Bitcoin (BTC) waited for cues at the Oct. 24 Wall Street open as expectations of a breakout ran high.
BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingViewHang Seng drops most since 2008
Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView tracked a mundane trading day for BTC/USD after the pair hit weekly highs of $19,700 overnight.
Despite what Michaël van de Poppe, CEO and founder of trading firm Eight, called “way worse than expected” manufacturing data from the United States, Bitcoin suffered from a declining trajectory on the day.
This led on-chain analytics resource Material Indicators to suspect that resistance would remain in place.
“Sunday BTC failed all attempts to reclaim the 2017 Top,” it said, summarizing the latest 24 hours’ price action as per its proprietary trading indicators.

