Bitcoin fell by 1.72% on Saturday. Following on from a 0.91% decline on Friday, Bitcoin ended the day at $9,015.3.
It was a mixed start to the day for Bitcoin. In the early hours, Bitcoin dipped to a low $9,120.0 before rising to a mid-morning intraday high $9,202.5.
Falling short of the first major resistance level at $9,296.7, Bitcoin tumbled to a late intraday low $8,855.0.
The sell-off saw Bitcoin fall through the first major support level at $9,051.8 and second major support level at $8,930.5.
Finding late support, Bitcoin moved back through the second major support level to wrap up the day at $9,000 levels.
The 23.6% FIB of $8,900 had limited the downside on the day.
The near-term bullish trend remained intact in spite of the recent pullback to sub-$9,000 levels. For the bears, Bitcoin would need to slide through the 62% FIB of $6,400 to form a near-term bearish trend.
The Rest of the Pack
Across the rest of the majors, it was also a bearish day on Saturday.
Bitcoin Cash SV (-8.25%), EOS (-6.01%), and Tezos (-6.81%) led the way down.
Binance Coin (-4.00%), Bitcoin Cash ABC (-5.85%), Litecoin (-4.67%), Ripple’s XRP (-4.14%), and Stellar’s Lumen (-5.73%) also saw deep red.
Cardano’s ADA (-3.86%), Ethereum (-3.79%), Monero’s XMR (-3.59%), and Tron’s TRX (-1.97%) saw relatively modest losses on the day.
Through the current week, the crypto total market cap rose to a Monday high $272.54bn before falling to a Saturday low $245.07bn. At the time of writing, the total market cap stood at $248.82bn.
Bitcoin’s dominance slid to a Wednesday low 65.52% before jumping to a Saturday high 66.68%. At the time of writing, Bitcoin’s dominance stood at 66.30%.