Polymarket traders now see a real risk of ETH losing its number-two crypto ranking in 2026, with odds jumping from 17% to over 59% this year.
After declining to around $65,500 on Friday, Bitcoin appears to be recovering slowly this weekend. Having briefly reclaimed the $67,000 level on Saturday, March 28, the premier cryptocurrency seems to be enjoying a brewing bullish momentum. According to the latest on-chain data, the Bitcoin price might be preparing for a broader expansion to the upside over the next few weeks. BTC Net Short Positions Jump 52% In Two Days In a recent post on the social media platform X, popular crypto trader Ali Martinez shared an insight into the general sentiment among the crowd in the world’s largest cryptocurrency market. The crypto analyst revealed that a record number of traders are currently betting against the price of Bitcoin. Related Reading: Binance Users Register Record Gold Futures Trading Activity – What This Means This on-chain observation is based on the Net Short metric, which measures the difference between the number of new short positions opened and the number of existing short positions closed over a given period. Typically, a positive value suggests that more new positions are being opened more than closed, while a negative Net Short metric signals otherwise. According to data highlighted by Martinez, the number of “short” positions being taken by the Bitcoin traders is up by more than 52% over the past two days. This trend has perhaps been influenced by the waning momentum — as evidenced by the fall to $65,500 — of the BTC price in the last few days. Merely looking at this piece of data, it could be concluded that the crowd sentiment is tilting toward the bearish side of the market, implying potential further downside for the premier cryptocurrency. However, historical trends show that the crypto market tends to move in the opposite direction of the crowd. Martinez wrote on X: Historically, when everyone leans too far to one side, the opposite often happens. If BTC starts to climb, all those people betting against it will be forced to buy back in, potentially fueling a powerful “short squeeze” to the upside. Typically, a short squeeze is a phenomenon where the price of a cryptocurrency (Bitcoin, in this case) rises unexpectedly, forcing short traders to try to cover their positions by buying the asset. The forced liquidation of these short positions also adds fuel to the further upward price movement. Bitcoin Price At A Glance As of this writing, the price of BTC stands at around $66,880, reflecting a nearly 2% jump in the past 24 hours. Related Reading: Crypto Trader Predicts Bitcoin Price Will Hit $100,000 Again When This Happens Featured image created by DALL.E, chart from TradingView
Rising oil and gold volumes signal growing demand for onchain macro trading, but limited liquidity and depth still keep traditional markets in control.
Bitcoin's price dropped below $67,000 this weekend, after a brutal slide that left it more than 40% below its October 2025 peak. In February, BTC had fallen about 47% from its high near $126,000. In an earlier version of this market, that kind of drop would cause all kinds of ugly reactions that would spread […]
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Santiment data shows that bearish sentiment language is flooding social media at peak levels. However, this might actually be a good thing for smart bullish investors, as the sentiment data proposes that what retail traders are saying may be setting up the opposite move in price. Social Media Fear Shows Fading Bullish Language Data from Santiment’s social dominance tracking tool shows a vivid rise in bearish language dominating Bitcoin-related discussions on social media platforms. Terms like “crash,” “dip,” “pullback,” and “bloodbath” are now appearing more frequently across social platforms, and this is a direct reflection of the fear among retail participants. Santiment’s social dominance tracking tool monitors the balance between bullish and bearish language across crypto-related social media in real time. Related Reading: XRP Futures Market Keeps Resetting As Whales Accumulate Amid Mixed Signals At the same time, optimistic phrases tied to rallies, such as “buy,” “accumulation,” or “mooning,” have faded into the background. As bearish as this may sound, history shows that this imbalance between fear and greed has always been associated with turning points for crypto prices. As of late March 2026, Santiment’s chart shows that fearful language is once again heating up, with the metric flagging the current moment as a zone comparable to prior “Buy” signals marked throughout the past 13 months. Each of those prior signals, which are shown in the chart image below and visible across February, April, August, October, and November 2025, preceded meaningful upside moves in Bitcoin’s price action. On the other hand, every major Santiment-marked “Sell” signal where bullish language peaked