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Bitcoin (BTC) zoned in on a multi-week high for the weekly close on Feb. 6 as a calm weekend helped fragile sentiment.BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingViewBitcoin should flip $41,000 to support Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView followed a mercifully non-volatile weekend for BTC/USD, which continued to test $42,000 resistance while retaining $40,000 as support.Friday’s unexpected gap upward initially resulted in misgivings over a price “fakeout,” but at the time of writing, no significant retracement had entered.”I do not believe this Bitcoin impulse is done,” popular trader and analyst TechDev announced.Other comments focused on what could be a more sustainable price transformation, William Clemente eyeing $41,000 as a support-resistance flip to secure an attack on levels closer to $50,000 next.”Pretty straightforward price action-wise for BTC,” he tweeted in fresh analysis on the day. “Bidding green box(es); would like to see a higher low set for continuation. Flip the 40-41k area as support and can start eyeing 47K which is PoB in confluence with yearly open and STH realized price. Final major area is 58k.”BTC/USD annotated chart. Source: William Clemente/ Twitter”Constructive” market needed for altcoin gainsFellow trader Pentoshi meanwhile said that the time could soon be right to take a position in altcoins.Relative: This bullish Ethereum options trade targets $3.1K ETH price with zero liquidation riskThese suffered heavily in recent months and are now primed for a turnaround should Bitcoin’s own strength persist.A few requirements Must have Bullish MS on both USD/BTC pairs or no interest Must be above 1hr + 4hr ema’s— Pentoshi Forbes worst trader 40 years running (@Pentosh1) February 5, 2022While flat on the day, many of the top ten cryptocurrencies by market cap produced significant gains through the week, among them Ether (ETH), up nearly 16% and above $3,000 for the first time since Jan. 20.ETH/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView

Bitcoin (BTC) held above $41,000 into the weekend after a late surge Friday took the largest cryptocurrency to two-week highs.BTC/USD 1-day candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView”The only good bear is a dead bear”Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD maintaining newly re-won ground Saturday, with the pair’s correlation to stock makets firmly in focus.Analysts had highlighted the $39,600 area as a key line to cross and flip to new support in order to secure further upside. In the event, this was no issue for bulls, as Bitcoin “gapped up” in seconds as it neared $40,000 to continue higher.Amid the newfound strength, the mood was conspicuously more buoyant than in recent days or even weeks.Popular analyst Credible Crypto compared current action to Q4 2020, in which Bitcoin challenged $12,000 prior to breaking three-year all-time highs.Characteristic of a 1-2, 1-2 or start of a new impulse is strong moves up, shallow pullbacks, continuation. The first chart is from 11-12k before our breakout and run to 60k. The second chart is now, and what I expect to play out to further confirm our major 5th has started. $BTC pic.twitter.com/gDvt4hsQoq— Credible Crypto (@CredibleCrypto) February 5, 2022″The only good bear is a dead bear,” trader and analyst Pentoshi quipped as the market continued rising to spike to local highs of $42,000.Others were less convinced of the sustainability of the current move, with data showing considerable large-volume selling beginning as $40,000 reappeared.CT cheering about a break of 40k, but orders of size $100k+ are still selling this rip #BTC pic.twitter.com/IfACqoRBs5— Material Scientist (@Mtrl_Scientist) February 4, 2022

As Cointelegraph reported, signs had already been circulating that an uptick was due, thanks mainly to the time-tested relative strength index (RSI) breaking a two-month downtrend in late January.”Probably worth mentioning price is at historic levels of oversold to on-chain demand/supply, and the futures traders have halted their sell-down,” statistician Willy Woo commented while comparing similar RSI breakouts.Fear lingers for wary hodlersTurning to sentiment, the sense of caution characterizing the market since November’s $69,000 peak remained.Related: Price analysis 2/4: BTC, ETH, BNB, ADA, SOL, XRP, LUNA, DOGE, DOT, AVAXAccording to the Crypto Fear & Greed Index, “fear” was still the overriding emotion among market participants, even after the price jump.The Index, which uses a basket of factors to produce a nominal sentiment score from 0-100, measured 33 at the time of writing, having spent most of January below 25 — the “extreme fear” zone.Nonetheless, the last time that the Index was so high was almost six weeks ago, just after Christmas.Crypto Fear & Greed Index (screenshot). Source: Alternative.me