After seeing a slump, could Bitcoin hit $40K again?

The entire crypto market is tainted green with Bitcoin [BTC] spearheading this uphill journey. And, Ethereum [ETH] finally close to achieving its all-time high.

Bitcoin quadrupled within a short course of time, however, over the past few days, it juggled between $35K and $37K. Several even suggested that $35K was acting as a baseline for the asset. While these stood as strong lines of support and resistance for the asset, a few indicators revealed that the king coin could break past its resistance line anytime soon. At the time of writing, BTC was trading for $37,026.17 with a dainty 24-hour price change.

Bitcoin Bulls back in action?

The one-hour price chart of Bitcoin formed a bullish pattern. With the upper trendline standing horizontally, the lower trend line was inclined upwards further creating an ascending triangle pattern. The volume was employing a downtrend which affirmed the credibility of the pattern. The direction of a breakout for the aforementioned pattern is upwards.

The daily moving average also suggested that BTC could soar as it prolonged its bullish pattern. All the other indicators like MACD also suggested that the king coin could be in for a rise.

The MACD line was above the signal line which indicated the presence of bulls in the BTC market. The Relative Strength Index indicator suggested that there was a buyers’ sentiment as the RSI marketer was close to 60 median.

While the crypto community is rooting for the asset to move past its all-time high of $41,941.56, speculations about the asset’s next move poured in. The popular crypto analyst who goes by the Twitter username, PlanB revealed that the king coin could go up to $48K by the end of the month. His tweet read,

A larger monthly jump to #bitcoin $48K would create a nice gap between monthly dots. These gaps usually mark the point of no return (red arrows), i.c. the phase transition to #phase5 pic.twitter.com/p38mXtBSm6

— PlanB (@100trillionUSD) January 19, 2021