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Bitcoin ran hard, then reality hit. Losing $70K wasn’t just technical, it changed market behavior. This feels less like panic and more like a reset phase.
Bitcoin didn’t just pull back. It lost a level the market trusted.
For months, Bitcoin felt unstoppable. Every dip was bought, sentiment stayed bullish, and momentum carried price all the way to the October 2025 peak near $126,000. Confidence was high, risk was ignored, and the trend looked easy.
Then the tone quietly changed.
When Bitcoin slipped below $70,000, most traders initially brushed it off as another routine dip. But this time, the bounce never really showed strength. Selling pressure stayed persistent, volatility expanded, and price gradually slid toward the $60,000 zone. In the process, Bitcoin gave back around 50% of its gains from the peak.
That wasn’t panic.
That was the market hitting reset.
Why $70K Was More Than Just a Level
$70,000 wasn’t just technical support. It was psychological. Above it, the market believed the trend was safe. Below it, confidence cracked. Once that level flipped into resistance, behavior shifted quickly. Leverage began to unwind, late longs got trapped, and fear replaced the calm optimism that defined the rally.
This is usually how strong trends pause. Not with a single crash, but with a slow grind that exhausts both buyers and sellers.
What a Reset Phase Really Looks Like
Right now, Bitcoin isn’t trending. It’s resetting.
That typically comes with:
Choppy, unpredictable price actionSharp moves in both directionsFailed breakouts and weak recoveriesEmotional overtrading
These phases feel frustrating, but they’re necessary. Strong rallies don’t continue without clearing excess leverage and weak positioning first.
One thing that stands out is volume behavior. Selling waves have come with stronger volume, while bounces have looked lighter and less convincing. That usually suggests sellers still have short-term control, even if price is trying to stabilize.
The Most Important Level Right Now
The $60,000 area is the key decision zone for the market.
If buyers defend it, Bitcoin can consolidate, cool down volatility, and start building a healthier baseIf it fails decisively, the market may need to explore lower levels before confidence can return
At this stage, prediction matters less than reaction. Strong markets show demand quickly. Weak markets struggle to reclaim lost levels.
What This Phase Teaches Traders
Markets like this reward discipline, not excitement.
Strong rallies always need resetsPsychological levels matter more than indicatorsPatience usually beats prediction during high volatility
Personally, I’m not trying to guess the bottom. I’m watching how price behaves around key levels, how volume reacts, and whether buyers step in with conviction. This is a phase for observation, not aggression.
My Current Mindset
In conditions like these, my focus is simple: capital protection first, opportunity later. This is where many traders either overtrade or completely step away. Both extremes usually lead to mistakes. Slowing down and letting the market reveal its direction is often the smarter move.
The Bigger Picture
Bitcoin isn’t broken. Corrections like this have always been part of its cycles. The rally was fast and emotional. The reset is slow and uncomfortable. That contrast is normal.
In simple terms:
Bitcoin ran hard. Now it’s catching its breath.
The next real opportunity won’t come from hype. It’ll come when volatility cools, fear fades, and price proves it can stand on its own again.
This is just my market perspective, not financial advice.
👉 Do you see this reset as an accumulation phase, or do you think the market still needs more time to cool off?
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When I look at this picture, what I don’t see is coincidence. I see market structure repeating itself.As a technical analyst, one of the first lessons you learn is that price has memory. Markets rarely invent completely new behavior; they revisit levels where strong decisions were made before. The numbers in this image — $BTC around 67K, $ETH near 2K, $BNB in the 600s, XRP around 1.3, TRX near 0.2, SOL around 80 — these aren’t random targets. They are psychological zones. Liquidity lives there. So does emotion.

In every cycle, retail investors tend to believe the next rally must go far beyond the previous high immediately. But in reality, the market often does something more subtle: it returns to old resistance, tests it, shakes out weak hands, and only then decides whether a true expansion phase begins.
From a technical perspective, these repeated price zones act like magnets. Order books get thick. Sellers who were trapped before finally break even and exit. Smart money watches how price behaves there — not just whether it reaches the level, but how it reacts once it gets there.

