Bitcoin (BTC<\/a>) drifted toward $27,000 after the Aug. 30 Wall Street open as the dust settled on digital asset manager Grayscale\u2019s legal victory<\/a>.<\/p>\n Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro<\/a> and TradingView<\/a> showed BTC price cooling volatility which began the day prior, when a positive verdict for Grayscale against United States regulators sparked 7.5% gains<\/a>.<\/p>\n Bitcoin managed $28,143 on Bitstamp \u2014 its highest in almost two weeks \u2014 before returning to consolidate lower.<\/p>\n Despite closing the daily candle above two key moving averages, these had yet to return as definitive intraday support, and on the day, analysts were cautious.<\/p>\n In a Quicktake post<\/a> for on-chain analytics platform CryptoQuant, contributor MAC_D was among those noting that the Grayscale move had originated on derivatives exchanges.<\/p>\n Despite funding rates remaining fairly neutral, there was a clear absence of genuine buyer interest on spot markets.<\/p>\n \u201cFirst, looking at the ‘Funding Rate’, it is not an extreme value, so it is not expected to cause a sharp price correction,\u201d he wrote. <\/p>\n \u201cHowever, it is difficult to see that the spot exchange led the price increase when the BTC price rose yesterday. The reason is that the ‘Trading Volume Ratio (Spot VS. Derivative)’ shows that it has decreased rather than increased.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Additional data showed trading volumes still below those seen during upticks earlier in 2023.<\/p>\n \u201cOf course, there is a tendency for prices to change significantly even with small trading volumes because the overall liquidity in the cryptocurrency market has decreased,\u201d MAC_D continued. <\/p>\n \u201cHowever, it seems that there is a need to be a little cautious about the fact that this rally leads to a dramatic rally.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Equally conservative on the long-term outlook was popular trader and analyst Rekt Capital.<\/p>\n Related:\u00a0GBTC Bitcoin \u2018discount\u2019 may be gone by 2024 as share price gains 17%<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n In his latest YouTube update<\/a>, Rekt Capital suggested that BTC\/USD might be printing a copycat move to that seen in 2021 around its current all-time high.<\/p>\n While no new BTC price peak is expected now, the recent tops around $31,000<\/a> on the weekly chart and subsequent breakdown are reminiscent of Bitcoin\u2019s performance going into the 2022 bear market.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re seeing many similarities between the double top of 2021 and what we\u2019re seeing right now,\u201d he warned.<\/p>\n Should the similarities play out and BTC\/USD produce a full fractal, $26,000 would flip from support to resistance to initiate further downside.<\/p>\n \u201cFor the time being, we are seeing a lot of signs really playing into all of this,\u201d Rekt Capital reiterated.<\/p>\n Earlier, Cointelegraph reported on prospective targets for a BTC price bottom, with $23,000 becoming increasingly important<\/a>.<\/p>\n Rekt Capital likewise flagged $23,000 as a prominent level versus the 2022 bear market bottoming structure \u2014 an inverse head and shoulders pattern.<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s the level that we could see price rebound from,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n This article does not contain investment advice or recommendations. Every investment and trading move involves risk, and readers should conduct their own research when making a decision.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n![](\"https:\/\/s3.cointelegraph.com\/uploads\/2023-08\/124cadfc-d07e-4631-b0b9-99a30f94553a.png\")
BTC buyer interest remains low<\/h2>\n
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“Many similarities” to Bitcoin price all-time high<\/h2>\n
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