corresponded with local price tops. The most prominent of these occurred in late November 2025 and again in mid-January 2026, both of which were followed by price crashes. Crypto Sentiment On Social Media. Source: Santiment On X Bitcoin Network Activity Tells A More Complicated Story Price alone, however, may not be enough to confirm a durable bottom. CryptoQuant data on Bitcoin active addresses introduces an important caveat: network participation has declined by more than 30% from its August 2025 peak. During the height of Bitcoin’s bull run in August 2025, active addresses reached 938,609 on a single day, with the 30-day moving average sitting above 743,000. However, daily active addresses have fallen to 655,908 in late March, with the 7-day moving average now around 613,000 and the 30-day average at 636,000. Bitcoin Active Addresses. Source: CryptoQuant This cooling in activity means that fewer participants are actively transacting on the Bitcoin blockchain network. This is another reflection of the lack of bullish price action, lack of investor engagement, and a prolonged consolidation phase. Related Reading: UK Slaps Sanctions On $20B Crypto Black Market Tied To Southeast Asia Scam Rings According to a crypto analyst on the CryptoQuant platform, a price recovery alone may not be enough to validate a convincing structural recovery. Active participants, wallets transacting, moving coins, and engaging with the network at scale will also be required for any structural recovery. Featured image from Unsplash, chart from TradingView
One of crypto’s most outspoken founders has launched an attack on Ripple and its CEO Brad Garlinghouse, accusing the company of shaping the CLARITY Act in ways that benefit Ripple while placing devastating burdens on every other blockchain project in the industry. Charles Hoskinson, founder of Cardano, did not hold back. The Core Accusation Hoskinson’s …
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The XRP price has exhibited a seller-dominated market over the past few days, underscoring the continued dominance of the bears in recent weeks. A broader look at the altcoin’s performance shows what looks like a consolidatory range since early February. As this plays out, a market analyst has recently painted a bearish outlook for the XRP price, predicting a potential 30% decline in the near-term. XRP Breaking Out Of A Symmetrical Triangle In a recent post on the X platform, crypto analyst Ali Martinez shared a not-so-optimistic outlook for the XRP price. Martinez hypothesizes that the cryptocurrency could soon see a significant downturn of up to 30% in the coming weeks. Related Reading: Not Binance: Bitcoin Analyst Who Bought At $1 Revealed What Really Caused The October 10 Crash This bearish projection is based on the formation of a symmetrical triangle on the 4-hour timeframe of the XRP price chart. For context, a symmetrical triangle is a chart pattern where price forms a series of lower highs and higher lows, with the price narrowing into a triangle shape. Typically, the price within this triangle compresses and moves towards its apex of the triangle. Eventually, the asset’s price would be forced to either break above the upper boundary of the triangle ( in what is called a breakout) or fall below the triangle’s lower boundary, forming a breakdown. Sharp Increase In Volatility When this breakout of the symmetrical triangle occurs, it often leads to a sharp expansion in volatility. This is because market participants expect strong moves in the direction of the breakout or breakdown, hence they increasingly bet in line with the move. It is, however, worth noting that not all breakouts are “true breakouts.” As such, it is common practice to wait for a confirmation of the breakout or breakdown — the latter in the current scenario — by watching either for a retest of the trendline or for the closure of at least two bearish candles under the lower trendline. As Martinez highlighted, the XRP price seems to break below the triangle’s lower boundary, implying potential downside volatility in the near term. The price target after the breakdown from the chart pattern is often derived from the height (base) of the triangle. The crypto analyst calculated a potential 30% downward move from the current price point, putting the target at around $0.93. Nevertheless, it is worth noting that the figures obtained are theoretical and may be subject to change depending on broader contingent market conditions. XRP Price At A Glance As of this writing, the price of XRP stands at around $1.34, reflecting a mere 0.6% increase in the last 24 hours. Related Reading: XRP To Enter This $100 Trillion Custody Pool And This Is How It Will Happen Featured image from iStock, chart from TradingView
