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Bitcoin could fall 13% to 2019 levels after confirmed breakdown amid the FTX fallout, Fairlead’s Katie Stockton says

Bitcoin’s steep decline in the fallout of the FTX bankruptcy may not be over soon, according Fairlead Strategies’ Katie Stockton.

Stockton wrote Monday that bitcoin had fallen below $18,300 in the midst of the crypto selloff. This puts the popular cryptocurrency at risk of falling further to levels not seen in 2019

Stockton specifically targets $13,900 as the next level of support for bitcoin. This represents downside potential at 13% below current levels.

Stockton stated that the breakdown is a bearish intermediate term bias. He also noted that a loss of upside momentum in the weekly [moving Average Convergence Divergence] and a stochastic decline increase the risk to downside. Technical analysts often follow momentum indicators are beginning to lose their value.

This is not a good sign to crypto investors. Stockton will look for secondary support at $10,000 if $13,900 is not enough to hold the support level. This would be close to the February 2020 high. A drop to this price could mean a downside of 38% from the current levels. This would be a major blow for crypto investors hoping to contain the FTX bankruptcy contagion.

Stockton stated that the breakdown “reaffirms bitcoin’s long-term downtrend with our monthly gauges supporting an ongoing bearish bias.”

If bitcoin does manage to recover, traders need to be aware of resistance levels at $17600 (the June low) and $18,900 (the falling 50-day moving mean).

Stockton says the outlook for ether is equally grim. According to Stockton, the technical analyst believes the second-largest cryptocurrency in the world will retest the $1,000 mark. Stockton stated that a breakdown below would place next support at $500 in a bearish trend.

A further drop in bitcoin and other ether prices will only make matters worse for the crypto industry as it recovers from a difficult downturn that has shaken investor confidence in the emerging asset class.