On Monday (September 16), Bitcoin rose and then fell below $58,500, with a short-term price drop of nearly $2,000. Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was suspected of being shot and assassinated again, but fortunately he is safe now, but apart from Bitcoin, there was no obvious reaction in the financial market, and the gold market did not fluctuate.
Summarizing the whole story of Trump's suspected assassination attempt, a shooting occurred near Trump's golf club in Florida at around 1:30 p.m. local time on the weekend. The U.S. Secret Service found a man with a rifle near the fence of Trump's golf course. The Secret Service then exchanged fire with the suspect, firing at least four shots. But it is not clear whether the suspect fired the gun.
Trump was playing golf when the gunfire broke out. He was immediately put on a golf cart and taken to a safe place in the clubhouse. No one was injured. A witness said he saw a man running out of the bushes and jumping into a black SUV. The witness took a photo of the suspect's car and license plate. The suspect's SUV was stopped on I-95 in Martin County and the man was detained. Police interviewed witnesses to confirm that the suspect was arrested correctly.
After the shooting, police found an AK-47 rifle, two backpacks and a sports camera in the bushes near the golf course. The AK-47 rifle is believed to have a scope. The White House made a statement on the shooting, saying Biden and Harris had been briefed on the incident and were glad that Trump was safe.
Trump responded by saying he was playing golf when the gun went off and that he was fine and that the Secret Service did a great job. Law enforcement officials in Palm Beach County, Florida, said Trump was about 400 to 500 yards (365.76-457.2 meters) away from the gunman when the shooting occurred.
The FBI pointed out that the shooting was suspected to be an "assassination attempt" against Trump and the department is investigating. Some US officials believe that the suspect's target is Trump. The suspect is named Ryan Wesley Routh, and it is reported that the man is a 58-year-old white male. Members of the two parties urged to strengthen security protection for Trump.
There was no obvious reaction in the financial market, with Bitcoin rising first and then falling, and gold remaining unchanged.
After the incident, Trump's chances of winning the November election, which had been behind at the end of last week's TV debate, changed. According to data from Polymarket, a large cryptocurrency betting platform, Trump tied Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris with 49% at 49%.
Billionaire Elon Musk responded to community user DogeDesigner's question "Why did they assassinate Trump" on Twitter (now renamed X) and said that no one tried to assassinate Biden or Harris, and added a "thinking" emoticon.
It is worth noting that Trump will officially launch his family’s new decentralized finance (DeFi) project World Liberty Financial (WLFI) later this week, which has attracted great attention from the market.
In addition, the WLFI team announced on its official Twitter that it will appoint Sandy Peng, co-founder of Ethereum's second-layer network Scroll, as an advisor. The latter is well-known in the Chinese community.
Bitcoin Technical Analysis
CoinGape said Bitcoin’s current corrective trend is being driven by dynamic resistance that has remained intact since late July, and a potential breakout would strengthen bullish momentum.
If buyers convert the overhead resistance into potential support, Bitcoin price could target $68,000, followed by resistance at the all-time high of around $73,777.
Conversely, the Bitcoin price prediction shows clear resistance at the $65,800 mark as more than 6.84 million addresses hold approximately 3.1 million Bitcoins.
Therefore, if a potential rally faces supply pressure at this resistance level, sellers could push Bitcoin into an extended comfort phase.