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Long traders in XRP futures market have been repeatedly wiped out in recent weeks, even as large holders quietly add to their positions. Liquidations on Binance topped $2.5 million on March 18, followed by another $2.45 million four days later, and $2.15 million on March 26 — three sharp resets in less than two weeks that point to an unstable futures environment despite rising whale activity. Related Reading: UK Slaps Sanctions On $20B Crypto Black Market Tied To Southeast Asia Scam Rings Whale Buying Hits Longest Streak In Months Large holders have been accumulating XRP steadily since late February. According to data tracked by CryptoQuant, whale inflows are now averaging $9 million per day on a 30-day moving average, and that buying streak has held without interruption since Feb. 27 — the longest sustained accumulation run since a similar period between April and July last year. That earlier stretch ended with XRP hitting an all-time high of $3.65 in mid-July 2025. The current buying activity stands in sharp contrast to the price chart, which has moved in the opposite direction. XRP has dropped 13.63% over the past 10 days after breaking down from a bullish pattern traders had been watching closely. Based on reports from CryptoQuant analysts, the altcoin could slide further to test support at $1.27, with a deeper fall toward the yearly low of $1.11 still possible if selling pressure continues. Open interest on Binance jumped close to 15% in the 24 hours ending March 26 — its highest single-day rise since early March — signaling that traders are adding new positions even as the market keeps punishing longs. The repeated liquidation spikes suggest that fresh money coming into the futures market is taking on more risk than conditions can currently support. Risk-Adjusted Returns Turn Slightly Positive One data point in XRP’s favor is its Sharpe Ratio, which measures how much return an asset delivers relative to its risk. After spending most of the period between October 2024 and February 2025 near or below zero, the ratio edged positive to 0.0267 as of March 26. Analyst Arab Chain, writing on CryptoQuant, called the movement a sign of gradual rebalancing, adding that a drop back into negative territory would signal renewed volatility. A 30-day average daily return of 0.00063 supports the shift, though the number is modest. Data shows gains remain small while volatility has stayed relatively flat — not a strong breakout signal, but a slight improvement from where things stood just a month ago. Related Reading: Ethereum Sets User Record As Price Lags Far Behind Network Growth Spot Market And Futures Sending Different Messages The gap between what onchain data shows and what the price chart is doing is the clearest tension in XRP’s current setup. Whales are buying. Retail futures traders keep getting liquidated. The Sharpe Ratio has improved but remains barely above zero. None of these signals points cleanly in the same direction. Featured image from Unsplash, chart from TradingView
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Bitcoin’s recent price action confirms a clear structural breakdown, ending weeks of compression and shifting momentum to the downside. While a short-term bounce remains possible as price fills nearby imbalances, the broader outlook stays bearish. Unless key resistance levels are quickly reclaimed, any upside move is likely to be temporary, with further downside pressure expected. Rising Channel Breakdown Signals Shift In Structure According to a BTC update by crypto analyst Columbus, the market structure has finally broken down after weeks of compression. Price had been coiling within a rising channel, forming higher lows that pressed into overhead resistance. Instead of acceptance higher, Bitcoin faced rejection at trend resistance, followed by a decisive breakdown. Related Reading: Bitcoin Slumps As Traders Turn Defensive: Options Market Flashes Red Warning Signal Current price action suggests continuation to the downside. What once looked like bullish compression has now transitioned into a potential distribution phase. Key liquidity levels now sit below. The $64,000 region stands as the first major magnet, supported by prior reactions and stacked bids. Beneath that, the $62,000 zone represents a deeper sweep area, especially if selling pressure accelerates. Earlier expectations were clear: acceptance above resistance would confirm continuation, while rejection would trigger a move lower. However, the market has chosen the latter. Unless price quickly reclaims the channel and holds above the $68,000 level, any upward movement is likely to be a relief rally into supply, with short-term bias remaining bearish while monitoring reactions around $64,000. Bitcoin 4H Structure Flip Signals Bearish Control Analyzing Bitcoin’s 4H timeframe, analyst Minga noted that weekends, especially Saturdays, typically come with reduced movement. However, current bias leans neutral to slightly bullish, as price is reacting from the weekly lows region. Holding above the blue order block (OB) below remains key, as it keeps the door open for a potential retest of the $67,300 level. Related