Another thing people underestimate is time. Cycles stretch longer than most traders expect. What feels like “nothing happening” is often accumulation in disguise. Volatility contracts, narratives fade, and that’s usually when positioning quietly shifts.
If the market does revisit these historical zones again by 2026, the real question won’t be whether those prices are reached. The real question will be:

Does volume expand? Does momentum follow through? Or does rejection come fast and violent?
Because reaching a level is easy.
Holding above it is what separates a rally from a true bull market.
That’s what I see when I look at this image — not a prediction, but a reminder:

Markets don’t just move forward. They echo.

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On Nov 18th 2025 I suggested that Btc was headed for a bottom at $84K (+/-2K).

I expressed concerns about a very bearish move if price fell below $81K. On Nov 21st that low $80s target was hit. Only later to be violated to the downside.

On Nov 30th I suggested that $BTC had bottomed at $80K & would bounce up to $98-99K and get rejected. On Jan 14th 2026 my target of $98K was hit with strange accuracy...and rejected as anticipated.

Once BTC was rejected at $98K, I suggested the recent lows at $80K would be swiped. I once again expressed concerns about a very bearish move if price fell below this local low.
Once the $80K low was swiped (T1), I suggested (on Jan 31st) that the next bearish target would be hit at $60K (+/-2K).

On Feb 6th, my $60K target was hit, and the anticipated significant bounce to follow (20%)

On Feb 6th, I outlined the typical bottoming structures and targets based on my studies of historical price action and statistical analysis. This lead me to expect a bounce from $60K to $71K (+/-1K)...and then a minimum retrace to $62-$65K

On Feb 6th my bullish target at $71K was hit and I suggested that it had met resistance and would be rejected down to my next bearish target ($62K-$65K).

That target of $65K was hit yesterday, as seen in today's chart.

Those that follow me know that I was warning of this significant drop since I mentioned the "three red week down rule" since Sept 2025. I said not only would btc soon crash, but also top alts would follow (ie xrp). This chart called the top for $XRP :

This chart called the top for BTC:

TA works! It works on all assests, in all time frames, across all markets. The question is how? How can someone like me be so "strangely accurate"? After all I don't have a crystal ball. Please know I'm not boasting, I've just been doing this a long time and I want to show you how predicatable it can be. Hopefully this will encourage you to learn TA. Also, I post here to keep track of my calls and to share my trading ideas (I want us all to succeed). Hopefully this offers some insights as to how effective technical analysis can be. I encourage you all to become students of this trade. Education is the only way we can gain any competitve edge in these fast moving markets.

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Look at the weekly $BTC chart.
There’s one constant across every major cycle the 200-week Moving Average (the red line on the chart).
It has repeatedly acted as the dividing line between panic and opportunity.
2020: Bitcoin wicked below the 200W MA during the Covid crash → followed by a historic bull run.2022–2023: Price consolidated around and slightly under it → leading into the expansion toward six figures.Now: Price is once again revisiting that same structural region
What matters isn’t that price is falling.
What matters is where it’s falling.
The 200W MA Is a Cycle Reset Zone
The 200-week MA is not a magical indicator.
It represents:
• The long-term cost basis of the market
• The average entry of multi-year holders
• A historical compression zone where risk gradually declines
Every time Bitcoin has traded significantly below this level, it has occurred during extreme fear not long-term structural weakness.
On the chart, you can see rounded accumulation bases forming around this line in previous cycles.
Above the 200W MA → optimism and expansion.
At or below it → exhaustion and disbelief.
That emotional contrast is the edge.
Why This Beats 95% of Traders
Most traders:
Buy breakouts after large movesUse leverage late in the cycleSell into fearOvertrade volatility
Meanwhile, a much simpler strategy has historically outperformed:
Wait for BTC to trade at or below the 200-week MA.
Accumulate gradually.
Avoid leverage.
Hold through the recovery phase.
No prediction. No constant screen time. No emotional decision-making.
Over a 2–3 year horizon, this discipline alone has outperformed the majority of active participants.
Important: This Isn’t “Calling the Bottom”
Price can overshoot. Volatility can remain elevated.
The market can stay uncomfortable longer than expected.
But historically, when BTC trades around or below the 200W MA, the long-term asymmetry shifts.
Downside becomes increasingly limited relative to upside potential across a full cycle.
That’s not certainty.
That’s probability.
You don’t need to outsmart the market. You don’t need complex indicators. You don’t need perfect timing. You need patience in high-probability zones. And historically, the 200-week moving average has been one of them.
In crypto, intelligence is common. Discipline is rare. And sometimes, simplicity is the real edge.

