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Bitcoin price fell to a new 40-day bottom of $62,667 on Monday June 24, as institutional investors switch focus towards Ethereum and the roaring stock markets, here’s how BTC price could react in the week ahead.  Bitcoin price tumbles below $63k First Time in 40-Days After a negative performance last week, BTC shed more than 150 billion from its market capitalization, accounting for over 12% in losses between June 15 and June 21. Over the weekend, bears further tightened their on the Bitcoin markets, with the pioneer cryptocurrency shaping up for a false start to the coming week. In the news, positive movements around Ethereum ETFs as well as bullish upswings in the US stocks markets, led by AI-chips manufacturing behemoth NVIDIA, have further pulled investors’ attention away from BTC in the recent days. Bitcoin Price Action | BTCUSD | TradingView The chart above shows that Bitcoin price peaked at $65,026 on Friday, June 21, as bulls attempted to reclaim the $65,000 resistance level. But since then, the bears have flipped the tide and forced another 3.66% downtrend over the weekend. Zooming out, Bitcoin price falling to a 40-day low of $62,667 on Monday, June 24, means it has now plunged 13% since the current correction phase began around June 7. Whale Investors Cut Bitcoin Transactions to 8-Month Low As hinted by the major news headlines in the past few days, Bitcoin price stagnation below $65,000 has been largely attributed ETH ETFs‘ imminent launch and risking stock prices dominating investors mind-share. However, an in-depth inquest into Bitcoin’s underlying on-chain trends shows that whale investor cutting back on their BTC trading activity may have played a more prominent role in the ongoing price downtrend as well. IntoTheBlock’s Large Transactions Count data tracks the total number of individual transactions exceeding $100,000 on…

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