Reading: Bitcoin Preparing For Liftoff Or Another Drop? Key Levels To Decide Despite that short-term bounce, the 4H market structure has already flipped bearish. The recent downside move has also left behind a noticeable imbalance, which the price tends to revisit and fill either over the weekend or heading into early next week. A successful reclaim of the $67,300 level could trigger a stronger corrective move higher toward $68,800, which now stands as a critical zone for bearish continuation. Thus, any rally into it could present resistance and set the stage for another leg down in line with the broader trend. There is also a possibility that the price will sweep into the lower boundary of the blue OB before any meaningful move higher. Regardless of the exact path, the imbalance left behind from the previous move is expected to be filled. For that reason, short-term sentiment leans slightly bullish on the lower timeframes, but with a bearish retest before continuation in line with the prevailing downtrend. Featured image from Getty Images, chart from Tradingview.com
Bitcoin is currently trading around $66,400, which is almost 48% below its all-time high of $126,080 set in October 2025, and a technical analysis is drawing a line in the sand for the correction. According to a crypto analyst known as Leshka.eth, Bitcoin is now approaching a price level that will determine whether this cycle survives or collapses into a full reset. That line is $60,000, and whether it holds may shape Bitcoin’s price trajectory for the rest of the year. Related Reading: UK Slaps Sanctions On $20B Crypto Black Market Tied To Southeast Asia Scam Rings $60,000 As The Important Line Of Defense According to crypto analyst Leshka.eth, the $60,000 price is now the most important zone for Bitcoin in the current market structure. This level is what the analyst describes as the final barrier that will determine whether a deeper correction plays out to lower price levels. Bitcoin has been trading around the low $70,000 region in recent sessions, and the past 24 hours have been characterized by another 3.3% drop. Although its current positioning keeps it comfortably above the $60,000 level for now, the margin is no longer wide enough to ignore downside risks. The weekly candlestick chart shared by the analyst shows how previous breakdowns from similar structures have led to price crashes. However, it is important to note that Bitcoin has not lost the $60,000 price level this cycle, with the early February crash finding a bottom around $63,000. This context makes the $60,000 level particularly significant. It has kept on acting as a solid floor throughout the past two months, helping to maintain the higher price structure between $63,000 and $76,000. Therefore, a loss of $60,000 would mean that buyers have lost control of an important structural level that has supported the Bitcoin price throughout the current cycle. Bitcoin Price Chart. Source: @leshka_eth On X The Macro Trendline In Every Bitcoin Cycle The broader structure becomes clearer when looking at the long-term trendline drawn across multiple Bitcoin cycles. The trendline, which is drawn on the weekly candlestick chart from 2018 through to a projected 2028, connects the deepest cycle lows that formed during extended bearish price action. In late 2018, Bitcoin topped out, collapsed, and fell to the trendline in 2020 before entering a prolonged accumulation phase near the lows. It then finally surged into the 2021 cycle top. The same structure repeated in the 2022 bear market: Bitcoin crashed from its peak, returned to the macro trendline in 2023, accumulated, and launched into a new cycle that carried it to $126,080 in October 2025. Related Reading: Shiba Inu Under Pressure As Nearly 40B Netflow Surge Hits Exchanges That trendline is now around the $40,000 price level. According to the analyst, if $60,000 holds, then the cycle survives. If it breaks, $40,000 becomes the bottom and accumulation starts over, Leshka.eth wrote in the post on X. Featured image from Pexels, chart from TradingView
The price of Bitcoin succumbed to bearish pressure and fell to around $65,500 on Friday, while the geopolitical tensions between the United States, Israel, and Iran seem to worsen. According to a recent on-chain evaluation, this latest price decline appears to have been triggered by a panic-driven sell-off among the market’s most sensitive investor group. Panic Selling Dominates Short-Term Market Sentiment Market analyst Maartunn revealed, in a March 27th post on the X platform, that Bitcoin’s short-term holders have moved a significant amount of Bitcoin into exchanges over the past day. This on-chain observation puts some perspective on the latest drop in the BTC price. Related Reading: $2.3 Billion Ethereum Has Left OKX And Binance This Quarter: The Sell-Side Supply Is Thinning The relevant metric here is the Short-Term Holder P&L to Exchange Sum, which measures the total profit or loss that short-term