Bitcoin market dominance plumbs 4-year lows as BTC price ditches $20K

Support slips from BTC bulls’ grasp as “Septembear” delivers the first signs of classic downside.

Bitcoin (BTC) traded below $20,000 on Sept. 3 as commodities declined on news of a G7 Russian energy ban.

All down after gloomy macro week

Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed ongoing lackluster performance on BTC/USD, which traded around $19,800.

The largest cryptocurrency looked increasingly unable to flip $20,000 to firm support as the weekend began, and the mood among market participants was jaded.

Eyeing the 8-day exponential moving average (EMA), popular trader Cheds noted its strength as intraday resistance continuing into September.

$BTC if you are trading this and not watching daily EMA 8 you are literally asleep at the wheel. No excuses https://t.co/cTGEHWQNYo pic.twitter.com/WwMmwCLFO5

— Cheds (@BigCheds) September 2, 2022

United States equities closed out a troublesome week, the S&P 500 down 2.7% and Nasdaq Composite Index 3.25%, respectively.

Oil prices fell in Europe on the announcement of a Russian price cap potentially taking shape at the end of the year, despite implications tied to price increases should Russia itself retaliate.

German Electricity and Gas prices keep crashing. Gas now €218/MWh, down 38% from ATH, 1y Power Price now €508/MWh, down 52% from ATH. pic.twitter.com/1pPK5vJoGE

— Holger Zschaepitz (@Schuldensuehner) September 2, 2022

Gas supplies to Europe, likewise, stopped following the price cap decision, allegedly due to technical difficulties, having previously been due to resume Sept. 3.

“Gazprom seems to imply here that the only operating turbine at Nord Stream 1 pipeline can only be repaired now at one of (overseas) Siemens Energy specialised workshops, and until that happens, the pipeline won’t re-start (in other words, it’s down for good),” Javier Blas, energy and commodities columnist at Bloomberg, commented on a statement from Russian energy giant Gazprom over gas transit downtime.

Bitcoin gives up market share 

For the Bitcoin bulls, meanwhile, lack of market presence was beginning to show.

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Depending on the source, Bitcoin’s share of the overall cryptocurrency market cap was at its lowest in as much as four years as of Sept. 3.

CoinMarketCap put Bitcoin dominance at just 39%, the weakest performance since June 2018.

TradingView calculations gave the figure as 39.88%, still marking an eight-month low.

Earlier, Cointelegraph reported on the overall cryptocurrency market cap preserving its 200-week moving average (MA), a key achievement in bear markets gone by.

The same, however, could not be said for BTC/USD.

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