Bitcoin (BTC) clipped $44,000 later on Dec. 5 as the Wall Street trading session delivered more snap BTC price gains.

BTC/USD 1-hour chart. Source: TradingView

Bitcoin applies more pressure to bears

Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView followed a fresh round of upside for Bitcoin as it outpaced altcoins to reach $44,011 on Bitstamp.

Taking week-to-date gains to 10%, this marked its highest levels since early April 2022 and represented a key challenge to significant resistance.

As noted by popular trader and analyst Rekt Capital, $44,000 constitutes the high point of a range that has occurred several times since early 2021.

“Bitcoin has successfully revisited the Range High resistance at ~$43900,” he continued in subsequent commentary on X (formerly Twitter).

“Bitcoin has a history of reclaiming the black level so it’s still a possibility that price could revisit the higher $40,000s. Important to watch for the retest in the meantime.”

BTC/USD annotated chart. Source: Rekt Capital/X

On the markets, derivatives led the charge, with spot following. Liquidations came in step, with over $100 million in crypto shorts wiped out on the day so far at the time of writing, per data from statistics resource CoinGlass.

Crypto liquidations (screenshot). Source: CoinGlass

CoinGlass further showed the latest move spiking through the lion’s share of likely short liquidation levels on the largest global exchange

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