holders realize when sending Bitcoin to exchanges over 24 hours. According to data from CryptoQuant, Bitcoin short-term investors sent roughly 21,700 coins to exchanges in a bid to cut their losses. Notably, the highlighted chart shows a sharp spike in realized losses at the same time these exchange inflows occurred. Maartunn explained that this means all of these investors who moved their coins actually did so while incurring losses. Typically, short-term holders are more likely to exit unfavorable conditions, unlike the long-term holders, who tend to accumulate during dips. It is also worth noting that such capitulation events often occur during periods of high uncertainty (as is currently the case), where fear is the predominant short-term sentiment, rather than confidence. What’s Next For Bitcoin’s Price? The current sell-off by the short-term participants may signal either a potential turning point for Bitcoin or an increased risk of further downward movement. On one hand, as STHs (weaker hands) exit under pressure, their coins are gradually transferred to more resilient investors with higher conviction (known as the diamond hands). This redistribution is often a source of strength for the overall market structure, as long-term holders are known to accumulate during periods of fear and uncertainty. Hence, what merely seems to be panic selling may actually be underground work for Bitcoin’s recovery. On the flip side, this capitulation event may further expose the premier cryptocurrency to more downside risk. This scenario would likely come into play if more macroeconomic factors (for example, increasing interest rates) cause demand shrinkage. This “demand shrinkage” can make the recent STH capitulation appear more severe than it actually is, as fewer participants are available to absorb supply. As a result, the Bitcoin price could see a spread of bearish momentum, which would in turn send prices further south. As of press time, Bitcoin’s valuation stands at around $66,110, reflecting a significant 4.2% decline in the past 24 hours. Related Reading: Ethereum Price Drops Near $2,020, Downside Pressure Continues to Build Featured image from iStock, chart from TradingView
Cardano has been stuck below 30 cents for weeks, and its ranking among global cryptocurrencies has slipped to 12th place. Against that backdrop, a trader is now arguing the coin could still reach $2 — and sooner than most people think. Related Reading: Ethereum Sets User Record As Price Lags Far Behind Network Growth The Math Behind The Claim The argument comes from Yesreel, a crypto trader with six years of experience, who posted the projection on social media. Based on his analysis, ADA would only need to string together five to six days of 40–50% daily gains to close the gap between its current price and the $2 target. At roughly $0.25 right now, that gap works out to about 695%. The calculation itself holds up. Compounding works fast when daily percentage gains are that large. A 40% jump per day for six straight days gets ADA to $2. A 50% daily gain does the same in five. The math is real. Whether those gains can happen is a different question. $ADA can go to $2 faster than you think It only needs a few consecutive days with 40%-50% pumps???? It has happened before, it can happen again. — Yesreel (@Yesreel_) March 26, 2026 Yesreel says history gives reason to believe they can. Cardano hit an all-time high of $3.10 back in 2021, and it got there fast. Between August 2 and September 2 of that year, the token climbed from $1.32 to that peak — a gain of 134% in a single month. More recently, following the US presidential election in November 2024, ADA surged over 160% in just 15 days, jumping from around 32 cents on November 5 to 84 cents by November 20. Past Rallies Give Bulls Something To Point To Those two episodes are the backbone of the bullish case. Both showed that Cardano can move sharply and quickly when market conditions fall into place. Broad investor demand, a rising tide across the crypto market, and heavy capital inflows were the common thread in each case. The current picture looks different. Crypto markets have been weighed down by macroeconomic pressure and geopolitical tensions, and ADA has felt that drag more than most. The token has spent much of the past several weeks trading below 30 cents with little momentum to show for it. Related Reading: UK Slaps Sanctions On $20B Crypto Black Market Tied To Southeast Asia Scam Rings Current Conditions Still Pose A Challenge No sustained breakout has materialized yet, and investor confidence in a near-term recovery remains shaky. Bearish pressure has been steady, and ADA’s slide to 12th in global crypto rankings reflects how much ground it has lost relative to other assets. Yesreel has not offered a specific timeline or a trigger event that would kick off the kind of run he is describing. His projection rests on the idea that when the right conditions align — rising sentiment, strong inflows, momentum feeding on itself — ADA has shown it can compress months of gains into days. Whether those conditions arrive anytime soon is something no one can say with certainty. Featured image from Unsplash, chart from TradingView
