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Bitcoin is seeing “wild” order book behavior as bulls attempt to stave off a fresh BTC price drop.
The latest data from monitoring resource <a href="https://www.coinglass.com/pro/futures/LiquidationHeatMap" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">CoinGlass</a> shows a fresh support battleground forming near $63,000.
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Bitcoin (<a href="https://cointelegraph.com/bitcoin-price">BTC</a>)&nbsp;set new local lows of $63,400 on Aug. 1, 5% beneath the prior day’s highs, per&nbsp;<a href="https://subscription.cointelegraph.com/?_gl=1*7499wx*_ga*MTQ0MzQ0NzI4Ny4xNzE2MzY1NTA0*_ga_53R24TEEB1*MTcxNjM2NTUwNC4xLjEuMTcxNjM2Njg2MC4wLjAuMA..">Cointelegraph Markets Pro</a> and <a href="https://www.tradingview.com/symbols/BTCUSD/?exchange=BINANCE" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">TradingView</a>.
Traders believe that while the price has recovered above the $64,000 mark, it is still due a rematch with those lows.
According to CoinGlass, support liquidity at $63,300 alone now totals nearly $100 million across exchange order books.
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 BTC liquidation heatmap (screenshot). Source: CoinGlass
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Analyzing the situation, popular trader Daan Crypto Trades suggested that the latest liquidity below the spot price could form part of a deliberate attempt to drive the market higher.
“That’s some wild action in the orderbooks on Binance futures,” he <a href="https://x.com/DaanCrypto/status/1818904082012078317" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">commented</a> on X alongside a chart. 
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 “We saw a lot of orders valued at ~$300M get filled down at these levels. There's an additional ~$300M in orders put below price now, supposedly to try and drive it up. Interesting action.”
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 Binance Bitcoin futures order book data. Source: Daan Crypto Trades
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Previously, Cointelegraph reported on <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-traders-63k-sweep-fomc-btc-price-monthly-close">expectations for a sweep of range lows</a> on BTC/USD to take liquidity and fuel a return higher.
Updating X followers, fellow trader Mark Cullen appeared confident despite the latest downside.
“All going to plan, just waiting for Bitcoin to sweep the lows or put in a bottoming structure here around the 38.2 Fib level,” he <a href="https://x.com/mark_cullen/status/1818852458107490317" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">wrote</a>. 
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 “Lose the level and fail to reclaim it quickly and we could see low 61ks once again.”
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 BTC/USDT chart. Source: Mark Cullen
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Bitcoin’s monthly close meanwhile continued a multimonth consolidation process.
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Coming in at around $64,600, the close sealed total BTC price gains of 2.95% for July, CoinGlass confirms.
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 BTC/USD monthly returns (screenshot). Source: CoinGlass
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Despite this, a series of lower highs on the daily chart remains problematic for some market participants, with Bitcoin sellers <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/btc-price-lower-highs-bitcoin-bears-control-70k">still firmly in control</a> at the old all-time highs of $69,000 and above.
“Bitcoin upside wicked into the low $70,000s (blue circle) and rejected from the top of the structure,” popular trader and analyst Rekt Capital <a href="https://x.com/rektcapital/status/1818757185478050081" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">responded</a>, highlighting the series of lower highs.
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 BTC/USD chart. Source: Rekt Capital
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In a further X post, he <a href="https://x.com/rektcapital/status/1818759400716484679" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">suggested</a> that history favored an upside breakout to eventually result for BTC/USD, with the $70,000 rejection the “worst” outcome within the consolidatory phase.
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