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Bitcoin Levels to Watch as Cryptocurrency Down From Highs
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Bitcoin (BTCUSD) surged above $100,000 early this week but retreated in recent days as investors reassess this year’s interest rate outlook.
The cryptocurrency has lost ground as stronger-than-expected economic data has driven up Treasury yields, putting downward pressure on risk-on assets such as bitcoin amid investor concerns that the Federal Reserve may not cut interest rates again.
Bitcoin was at $94,900 on Friday morning, up from an overnight low of $91,700 but well below its high for the week set on Monday of nearly $103,000.
Since setting an all-time high (ATH) of around $108,000 in mid-December, bitcoin’s price has come under significant selling pressure. More recently, the cryptocurrency’s price formed a bearish engulfing pattern to halt last week’s rally back above the closely watched $100K level.
In addition, the relative strength index (RSI) has dropped below the 50 threshold and the price has fallen decisively under the respected 50-day moving average (MA), signaling weakening buying momentum.
Investors should watch key support levels on Bitcoin’s chart around $92,000, $87,000, and $74,000, while also monitoring important resistance levels near $100,000 and $106,000.
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–Timothy Smith
Delta Soars as Results Beat Expectations
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Shares of Delta Air Lines (DAL) rose in premarket trading Friday after the airline reported fourth-quarter fiscal 2024 results that came in ahead of analysts’ estimates.
The carrier posted December-quarter profit of $843 million, or $1.29 per share, on revenue of $15.56 billion. Analysts polled by Visible Alpha expected net income of $1.15 billion, or $1.78 per share, on revenue of $14.89 billion.
On an adjusted basis, earnings per share (EPS) of $1.85 topped analysts’ estimates of $1.76.
Delta projects EPS growth of over 10% year-over-year to greater than $7.35 in fiscal 2025, “excluding the 45-cent impact of the CrowdStrike-caused outage in the September quarter.” For the current quarter, it expects revenue to grow 7% to 9% and EPS of $0.70 to $1.00.
Shares were up 7% in recent premarket trading. They have risen roughly 50% over the past year, more than double the percentage gain of American Airlines (AAL) stock but trailing the roughly 135% surge in United Airlines (UAL) shares.
–Aaron McDade
