BTC Bears Are Back, Bitcoin Slowly Weakens as Altcoins Beat a Retreat

Bitcoin has managed to hold on above $9,000 for another day but it is slowly weakening and likely to drop below that support level by the weekend. The altcoins meanwhile are already sliding further and may well dump all recent gains.
Bitcoin Support Weakening
The pattern is pretty clear when looking at the Tradingview charts. A down trend has formed on the week and Bitcoin is slowly losing ground as it slides back towards $9k this Halloween day. The highest it could manage over the past day is $