$75 Support at Risk as Miners’ Stage $23M Sell-Off
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Litecoin price consolidated within the $77 – $80 narrow channel over the weekend, but the persistent selling trend observed among LTC miners in June 2024 raises major cause for bearish concern. Litecoin Price Standstill Amid Intense Market Volatility As the crypto market slipped into a correction phase following negative macroeconomic indices published by US authorities in recent weeks, Litecoin bulls have managed to avert the adverse effects of the intense market volatility. Since the US Fed rate announcement on June 12, top layer-1 altcoins like Solana (SOL), Ethereum (ETH), and Bitcoin (BTC) have all registered considerable downsizing. But curiously, LTC price has managed to hold firmly above the $75 support level. Litecoin price action LTCUSD Since US Fed Rate Announcement | TradingView As depicted above, LTC price has consolidated within the 2% boundaries from $79 – $77 for the better part of the last 3-days. While Litecoin has managed to defying the intense bearish market sentiment that has surrounded the crypto market since June 12, recent on-chain data trends suggest that the critical $75 support could now be at risk in the week ahead. Miners Have Offloaded $23 Million Worth of LTC this Month Litecoin’s resilient price performance in the last two weeks can be attributed to rising network activity and steady whale demand. But interestingly, it appears that Litecoin miners currently do not share the same level of optimism. In a clear indication of this, on-chain data trends show that LTC miners have been on a selling spree since the beginning of June 2024, a move that could trigger a bearish downswing in the days ahead. Litecoin Price vs Miners Reserves | IntoTheBlock Looking at the chart above, Litecoin miners held a total of 1.92 million LTC in their cumulative reserve balances as of June 1. But since then…
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