Bitcoin price could still reach $150,000 by year-end, but several things must happen for BTC price to find its technical footing and spark a new bull run.
$BTC $66,988 may recover from its ongoing slump and reach $150,000 by the year’s end, according to a recent Bernstein outlook.
Key takeaways:
Bitcoin must hold the 200-week SMA and see new-investor flows turn positive.Sidelined capital must flow back into crypto, and the quantum threat needs to be addressed.More rate cuts from the Fed in 2026 will bring risk-on investors back to BTC.

Bitcoin must hold above this key trend line
One condition that has consistently defined Bitcoin’s transition from bear markets to new bull cycles is the price action around the 200-week simple moving average (200-week SMA, the blue wave).
Historically, this wave has acted as a magnet during deep drawdowns and a solid floor once selling pressure subsides.

In both 2015 and 2018, Bitcoin bottomed near the 200-week SMA before entering multiyear uptrends. The 2022 bear market saw $BTC price briefly breaking below it, but the failure proved short-lived.
Bitcoin holding above the 200-week SMA will reduce the odds of a prolonged, 2022-style capitulation, while keeping the path open for a new bull phase.
Bitcoin’s new investor flows must return
Another prerequisite for a sustained bull run is a reversal in new investor flows.
As of February, wallets tracking first-time and short-term holders show roughly $2.7 billion in cumulative outflows, the highest since 2022.

In healthy bull markets, pullbacks attract fresh capital and accelerate participation. However, in the current market, the opposite is happening, according to IT Tech, a CryptoQuant-associated onchain analyst.
“Current readings resemble post-ATH transitions, in which marginal buyers exit and price is driven by internal rotation, not net inflows,” the analyst wrote in a Tuesday post.
Related: Bitcoin holders sell 245K BTC in tight macro conditions: Did the market bottom?
In prior cycles, including 2020, 2021 and 2022, sustained bullish reversals only emerged once new-investor flows flipped decisively back into positive territory.

The same must happen in 2026 to make a strong bull case for Bitcoin. Bitcoin ETF net flows turned positive on Monday, which could be a first sign that these investor flows are starting to come back.
Sidelined Tether must flow back into crypto
Tether’s (USDT) share of the total crypto market has risen in recent weeks to test a familiar 8.5%–9.0% resistance zone.
Rising USDT dominance means investors are parking money in stablecoins and avoiding risk. Falling dominance usually signals the opposite: capital rotating back into Bitcoin and the broader crypto market.

Since November 2022, clear pullbacks from this 8%–9% area have aligned with strong Bitcoin rebounds.
One rejection was followed by a 76% rally over 140 days, while another preceded 169% gains over 180 days. A similar setup occurred from 2020 to 2022, when the key ceiling sat near 4.5%–5.75%.
USDT dominance broke above that range in May 2022, and Bitcoin then fell by 45%, further reflecting the inverse correlation between the two.
As a result, Tether dominance must fall to start a new Bitcoin bull run.
Quantum fears must subside
Another headwind to overcome for Bitcoin is the potential quantum threat. These are theories that future quantum computers could break Bitcoin’s cryptography, putting $BTC wallets at risk.
Some note that 25% of Bitcoin addresses are already at risk.
Several security-focused sources frame this as a threat that is still far off in the future.
For example, in November 2025, cryptographer and Blockstream CEO Adam Back said Bitcoin faces no meaningful quantum threat for “20 to 40 years,” adding the network can be “quantum ready” well before it becomes a real problem.
Bitcoin Optech also noted that near-term quantum risk would be concentrated in edge cases, such as reused addresses, rather than the entire network at once.
For Bitcoin to build a bull case in 2026, this threat must be addressed for buyers to regain confidence.
Doing just that, Coinbase and Strategy have launched initiatives, bringing in experts and mapping out a roadmap for Bitcoin security upgrades.

