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Every few years, a chart pattern resurfaces in the Bitcoin market that commands serious attention because it has repeated itself with near-mechanical consistency across every major US midterm election cycle since Bitcoin first started trading. Bitcoin’s price history shows that these election-year corrections often happen near the end of major bull cycles before eventually giving way to another powerful expansion phase. Now, with the 2026 midterm cycle underway and Bitcoin already more than 50% off its all-time high, the coming months could include both a deeper correction and a much larger long-term rally. Bitcoin’s History With Mid-Term Election Years A recent chart analysis shared by crypto analyst Crypto Patel on the social media platform X examined how Bitcoin has behaved during past US midterm election years to create a recurring pattern of price movement. Particularly, Bitcoin posted steep losses in each of the three completed midterm election years on record. Related Reading: Bitcoin And Crypto Exchanges Could Be In Trouble, Here’s Why The first example appeared in 2014, when Bitcoin dropped by about 86% from its previous all-time high during the election year period. A similar development occurred in 2018, when the Bitcoin price action recorded another deep bear market, with Bitcoin falling about 84% from its peak. The pattern appeared again in 2022, when Bitcoin declined roughly 77% from its previous cycle high. Each of these corrections took place around the same stage of the four-year market cycle that coincided with US midterm elections. As shown in the chart below, each of the previous cycles had bottomed one or two months after the midterm elections. Bitcoin Price Chart. Source: @CryptoPatel On X What The 2026 Cycle Could Mean For Bitcoin Bitcoin reached its most recent peak in October 2025, and the price action has since moved into a notable correction phase. Price data shows Bitcoin currently trading around $73,600, placing it roughly 42% below that all-time high. The lowest point of the decline so far came in February, when Bitcoin briefly dropped to about $63,000, which makes a correction of about 52% from the peak. If the historical election cycle pattern repeats in a similar fashion, then Bitcoin’s price could still see one final phase of downside before the beginning of the next long-term recovery phase. Related Reading: Pundit Shares What The XRP Float Is Likely To Be For Global Settlement The projection presented by analyst Crypto Patel places a potential bottom in the $35,000 to $40,000 range, possibly occurring between November 2026 and February 2027. The more consequential argument in Crypto Patel’s analysis is not the projected drawdown but what might follow the bottom. A review of price action that followed previous US midterm election years shows that Bitcoin recorded an average rally of about 54% before a minor pullback. That temporary pullback was later followed by a stronger rally that carried the price to new highs ahead of the next election cycle. Based on this historical sequence, the next major move after the 2026 midterm elections could eventually carry the Bitcoin price above $400,000 in the long term. Featured image from Dall.E, chart from TradingView.com
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Circle’s USD Coin (USDC) has officially unseated Tether’s USDT in transfer volume for the first time in seven years. The shift marks a defining moment for digital assets, cleanly splitting stablecoin leadership into two distinct categories: total supply and transactional velocity. While Tether remains the undisputed heavyweight in the stablecoin market, USDC has become the […]
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Bitcoin is showing early signs of recovery after firmly holding a major confluence support zone. The strong reaction from this level suggests that buyers have stepped in to absorb selling pressure. With the market beginning to stabilize, attention is now turning to whether this defense could mark the start of a broader bullish reversal. How Bitcoin Defends Major Confluence Zone Bitcoin has successfully defended a major confluence zone and is beginning to show early signs of recovery. According to Cryptorphic, after consolidating around the 200-week EMA and the Weekly Fair Value Gap between $70,000 and $76,000, market behavior appears to be shifting from absorption into the early stages of a potential trend reversal. Related Reading: Bitcoin Probes $73,000 Liquidity Pocket: Is The Next Leg Toward $80,000 Loading? From a key level perspective, the reclaimed support zone now sits between $70,500 and $73,900, where buyers have stepped in to stabilize the market. On the upside, resistance lies between $80,600 and $85,000, which represents the next major hurdle for bulls. However, the bullish outlook would be invalidated if Bitcoin records a weekly close back below the $68,000 level. Recent technical developments also support the