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The past week didn’t go well for the entire cryptocurrency market, with prices falling to local lows after BTC was rejected at $87,000 and dragged most altcoins with it. The ETF flows were among the reasons behind the market-wide correction, as almost all exchange-traded funds tracking crypto assets were in the red. Almost all.

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Bitcoin (BTC) hafta sonu 83 bin dolar civarında yatay seyrederken Orta Doğu’da tırmanan gerilim kripto para piyasasında yeni dalgalanmalara ilişkin endişeleri artırdı. Yemen’deki Husilerin Suudi Arabistan’a yönelik saldırılarının ardından ABD Başkanı Donald Trump’ın olası askeri müdahaleye işaret etmesi dikkatleri bölgeye çevirdi.

Let’s start with a quick disclaimer – we used to write a lot of similar articles several years ago. The reason was simple: searches on Google typically show the demand for the cryptocurrency industry among retail investors. After all, institutions don’t go to the world’s largest search engine to ask about buying BTC or altcoins. They have their own methods. However, the tide has turned since then, as retail investors have shown a different attitude.

Bitcoin’s weekend sluggishness continues as the asset has barely moved from $83,000 over the past 36 hours, but more volatility is likely to hit later today or tomorrow morning. The larger-cap alts have also failed to produce any significant moves in either direction in the past day, but there’s a new rockstar among the mid caps. BTC Calms at $83K The primary cryptocurrency started October with a bang, surging to over $87,000 on the second day of the month.

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The weekend is going relatively calmly for bitcoin and most of the crypto market, as is typical, but another macro event in the past several hours threatened to disrupt that. Yemen’s Houthis reportedly attacked the King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with at least 12 people killed and over 300 injured. Saudi Arabia’s authorities have vowed to respond to the attack, while the Houthis are yet to comment on it.

Most major cryptocurrencies tanked over the past several days, led by bitcoin’s nosedive from $87,000 to under $81,000, which became its lowest price tag in well over two weeks. Large altcoins such as XRP and ETH were not spared, with the former posting a double-digit decline over the past seven-day period. The question now is what whales were doing during this time, and what’s next for the underlying assets.

Bitcoin is trading around $83K after the rejection from the $86K to $90K resistance zone weakened short-term structure, while the Coinbase Premium Index has turned sharply negative, suggesting US-based buying demand may be fading. BTC is attempting to stabilize, but buyers need to reclaim nearby resistance to improve the outlook. Bitcoin Price Analysis: The Daily Chart Bitcoin’s daily chart shows a substantial recovery from the June lows near $58K to the recent highs around $86K.

XRP is attempting to stabilize after a sharp correction from its September highs, with the price currently trading around $1.40. While buyers have managed to trigger a rebound from the $1.30 support area, the broader technical picture remains mixed. XRP needs to claim nearby resistance to continue the recovery, while another rejection could expose lower support levels.