The price of Bitcoin Cash (BCH) has risen by 1.5% in the past 24 hours, with its move to $229 coming after a spike yesterday that saw the altcoin briefly reach $248.
False reports concerning the acceptance of BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF had caused yesterday's surge, yet even though BCH (much like BTC) retraced its steps soon after, it remains up by 4.5% in a week and by 8% in the last 30 days.
The altcoin is also up by 136% since the beginning of the year, making it one of the best-performing top-100 coins over this period.
And while yesterday's rumors were false, BCH's jump shows that once a Bitcoin ETF is eventually accepted, the altcoin could rise very strongly.
Bitcoin Cash has been one of the few well-performing major coins over the past couple of months, owing largely to the fact that the market is increasingly coming to expect the approval of Bitcoin ETFs, something which would have positive ramifications for BCH.
Accordingly, BCH's 30-day exponential moving average (yellow) has been riding high above its 200-day average (blue) for several months now, with the shorter-term average rising again after yesterday's spurt.
Similarly, BCH's relative strength index (purple) has jumped up to 60, although it has been unable to rise any higher, given that the ETF approval rumors turned out to be false.
Still, the altcoin's support level (green) continues to rise strongly, showing that its medium- and long-term trajectory continues to be upward.
And it's arguably only a matter of time before a recent ETF application is formally approved by the SEC, an event which would more than compensate investors for yesterday's false start.
Indeed, even though the rumors were unconfirmed (and soon falsified by BlackRock itself), they were enough to
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