Bitcoin drops 1.5% on US market open amid warning miners may 'capitulate' in months
Bitcoin (BTC) fell in line with United States equities on May 31 as the return of Wall Street began with a whimper.
Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD returning to near $31,000 at the start of trading after markets returned from a public holiday.
The move reflected those of stocks indices, with the S&P 500 losing 1.1% at the open and the Nasdaq Composite Index trading down 1%.
With volatility in evidence, preexisting suspicions over the staying power of Bitcoin's recent rise remained vocal among social media commentators.
I still think the rise in #BTC price is fake. It is clear that we do not know how high it will rise. But I have no doubt that it is pumped...We can see a very negative delta on the daily time frame as well as imbalances in favor of sellers in the aggressive seller zone... pic.twitter.com/kcvffm9IFj
"It is not unlikely that equities will give away some of their gains from last week," analyst Jan Wuesterfeld wrote in the latest edition of his Bitcoin Market Intelligence newsletter on the day.
Others focused on uninspiring long-term price signals. Kevin Svenson, a contributing analyst to on-chain analytics platform CryptoQuant, highlighted Bitcoin's 20-month exponential moving average (EMA) as a source of possible future contention.
"In previous cycles, Bitcoin spent 6 -> 13 months below the 20m/EMA after breaking down below it. We currently just experienced our first month below the 20m/EMA," he explained.
A potential silver lining for Bitcoin came in the form of miner behavior.
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Amid warnings that miners' cost price is now above spot, creating the threat of capitulation similar to the bottom
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