improved structure. The latest weekly candle has formed a strong bullish setup right at the 200-week EMA, indicating that the earlier wave of aggressive sell-side pressure was absorbed by strong demand. Price has also reclaimed the $73,900 level, effectively flipping the former demand zone back into an active support area. The long lower wicks seen in previous weekly candles further reinforce this view. Rather than random noise, they point to consistent buying interest and institutional accumulation during the pullback. With selling pressure appearing to fade, the path of least resistance now seems tilted toward the upper boundaries of the previous range. BTC Breaks Out of Local Compression Charting the path ahead, Cryptorphic pointed out that Bitcoin appears to be breaking out of its immediate local compression phase. If the price can maintain strength above the $74,000 level, it would support the idea that a higher-timeframe base has already formed. Under that scenario, the next key objective for bulls would be a move toward $80,600, a level that previously served as a breakdown point. Related Reading: Is Bitcoin Price Bottom In? MVRV Z-Score Says ‘Not Yet’ Should Bitcoin manage to push beyond the $85,000 mark, the outlook could shift even more decisively to the upside. A breakout above that resistance is expected to trigger a fresh impulsive move, potentially toward the $100,000 psychological milestone. From a broader perspective, the bias remains bullish. The recent correction has run its course, while the strong reaction at the 200-week EMA suggests that the market structure has been successfully defended. Thus, the environment continues to favor a long-term “buy the dip” strategy, with the market potentially rewarding those who accumulated during the retest of the $70,000 region. Featured image from Pixabay, chart from Tradingview.com
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At the time of writing, Bitcoin (BTC) trades in the highs $73,000, outperforming both equities and gold in late‑quarter trading. A Late-Quarter Bitcoin Plot Twist Tensions around Iran and the Middle East are intensifying, yet BTC is rallying. According to a QCP Market Colour from today, we might be bracing for “a late-quarter plot twist” as not only BTC broke through key resistance and rose above the $74,000 area on Monday morning, but Ethereum (ETH) is following along, trading around $2.7k at the present moment. Related Reading: Bitcoin Eyes Mid-$80,000s As Peter Brandt Flags ‘Horn’ Pattern The Comeback Of The “Digital Gold”? The “digital gold” and “geopolitical hedge” narratives that had had been questioned earlier in the year seem to be making a strong comeback. The market insight from QCP suggests that the reason for this is that, as tensions around Iran do nothing but continue to rise, the on-chain users have embarked on a search for cross-border liquidity and capital mobility. This need explains that stablecoin liquidity is also surging. Last week, USDC supply set a fresh all‑time high above $81 billion, lifting overall stablecoin float and signaling fresh dollar liquidity coming on‑chain. On the derivatives side, QCP flags bitcoin’s spot price closing in on a big month‑end call strike, with about 8,000 contracts targeting higher prices. A decisive move above $75,000 dollars could spark a gamma‑driven buying rush, but $74.500 dollars is the first key barrier, with a pocket of short positions waiting to be liquidated just above that level. Key spot levels to watch this week are $70,000–$71,000 as major support and $75,000 as the line that would confirm a more sustained bullish trend if broken with volume. Related Reading: Ethereum Price Rockets Above $2,200 as Bulls Tighten Market Control Michael Saylor is betting on a similar bitcoin rebound as the one we saw back in the first phase of the Russia‑Ukraine conflict in 2022, only now without the same kind of systemic blow‑ups, in the light of Trump’s Clarity Act. Strategy, Saylor’s Bitcoin-maximalist corporation, has just announced that it acquired $1.57 billion worth of BTC. They now hodl around 761,068 BTC. Strategy has acquired 22,337 BTC for ~$1.57 billion at ~$70,194 per bitcoin. As of 3/15/2026, we hodl 761,068 $BTC acquired for ~$57.61 billion at ~$75,696 per bitcoin. $MSTR $STRC https://t.co/6hv6PjzOKQ — Michael Saylor (@saylor) March 16, 2026 What This Means For Traders As BTC increasingly trades again like “digital safe haven” beta, sensitive to war and macro headlines but supported by structural ETF and corporate demand, the trade‑off is clear: dips into the $70k–71k support zone may attract buyers, while a daily close above $75,000 could open the door to a momentum‑driven extension toward $80k. However, failure at resistance risks a sharp long‑liquidation could flush bitcoin back into the high‑$60ks. BTC’s price trends to the highs $73k on the daily chart. Source: BTCUSD on Tradingview Cover image from Perplexity, BTCUSD chart from Tradingview
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