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El Salvador made bitcoin official currency. Now a new crop of bitcoin experiments wants to do the same around the world.
  • The price of bitcoin is testing a pivotal level that could determine whether strength or weakness is ahead.
  • The cryptocurrency needs to decisively clear $30,000 to test its $35,200 resistance level, according to Fairlead Strategies.
  • If bitcoin can't reclaim $30,000, a downturn back to $25,200 appears likely.

Bitcoin's year-to-date rally of 76% has catapulted the cryptocurrency to a pivotal technical level that should give investors clues as to whether more upside or downside is ahead.