Bitcoin fails to beat resistance as $40K stays out of reach into weekly close
A dark week looms for macro markets while the weekend succeeds in providing some respite for crypto traders. Bitcoin (BTC) faced down $40,000 on Feb. 27 as hopes for the weekly close hinged on avoiding a fourth red monthly candle in a row. Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD making several attempts to break out of the $30,000-$40,000 corridor Sunday, all of which ended in rejection.
The pair had stayed broadly higher throughout the weekend, cutting traders some slack after a week of volatility at the hands of geopolitics and media headlines. Now, $38,500 was the level to watch for Bitcoin to close out the week and the month — failure to do so would mean a fourth straight monthly red candle. As Cointelegraph reported, bulls were spared a lower low last week, bottoming out at $34,300 versus $32,800 in January.
"Cautiously optimistic this is a short to mid-term bottom for BTC," popular trader and analyst Pentoshi continued. "I pulled my 40.3k orders (not great) and will focus higher to 41.6k for de-risking. Must flip that and there's some pretty decent upside. I am still cautious bc the macro landscape imo is anything but bullish."
Weekend stays "boring" for crypto
For crypto markets overall, however, there were few opportunities as sentiment remained very much in "wait and see" mode. Out of the top ten cryptocurrencies by market cap, none managed noticeable moves up or down over the past 24 hours.
ETH/USD traded at near $2,800, with weekly gains nonetheless approaching 6%. "Pretty boring market movements during the weekend and that’s not weird," Cointelegraph contributor Michaël van de Poppe summarized.
Top Cryptocurrencies with Price Predictions
| # | Crypto | Prediction | Accuracy | CVIX | Price | 24h | 7d | Market Cap | 7d price change | |
| 1 |  BTC |
Bitcoin predictions | 78.8% | 36 | $63 540.43 | 2.56% | -1.60% | $1 255 829 021 961 |  |
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| 2 |  ETH |
Ethereum predictions | 76% | 42 | $2 481.91 | 2.64% | -5.96% | $298 769 920 581 |  |
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| 3 |  USDT |
Tether predictions | 92.8% | 1 | $1.000138 | 0.01% | 0.01% | $119 693 873 487 |  |
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| 4 |  BNB |
Binance Coin predictions | 74.8% | 42 | $576.12 | 2.39% | -1.04% | $84 074 649 175 |  |
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| 5 |  SOL |
Solana predictions | 72% | 50 | $148.20 | 3.60% | -5.58% | $69 545 896 988 |  |
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| 6 |  USDC |
USD Coin predictions | 92.8% | 1 | $1.000225 | 0.02% | 0.03% | $35 506 494 098 |  |
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| 7 |  XRP |
XRP predictions | 73.6% | 44 | $0.540782 | 1.83% | -16.21% | $30 588 838 160 |  |
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| 8 |  DOGE |
Dogecoin predictions | 80.4% | 34 | $0.113747 | 4.37% | -7.45% | $16 637 108 781 |  |
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| 9 |  TON |
Toncoin predictions | 84% | 31 | $5.34 | 2.74% | -8.58% | $13 531 081 838 |  |
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| 10 |  TRX |
TRON predictions | 92.8% | 1 | $0.154408 | 0.73% | -0.45% | $13 369 002 913 |  |
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| 11 |  ADA |
Cardano predictions | 80.8% | 40 | $0.362785 | 3.85% | -7.11% | $12 683 346 378 |  |
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| 12 |  AVAX |
Avalanche predictions | 69.6% | 63 | $27.26 | 3.87% | -5.57% | $11 080 976 739 |  |
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| 13 |  SHIB |
SHIBA INU predictions | 55.6% | 94 | $0.000018 | 6.57% | -1.67% | $10 868 395 904 |  |
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| 14 |  STETH |
Lido stETH predictions | 91.6% | 1 | $2 941.39 | -0.40% | -3.32% | $10 258 752 564 |  |
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| 15 |  WTRX |
Wrapped TRON predictions | 92.8% | 1 | $0.116354 | -0.46% | 0.23% | $10 171 995 609 |  |
