A Daily Outlook: BTC/USD; Aug 12, 2022

Top Headlines on Digital Currency:

• Ethereum is closer to its highly-anticipated Merge than ever before. The successful launch of the final Proof-of-Stake (PoS) test merge on Goerli has laid the groundwork for Ethereum’s shift to the PoS Beacon Chain.
• Bitcoin investors have been bullish towards the cryptocurrency despite the volatile market condition. Latest data from cryptocurrency analytic platform Glassnode has revealed a new high for the number of Bitcoin addresses with over 1 BTC.
• The U.S. inflation seemed to be cooling down as July’s CPI report came in 0.2% lower than projected. This positively triggered the crypto market as a majority of the top coins rose in price since the news came out.
• The world’s biggest crypto exchange has expressed its support for Ethereum’s landmark ‘Merge’ event. However, the exchange hasn’t ruled out evaluating the support for any potential Ethereum fork tokens.
• The bankrupt crypto lender has been under much pressure recently. The latest trouble has been the Canadian regulators eyeing Celsius over a pension fund deal that was made last year.
• Hotbit, a Shanghai-based crypto exchange, halted all transactional services for its users in relation to a legal battle it faces with law enforcement agencies. It was announced that a former Hotbit employee had been involved in a project that law enforcement believes may have violated criminal laws.

Source: ambcrypto

Technical View:

• The BTC starts a new day on a flat note and trading around $24,000 mark.
• The pair made intraday high at $24,109 and low at $23,782 mark.
• Today a day chart and H1 chart with triple EMA suggest bearish trend for the time being.
• A sustained close above $24,250 on H1 chart requires for the upside rally.
• Alternatively, a consistent close below $23,500 on H1 chart requires for the downside rally.

Take a look and do trade wisely!
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