on X, he determined that order book liquidity favored a drop to support, which would liquidate late longs.
“The levels with more liquidations are $63.5k (1h50EMA) &amp; $62.2k,” he summarized, referring to the 50-period exponential moving average on the 1-hour chart.
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 BTC liquidation levels for Binance. Source: CrypNuevo
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BTC/USD could thus print a classic “Bart Simpson” pattern, heading back to the 50-period EMAs on one-hour and four-hour timeframes.
“It would make sense because they’d be filling the wick, stopping short positions and trapping some breakout traders,” he explained. 
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 “Then the drop would flush the delta liquidations with a long squeeze to support.”
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 BTC/USDT 1-hour chart with 1-hour, 4-hour 50-period EMA. Source: CrypNuevo
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Other popular social media traders agreed with the idea, among them Trader ELM, who saw a dip to $62,700 before upward continuation. 
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“Buying "clean retests” such as 62.7K after BTC pumps are historically very low hit rate,” fellow trader Crypto Chase nonetheless <a href="https://x.com/Crypto_Chase/status/1827649195546652971" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">countered</a> on the day. 
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 “When BTC is ready to rip, it RARELY offers clean retests.”
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Crypto Chase suggested that a breakout above $65,700 would offer a clearer indication of bullish momentum, while conversely, keen observation was needed in the event of a drop back to $60,000.
“Watch how PA responds if 60K-61K is retested (to determine whether to long for another test of daily resistance 65K or short towards 57.5K~),” he wrote alongside an explanatory chart.
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 BTC/USDT perpetual swaps 1-day chart. Source: Crypto Chase
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<h2 data-ct-non-breakable="true" id="analyst-bitcoin-seeks-return-to-post-halving-norm">Analyst: Bitcoin seeks return to post-halving norm</h2>
Zooming out, trader and analyst Rekt Capital offered an optimistic take on BTC price performance.
Related: <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/price-analysis-8-23-btc-eth-bnb-sol-xrp-doge-ton-ada-avax-shib">Price analysis 8/23: BTC, ETH, BNB, SOL, XRP, DOGE, TON, ADA, AVAX, SHIB</a>
Bitcoin, he noted, was close to reclaiming the area it had previously occupied following its April block subsidy halving — one he called the “<a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/6-months-sideways-bitcoin-price-action-mimics-2023-lull">post-halving reaccumulation range</a>.”
“The importance of this technical event cannot be understated,” he <a href="https://x.com/rektcapital/status/1827701037387399533" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">argued</a>.
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 “Essentially, Bitcoin is resynchronising with historical Post-Halving price tendencies.”
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 BTC/USD 1-week chart comparison. Source: Rekt Capital
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An accompanying chart compared this year’s post-halving price behavior to that after the previously halving in 2020.
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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