More rate cuts by the Fed
Bitcoin’s chances of re-entering a bull cycle in 2026 improve if the US Federal Reserve delivers at least two rate cuts next year, which is what CME futures pricing was currently implying as of February.

Lower rates generally reduce the appeal of yield-bearing assets like U.S. Treasurys, pushing investors to seek higher returns elsewhere. That shift tends to favor risk assets, including equities and cryptocurrencies.
Donald Trump may push the new Fed chair for three rate cuts in 2026, according to Lee Ferridge, strategist at State Street Corp.
Three rate cuts this year may further increase Bitcoin’s appeal among risk traders.
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Bitcoin’s rejection at $70,000 and the large liquidity void below leave $60,000 vulnerable, a move analysts see as likely in the coming days.
$BTC $66,989 price fell to $65,800 on Wednesday, slipping back below key intraday trend lines and raising concerns that last week’s drop to $60,000 may not have been the final bottom. Now, analysts say the possibility of another drop to the yearly low ($59,800) is increasing due to a growing liquidity gap between $66,000 and $60,000. 
Key takeaways:
Bitcoin has formed a series of lower highs after repeated rejections near the $70,000–$72,000 resistance zone.The relative strength index (RSI) is trending toward oversold levels as the price trades below key moving averages.The liquidation heatmap indicated an absence of liquidity up to $60,500, keeping the risk of a downside price move open.
Failure to hold $70,000 weakens Bitcoin’s short-term prospects
Bitcoin’s one-hour chart shows multiple failed attempts to hold above $70,000. Each rejection has led to lower price highs and steady selling pressure.
BTC’s price briefly pushed into intraday highs of $69,800 before reversing sharply during the New York session on Wednesday, forming a classic swing failure pattern. The move trapped breakout longs and accelerated downside momentum.

$BTC also traded below both the 50-period and 100-period exponential moving averages, confirming short-term bearish control. The RSI remained below 50, indicating limited buying pressure.
A 15-minute order block sits near the $60,800–$61,000 region, an area where strong buying pressure previously stepped in after BTC printed a yearly bottom at $59,800. This region remains a liquidity target if $64,000 fails to hold.
Heatmap data shows $60,000 is a liquidity magnet
Bitcoin’s liquidity heatmaps reveal stacked orders above $72,000, but it also highlights a “liquidity void” from $66,000 to $60,500. This “liquidity void” may act as a magnet, as price tends to move quickly through low-liquidity areas to tap concentrated stop clusters below.

Despite more visible liquidity being higher, the downside remains open as a final stack of leveraged longs worth over $350 million is still positioned near $60,500.
Bitcoin trader Husky said Bitcoin is slipping below the anchored volume-weighted average price (VWAP) drawn from last week’s lows at $59,800, a level that is acting as a short-term fair value. 
With the overall market structure starting to weaken, a lack of a swift recovery above $68,000 increases the risk of further downside toward lower support levels near $65,000. For now, Bitcoin is expected to trade within a broad $60,000 to $72,000 range, according to the trader.

Likewise, market analyst EliZ noted that $BTC is consolidating near $66,500 inside a descending channel. A break below this level may send the price toward the $63,400–$64,600 support zone, increasing the odds of a revisit to $60,000.
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The BTC liquidation heatmap is more than a colorful chart floating behind price candles. It is a live psychological map of the market, a visual record of where traders have stretched themselves too far and where the system will step in if they are wrong. When you look at the gradient flowing from deep purple into bright yellow, you are not just looking at abstract data. You are looking at risk concentration. You are looking at pressure points. You are looking at the exact levels where leverage turns into forced action.