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Solana’s derivatives market is signaling something the price chart doesn’t fully show—and it matters right now. According to data from Coinglass, Solana’s total open interest across all exchanges is currently at $5.44 billion, which is about 65.12 million SOL in outstanding futures contracts. That figure places open interest back within the same range it occupied in April 2025, effectively erasing nearly a full year of buildup in the asset Related Reading: UK Slaps Sanctions On $20B Crypto Black Market Tied To Southeast Asia Scam Rings A Year’s Worth Of Leverage Is Gone According to CoinGlass, Solana’s open interest is currently around $5.45 billion, a level that stands far below the peaks seen during the late-2025 run-up. From late April 2025, Solana’s open interest continued to climb, scaling from the $5 billion to $6 billion range through the summer months, breaking past $12 billion by mid-July, and ultimately peaking around $15 billion to $16 billion in mid-September 2025 when the SOL price was trading above $240. However, what followed that peak was an unwinding that has lasted for the past few months. Solana’s open interest fell through October and November 2025, briefly stabilized in December, then finally collapsed in January and early February 2026. At the time of writing, Solana’s open interest has now dropped to $5.44 billion, which appears to be the lowest point since early April 2025. That is important because it shows the Solana price ecosystem has unwound nearly a full year of speculative buildup. Many of the traders who were previously amplifying Solana’s moves through leverage are no longer as active. Solana Open Interest. Source: Coinglass What This Means For SOL Price The distribution of that $5.44 billion across trading exchanges shows that Binance holds the largest share at $951.84 million, which is about 17.49% of total open interest. This is followed by CME at $672.55 million and Bybit at $617.30 million. KuCoin stands out in the short-term data, recording the largest 24-hour OI change among major venues at +10.42%, though it originates from one of the smaller books in the table at $402.69 million. The CME open interest number is notable to watch, as it means that institutional participation via regulated futures is still holding up compared to other exchanges. Total Solana Open Interest. Source: Coinglass There is an important relationship between price and open interest. Whenever an asset’s price rises alongside open interest, it means new money is entering and momentum is being reinforced. On the other hand, when price falls and open interest also falls, it usually points to a reset, where positions are being closed and leverage is being removed from the system. Related Reading: Shiba Inu Under Pressure As Nearly 40B Netflow Surge Hits Exchanges This can be read in two ways. The bearish reading is that fewer leveraged traders means less immediate buying pressure and less momentum support, which can leave price vulnerable if spot demand does not step in. The more constructive reading is that a large part of the excess leverage has already been washed out. At the time of writing, Solana is trading at $83.51, down by 2.7% in the past 24 hours. Featured image from Unsplash, chart from TradingView
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A worst-case scenario is now on the table. Some analysts say Bitcoin could fall as low as $41,000 if a bear flag pattern currently forming on price charts plays out — a warning sign drawing attention as the cryptocurrency trades near $66,000, roughly half of what it was worth at its recent high. Related Reading: Ethereum Sets User Record As Price Lags Far Behind Network Growth Geopolitical Shock Hits At A Bad Time The closure of the Strait of Hormuz sent oil prices surging this week, rattling global markets and pulling risk assets lower. Bitcoin was caught in the selloff. Prices slipped below $66,000 as traders weighed rising energy costs, stubborn US inflation, and fresh stress in the bond market. The timing of the geopolitical flare-up has made an already fragile price setup harder to defend. A bear flag pattern — a technical chart signal where prices briefly consolidate after a decline before continuing lower — is now visible on Bitcoin’s chart. Based on reports from market analysts, the pattern puts an initial downside target near $50,000, with the $41,000 level emerging as a deeper floor if selling pressure intensifies. Bitcoin is down 47% from its peak. That kind of drawdown might sound alarming, but analysts who track long-term crypto cycles say it fits a pattern that has shown up before. A Cycle That Has Played Out Before Data shows that Bitcoin tends to lose momentum in midterm