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Bitcoin (<a data-ct-non-breakable="null" href="https://cointelegraph.com/bitcoin-price" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="null" text="null" title="null">BTC</a>) coiled below all-time highs on Oct. 30 as commentators struggled to believe the calm market reaction.
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 BTC/USD 1-hour chart. Source: TradingView
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<h2 id="br-btc-price-offers-welcome-support-retest-near-72-000"> BTC price offers welcome support retest near $72,000</h2>
Data from <a data-ct-non-breakable="null" href="https://subscription.cointelegraph.com/?_gl=1*7499wx*_ga*MTQ0MzQ0NzI4Ny4xNzE2MzY1NTA0*_ga_53R24TEEB1*MTcxNjM2NTUwNC4xLjEuMTcxNjM2Njg2MC4wLjAuMA.." rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="null" text="null" title="null">Cointelegraph Markets Pro</a> and <a data-ct-non-breakable="null" href="https://www.tradingview.com/symbols/BTCEUR/?exchange=BINANCE" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="null" text="null" title="null">TradingView</a> showed BTC price upside cooling after reaching $73,500 on Bitstamp the day prior.
Consolidation, which traders welcomed as a chance to reinforce newly reclaimed support, had nonetheless left $71,000 intact at the time of writing.
 “Bitcoin Has now taken out every major lower high from this year except for the all time high. It came within close proximity but wasn't able to sweep it just yet,” popular trader Daan Crypto Trades <a data-ct-non-breakable="null" href="https://x.com/DaanCrypto/status/1851545805993210317" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="null" text="null" title="null">commented</a> in part of his latest post on X.&nbsp;
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 “Honestly better it rejects before to make an equal high vs sweeping it. As this way it's more likely it will go for that high at another point.”
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 BTC/USD 1-day chart. Source: Daan Crypto Trades/X
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Analyzing weekly timeframes, trader and analyst Rekt Capital said that the weekly close would provide crucial information about the strength of the latest move on BTC/USD.
“Bitcoin is potentially producing an upside wick beyond the Range High of the ReAccumulation Range,” he <a data-ct-non-breakable="null" href="https://x.com/rektcapital/status/1851604537024352324" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="null" text="null" title="null">told</a> X followers, referring to the <a data-ct-non-breakable="null" href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/most-bullish-weekly-close-5-things-bitcoin-this-week" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_self" text="null" title="https://cointelegraph.com/news/most-bullish-weekly-close-5-things-bitcoin-this-week">spot price range</a> in play since March’s all-time highs.
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 “Still early on in the week, so lots can still change. Bitcoin needs a Weekly Close above the Range High to kickstart the beginning of a breakout.”
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 BTC/USD 1-week chart. Source: Rekt Capital/X
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Trading firm QCP Capital meanwhile sought to appreciate Bitcoin’s performance to date while acknowledging the potential for continuation thanks to a combination of what it considered to be geopolitical and macroeconomic tailwinds.
“The price action for Bitcoin has been nothing short of remarkable this couple of days, rising over 8% and breaking the $73k level,” it summarized in its latest bulletin to Telegram channel subscribers on the day.&nbsp;
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 “The robust inflow into spot ETFs, fresh monetary easing cycles across major economies, and increasing odds of victory for crypto-friendly presidential candidate Donald Trump have been positive catalysts.”
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It added that upcoming United States unemployment data, the Federal Reerve’s interest rate decision and tech firm earnings could additionally shape the landscape.
<h2 id="br-flat-funding-rates-retail-absence-shock-bitcoiners"> Flat funding rates, retail absence shock Bitcoiners</h2>
Comparing the current market environment to March’s trip beyond $73,000, some observers could barely stress the difference enough.
Related: <a data-ct-non-breakable="null" href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/btc-price-68k-euro-all-time-high-bitcoin-gold-next" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="null" text="null" title="null">BTC price sets 68K euro all-time high as Bitcoin bulls eye gold next</a>
“$BTC is basically at all time high and these are the funding rates,” popular commentator Byzantine General <a data-ct-non-breakable="null" href="https://x.com/ByzGeneral/status/1851638850411471247" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="null" text="null" title="null">wrote</a>.
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 “If you told me a year ago that funding would be neutral at ATH I wouldn't have believed you.”
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Accompanying data from monitoring resource <a data-ct-non-breakable="null" href="https://www.coinglass.com/FundingRate" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank" text="null" title="https://www.coinglass.com/FundingRate">CoinGlass</a> confirmed that funding rates were only marginally positive at the time of writing, with largest global exchange Binance practically neutral.
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 Crypto funding rate heatmap (screenshot). Source: CoinGlass
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Continuing, crypto analyst Miles Deutscher noted the comparative <a data-ct-non-breakable="null" href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-near-new-all-time-high-low-retail-investor-interest-ai" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_self" text="null" title="https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-near-new-all-time-high-low-retail-investor-interest-ai">lack of retail interest</a> in trading, as evidenced by the popularity of the app of largest US exchange Coinbase on the Apple AppStore.
“Price is the EXACT SAME, but retail isn't back (at all),” he <a data-ct-non-breakable="null" href="https://x.com/milesdeutscher/status/1851091445035515940" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="null" text="null" title="null">concluded</a> on X.&nbsp;
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 “It's scary how much higher we're going.”
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Earlier, <a data-ct-non-breakable="null" href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-retail-comeback-coinbase-top-400-apps" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="null" text="null" title="null">Cointelegraph reported</a> on research measuring Bitcoin bull and bear market performance using the position of the Coinbase app.
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