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Bitcoin (BTC) follows Japanese stocks recovery

Crypto Daily – (BTC) has begun its recovery. Now up 15.6% since its Monday low, and no small increase of $7,600 since then; Bitcoin appears to be following the recovery seen in the Japanese Nikkai 225 Index. Could this be a v-shaped recovery for both?

Nikkai on road to recovery

The Nikkai 225 is an index of the top 225 companies on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). Since a horrendous plunge from top to bottom of 26% over only 5 days, the Nikkai 225 Index has recently recovered 12.4% of this.

The unwinding of the Yen carry trade, and the fact that crypto was the only sellable asset over the weekend, meant that Bitcoin took a terrible beating, as traders looking to unwind their positions sold $BTC hard, because it was the only asset that could be sold.

The weekly price chart for the Nikkai 225 Index shows a huge wick down to the horizontal support. This wick down also nicely tested the upward trend line. The Japanese stock market could proceed back to the…
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