years. Reports going back to 2014, 2018, and 2022 show a recurring sequence: prices start the year relatively stable, fade through late Q1 into early Q2, and then grind lower through the summer months. The 2026 price action has tracked this historical average closely. On average, around now is when #Bitcoin continues its decline in midterm years. pic.twitter.com/JZ7Rcx2wJY — Benjamin Cowen (@intocryptoverse) March 27, 2026 Analyst Benjamin Cowen, who has followed Bitcoin’s multi-year cycles, points to what he calls the mid-cycle dip zone — a phase that typically follows a major bull run and stretches across several quarters. According to Cowen, midterm years are not crash events. They are cooldown periods. Rallies lose steam. Volatility picks up. Corrections run longer than most investors expect. That description fits what is happening now. Following a strong run in 2025, Bitcoin’s year-to-date performance has tilted negative, matching the kind of softening seen in prior cycles. Related Reading: UK Slaps Sanctions On $20B Crypto Black Market Tied To Southeast Asia Scam Rings Patience May Be The Only Strategy Left For long-term Bitcoin holders, the message from analysts is straightforward: this has happened before, and it has always eventually ended. But the short-term picture offers little comfort. Macro pressures are stacking up at the same moment that Bitcoin’s chart structure is weakening, and there is no clear catalyst in sight to reverse the trend. Featured image from Unsplash, chart from TradingView
The crypto market faces a wholesome decline in price this week, with Bitcoin dropping to 2 weeks low near $66000. Altcoins like Etherem looses 7% in a week below $2000 USD, Solana, BNB, XRP, Shib, Doge, Pepe, and many of the previous performers have been dull. Although there is positive institutional participation, the uncertain geopolitical …
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After a show of resilience over the past few weeks, the Ethereum price finally gave way, falling below the $2,000 level for the first time since March 10th. The “King of Altcoins” succumbed to the downward pressure that spread across the global financial markets on Friday, March 27th, as the geopolitical tensions in the Middle East rage on. With rising oil prices due to the supply shock driven by the partial closure of the Strait of Hormuz, inflation expectations across various world economies are rising rapidly. Specifically, the fear of inflation seems to have triggered the ongoing chatter about a potential hike in interest rates by the United States Federal Reserve, leading to a drop in crypto prices. $111 Million Flushed Out Of The Market In ETH Long Liquidations On Friday, the Ethereum price fell to a two-week low just below the critical $2,000 level, as the entire cryptocurrency market continues to struggle against the latest wave of bearish pressure. As the price of ETH slumped to this low, Bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, also dropped to around $65,500 on the day. Related Reading: $2.3 Billion Ethereum Has Left OKX And Binance This Quarter: The Sell-Side Supply Is Thinning According to recent market data, this Ethereum price decline below $2,000 was accompanied by significant long liquidations of more than $110 million. With the altcoin losing such a critical support level, it is not totally outrageous to expect further decline over the next few days, especially considering the sluggish market climate. However, investors might want to look out for the Ethereum price close at the end of the week before making any conclusion. If there is a convincing close below the psychological $2,000 support, then the cryptocurrency stands at the risk of further decline, potentially to as low as the $1,750-$1,850 support region. As of this writing, the price of ETH stands at around $1980, reflecting a nearly 3% decline in the last 24 hours. According to data from CoinGecko, the Ethereum price is down by more than 7% in the past seven days. Spot Ethereum ETFs Suffer $158 Million In Net Outflows Merely looking at Ethereum’s apparent demand trend over the past few days, the latest price fall seemed inevitable. According to recent market data, the US-based Ethereum spot exchange-traded funds (ETFs) recorded total net outflows of around $158 million over the past week. The Ethereum ETFs have been on a seven-day streak of negative outflows, seeing more than $400 million flow in that period. This run of negative performances is a hallmark sign of waning demand in the market, with the downward pressure on price its consequence. Hence, sustained capital inflows into products like the spot exchange-traded funds could signal a return of demand into the market and perhaps bullish momentum for the Ethereum price. Related Reading: Not Binance: Bitcoin Analyst Who Bought At $1 Revealed What Really Caused The October 10 Crash Featured image from iStock, chart from TradingView
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