Bitcoin slid by 2.73% on Thursday. Following on from a 1.49% fall from Wednesday, Bitcoin ended the day at $7,817.5.
Bearish through the day, Bitcoin slid from an early morning intraday high $8,036.8 to a late intraday low $7,756.0.
Steering clear of the major resistance levels, Bitcoin fell through the first major support level at $7,795.6.
Finding support late on, Bitcoin briefly hit $8,000 before sliding back into the deep red.
The near-term bearish trend, formed at late June’s swing hi $13,764.0, remained firmly intact, in spite of the current week’s gains.
For the bulls, Bitcoin would need to break out from $11,000 levels to form a near-term bullish trend.
The Rest of the Pack
Across the rest of the top 10 cryptos, it was another mixed day for the majors.
Bitcoin Cash SV bucked the trend for a 2nd consecutive day, rallying by 2.52%, with Stellar’s Lumen also avoiding red (+0.04%).
It was bearish for the rest of the pack, however. Ethereum (-2.08%) and Ripple’s XRP (-1.66%) led the way down.
Binance Coin (-1.10%), EOS (-0.96%), Litecoin (-1.30%), and Monero’s XMR (-0.98%) also saw heavy losses on Thursday.
Bitcoin Cash ABC (-0.25%) and Tron’s TRX (-0.66%) saw relatively modest losses on the day.
Through the current week, the crypto total market cap jumped from $197bn levels to an early Wednesday current week high $220.27bn before easing back to sub-$210bn levels. At the time of writing, the total market cap stood at $208.54bn.
Bitcoin’s dominance eased back to 68% levels off the back of a 2nd consecutive day in the deep red. Trading volumes had hit $100bn levels on Wednesday before easing back. At the time of writing, volumes were at sub-$80bn levels.