Bitcoin (BTC) hovered nearly $59,000 as Nov. 21 came to a shut afterwards avoiding a retest of its recent lows.

BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView

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Information from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD virtually hitting $60,000 before consolidating in a new higher range later sudden gains Saturday evening.

The pair had hit lows of $55,650 during the week, these mark its lowest signal in over a month, but further retests failed to materialize as sentiment improved.

Adopting a calmer perspective into the weekly close, analysts thus looked to the long term to understand the overall wellness of the marketplace.

"Since breaking its black 200-day EMA, BTC rallied to new All Time Highs. Nevertheless over +50% above the 200 EMA, despite the contempo retrace from ATHs," Rekt Capital letter summarized on the day.

"Long-term investor sentiment is still bullish towards Bitcoin."
BTC/USD i-day candle chart (Bitstamp) with 200-day moving boilerplate (EMA). Source: Rekt Capital letter/Twitter

On-chain metrics supported the reasoned view, with the Crypto Fear & Greed Index in neutral territory at just below $60,000.

Network fundamentals were similarly unfazed by the week'south events with the hash rate staying most all-time highs and difficulty still on track to rising modestly at the next readjustment due Nov. 27.

Fellow trader Pentoshi, meanwhile, identified the expanse betwixt $59,000 and $61,000 as the point at which it would be prudent to reenter with spot longs should that area be successfully reclaimed.

"Overall, super bicycle and lengthening cycle for Bitcoin is even so the case," Cointelegraph contributor Michaƫl van de Poppe added.

Ethereum, Barrage lead a slow altcoin market

On the topic of altcoins, Ether (ETH) constituted one of the most solid performers out of the top x cryptocurrencies past marketplace capitalization Sunday amid broadly flat action.

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ETH/USD traded up ii.3% at the time of writing, while outlier Avalance (AVAX) delivered 12% returns over 24 hours and entered the elevation ten for the first time to push out Dogecoin (DOGE).

ETH/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView

Despite Sat's abrupt upturn, BTC/USD was nonetheless around 1.8% college.