At its core, a liquidation heatmap shows where leveraged futures positions would be automatically closed if price reaches certain levels. Every trader using leverage has a liquidation price, the point where their margin can no longer support their position. When thousands of traders open positions around similar price zones, their liquidation levels stack on top of each other. The heatmap translates that stack into color intensity. Purple areas represent lower concentrations of potential forced closures, while yellow signals heavy clustering, meaning a significant number of positions are vulnerable there.

What makes this powerful is not just the data itself, but what it implies about behavior. Markets are not purely logical systems; they are emotional ecosystems driven by fear, conviction, overconfidence, and herd mentality. When Bitcoin trends strongly, traders often pile into the move with leverage, convinced that continuation is inevitable. As more participants crowd into similar entries, their liquidation levels begin to align. That alignment creates liquidity pockets above or below the current price. The heatmap simply makes those pockets visible.

There is something almost magnetic about these bright yellow bands. Price often gravitates toward areas of high liquidation density because they represent liquidity. When price pushes into a zone packed with vulnerable shorts, forced buy orders can accelerate upward momentum. When it falls into a cluster of over-leveraged longs, automatic sell pressure can intensify the drop. This chain reaction is not random. It is mechanical. The exchange does not hesitate; it simply executes closures when margin thresholds are breached. That mechanical reaction can produce sudden spikes that feel dramatic and emotional to traders, but in reality they are structural.

One of the most misunderstood aspects of the liquidation heatmap is that it does not predict direction. It highlights vulnerability. It shows where volatility can expand rapidly if price touches certain levels. It does not guarantee reversal or continuation. A heavy liquidation cluster below price does not automatically mean the market will drop to clear it. But it does mean that if price does move downward, there is fuel waiting. The same applies above price. Bright zones are potential acceleration points, not promises.

In practice, the heatmap often aligns with areas that traders would traditionally label as support and resistance, but the reasoning is different. Traditional support is based on historical reactions. Liquidation clusters are based on current exposure. They represent real positions that are still active and at risk. That difference matters. A historical support level might break slowly, but a liquidation-heavy zone can break violently because forced orders enter the market all at once.

Another layer to understand is that the heatmap reflects aggregated estimates. Not every trader will be liquidated at the exact same tick. Some will close early. Others will add margin. Still, the clustering effect remains powerful because even partial cascades can shift order flow dramatically. When large blocks of leverage unwind, volatility expands and spreads widen. That is why sudden wicks often appear precisely in areas where heatmaps glow brightest.

The human side of this tool is what makes it fascinating. Behind every bright band is a crowd of traders who believed they were positioned correctly. The heatmap does not show their conviction or their reasoning, but it does show where they are most exposed. It is a reminder that leverage amplifies both confidence and risk. When too many participants lean in one direction with borrowed power, the system becomes fragile. A relatively small push can trigger disproportionate movement.

Reading a liquidation heatmap effectively requires context. It works best when combined with trend structure, volume behavior, funding rates, and broader market sentiment. If the trend is strong and a large cluster sits just beyond a breakout level, the probability of acceleration increases. If the market is ranging and liquidation zones sit on both sides, it signals potential for sharp whipsaws. The heatmap does not replace analysis; it deepens it.

Ultimately, the BTC liquidation heatmap is a window into the invisible tension inside the derivatives market. It reveals where leverage is concentrated and where forced reactions could unfold. It captures the intersection between structure and emotion, between mechanical rules and human risk-taking. When you look at the transition from purple to yellow, you are not just observing color intensity. You are observing the anatomy of potential volatility, mapped out in advance.

In a market as reactive as Bitcoin, understanding where pressure builds can change how you interpret price behavior. The heatmap does not tell you what must happen, but it tells you where things can happen fast. And in crypto, speed is often the difference between calm trading and chaos.

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