Bitcoin clings to $56K as whales keep buying
Testing times continue for Bitcoin bulls with the trillion-dollar market cap next up for support. Bitcoin (BTC) is demanding a “slightly bearish” rethink on price action as old support levels give way overnight. Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed a low of $55,640 on Bitstamp on Nov. 19. Capitalizing on its lowest levels in over a month, Bitcoin has failed to bounce significantly since — and now price forecasts are beginning to change with it.
In his latest YouTube update, Filbfilb, an analyst at trading platform Decentrader, warned that 50-day and 100-day moving average (DMA) may be all that can aid bulls. BTC/USD then fell through the first, leaving just the 100DMA at just above $53,000.
“I’m definitely going to go spot long at $53,000 again,” he told viewers, having said that the chances of the 100DMA protecting price were “reasonably good.”
That level coincides with Bitcoin’s $1 trillion market cap valuation, something which was previously held to be permanent. Causing problems for Filbfilb and others, meanwhile, is the still high open interest on Bitcoin derivatives in spite of the price comedown. This, he suspects, is down to traders taking longs — and the result will be either a clean sweep via a rebound, or a “flushing out” of their positions. Funding rates likewise remained elevated on some major exchanges, indicating expectations of higher prices returning.
Whales (keep) buying the dip
Elsewhere, some large-volume hodlers are putting their money where their mouth is. According to blockchain data, the third-largest BTC address has continued to buy this week. After increasing its balance by 207 BTC at $62,000, bigger accumulations followed in the form of 1,647 BTC, 700 BTC and 484 BTC purchases.
As Cointelegraph additionally reported, those who bought in over the past six to twelve-month period remain determined not to sell their coins.
Even at all-time highs, selling remained low, with the one-year hodl accounting for the largest proportion of the current Bitcoin supply.
Top Cryptocurrencies with Price Predictions
| # | Crypto | Prediction | Accuracy | CVIX | Price | 24h | 7d | Market Cap | 7d price change | |
| 1 |  BTC |
Bitcoin predictions | 78% | 33 | $62 706.80 | -1.21% | -1.68% | $1 239 378 185 376 |  |
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| 2 |  ETH |
Ethereum predictions | 79.6% | 43 | $2 439.89 | -1.94% | -7.71% | $293 713 346 867 |  |
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| 3 |  USDT |
Tether predictions | 95.6% | 1 | $0.999766 | -0.01% | 0.03% | $119 829 220 483 |  |
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| 4 |  BNB |
Binance Coin predictions | 78.8% | 35 | $569.43 | -0.69% | -1.87% | $83 097 793 270 |  |
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| 5 |  SOL |
Solana predictions | 75.2% | 45 | $144.16 | -3.76% | -7.43% | $67 648 593 118 |  |
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| 6 |  USDC |
USD Coin predictions | 92.8% | 1 | $0.999956 | -0.01% | 0% | $35 323 955 374 |  |
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| 7 |  XRP |
XRP predictions | 77.6% | 43 | $0.533715 | -1.52% | -13.93% | $30 189 072 303 |  |
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| 8 |  DOGE |
Dogecoin predictions | 78.4% | 32 | $0.109363 | -3.76% | -7.59% | $15 997 205 997 |  |
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| 9 |  TRX |
TRON predictions | 96% | 1 | $0.156212 | 1.47% | -0.16% | $13 524 348 756 |  |
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| 10 |  TON |
Toncoin predictions | 80.4% | 30 | $5.24 | -1.66% | -9.83% | $13 296 717 987 |  |
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| 11 |  ADA |
Cardano predictions | 80.4% | 38 | $0.354840 | -2.61% | -7.20% | $12 405 595 268 |  |
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| 12 |  AVAX |
Avalanche predictions | 67.6% | 60 | $26.90 | -1.26% | -5.57% | $10 935 151 377 |  |
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| 13 |  SHIB |
SHIBA INU predictions | 56.8% | 94 | $0.000018 | -4.99% | -4.57% | $10 317 981 112 |  |
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| 14 |  STETH |
Lido stETH predictions | 93.6% | 1 | $2 941.39 | -0.40% | -3.32% | $10 258 752 564 |  |
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| 15 |  WTRX |
Wrapped TRON predictions | 92.4% | 1 | $0.116354 | -0.46% | 0.23% | $10 171 995 609 |  |
