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Bitcoin and Gold Face Setbacks as Promising Vaccine Trial Curbs Safe-Haven Demand

Yashu Gola by Yashu Gola
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  • Bitcoin fell from a crucial resistance area as a promising coronavirus vaccine trial curbed safe-haven demand intraday.
  • Drugmaker Moderna Inc. reported that the experimental virus drug boosted immune response to fight off the virus.
  • The news boosted intraday risk-on sentiment, with the three Wall Street indices logging gains. Gold, like Bitcoin, fell.

Bitcoin found its firm footing amid a growing health crisis. But now, the so-called safe-haven is showing its first signs of losing strength as the crisis promises to approach a resolution.

Biotech firm Moderna Inc. reported on Monday that its early human trials for a potential coronavirus vaccine returned positive results. The Massachusetts-based company said the vaccine boosted immune response in some of its healthy human volunteers, only a day after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell warned about a slow economic recovery without a coronavirus drug.

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The grim outlook earlier helped push appetite for safe-haven assets among investors. Bitcoin, a relatively new hedging asset, rallied 6.93 percent in a three-day winning streak.

But the benchmark cryptocurrency’s rally came to a halt on Tuesday as investors entertained the possibility for a full economic recovery after Moderna’s promising vaccine trial. The BTC/USD exchange rate fell by $208, or 2.14 percent, to $9,528.45 in early trading Tuesday.

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BTCUSD testing the Descending Trendline resistance since December 2017

The pair attempted to recover part of its intraday losses but risked falling under the weight of a long-term price ceiling. A volatile asset, bitcoin typically relies on speculative technical narratives more than market fundamentals. Only on Tuesday, both technicals and fundamentals prompted its downside move.

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The Yellow Metal Falls Too

Bitcoin’s correction came about in tandem with that of Gold, a macro hedging asset with a better foothold in traditional markets.

June Futures linked to the precious metal fell $21.90, or circa 1.3 percent, to settle at $1,734.40 an ounce. The contract earlier gained on dismal economic data and fears of new coronavirus infections – the same factors that drove its digital rival Bitcoin high.

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Gold June Futures plunged ahead of Monday close | Source: TradingView.com, Comex

It also surged as investors expected the spot gold to reach its all-time high amid massive stimulus measures by the Federal Reserve and the U.S. Congress. Daniel Ghali, an analyst at TD Securities, told Bloomberg that the latest Gold pullback shows a reversal of safe-haven flows.

“Inasmuch as a vaccine is an ultimate remedy for the economic problems that lie ahead, it would negate the need for a prolonged period in which the Fed and other central banks would provide unprecedented amounts of stimulus.”

Bitcoin Technical Outlook

Facing resilience at long-term technical resistance, Bitcoin could undergo a short-term correction. But as noted in an analysis published Monday, the cryptocurrency is going to paint two extremely bullish Golden Crosses this week. Their formation would signal buyers to test $10,500 in the near-term, with a more flourished upside target above $11,800.

Meanwhile, failure to close above the resistance could push Bitcoin towards its 200-day moving average near $8,000.

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Yashu Gola

Yashu Gola

Globetrotter Yashu Gola has been working as a financial/crypto market journalist since 2013. He is an information technology graduate, a cryptography junkie, a filmmaking enthusiast, and an avid reader of Jon Erickson, Agatha Christie, JK Rowling, and Isaac Asimov.

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