Ethereum price is beginning to show early signs of recovery after weeks of downside pressure. The second-largest cryptocurrency has gained roughly 4% this week, pushing back above the $2,150 level, suggesting that bearish momentum may be starting to weaken. The rebound comes as the broader crypto market attempts to stabilize, but what is happening beneath …
A crypto market analyst has shared a new technical analysis, outlining reasons why the Bitcoin price has not yet reached a cycle bottom. Using a charting framework called the Bear Bands alongside the Halving Cycles Theory, the analyst argues that while a short-term bounce is currently playing out, the broader bear market still has significant time and more downsides ahead before reaching a final price floor. Why The Bitcoin Price Has Not Hit A Bottom Yet According to market expert Crypto Con on X, the recent bounce that saw Bitcoin surge above $71,000 after its first major low under $64,000 is a normal reaction and does not indicate that the Bitcoin bear market has ended. The analyst stated that everything is unfolding exactly as expected, both in timing and price, in line with the Halving Cycles Theory. He further noted that the price sitting precisely at the first low of the Bear Bands indicator actually reinforces his bearish case for Bitcoin. Related Reading: XRP Price At $100 Is ‘Inevitable’, Analyst Explains Why This Is Sharing a detailed price chart, Crypto Con draws on Bitcoin’s full price history dating back to 2011, mapping out recurring bear market sequences that have played out across every major cycle. Each of those cycles followed a consistent three-stage structure, moving through a first low, a second low, and a final cycle bottom before any sustained recovery took hold. Based on this sequence, Crypto Con argues that the Bitcoin market has not yet reached a bottom but could be heading towards one soon. The Bear Bands framework on the chart places Bitcoin’s first low at around $64,000, a level it already achieved this February. The second low for the current cycle is projected near $44,500, indicating that the world’s largest cryptocurrency still has considerable downside ahead before the next major support is even tested. Below this level, Crypto Con has set BTC’s cycle bottom around $28,500, marking the final and deepest projected level before a genuine reversal could be considered. With current prices currently holding above $72,000, a drop to $28,500 would represent a staggering decline of more than 60%, reinforcing the analyst’s belief that the bear market is far from over. Expected Timeline For A BTC Bear Bottom Beyond bearish price targets, the bottom timeline laid out in Crypto Con’s analysis presents a sobering outlook for investors and traders hoping for a quick recovery. The analyst has projected that the second low around $44,500 is not expected for at least another five months from the time of his post. Related Reading: Bitcoin Pattern Memory Predicts The Bottom, And It’s Below $40,000 This places Bitcoin’s next major price crash roughly in the August to October 2026 window, as indicated on the chart. If this timeline plays out, it would push any hope of a final bottom well beyond mid-2026. If the projected cycle bottom at $28,500 plays out, Crypto Con expects it to arrive no earlier than three months after the second low. That points toward a November 2026 to January 2027 timeframe as the earliest window in which Bitcoin could realistically find its true price floor before it begins building toward a recovery. Featured image created with Dall.E, chart from Tradingview.com
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Bitcoin and ether edged higher as traders assessed macro risks, derivatives positioning and whether bitcoin can sustain a push toward $80,000.
A TON blockchain whale accidentally sent 126,000 TON, worth about $220,000, to a scammer’s fake wallet created through a dusting attack, which uses tiny transactions to identify and target wallets. The scammer returned 116,000 TON (around $203,000) but kept 10,000 TON ($17,000) as a “fee,” even leaving a message apologizing for taking it. The incident …
Analysts said renewed ETF inflows may be reviving bitcoin’s long-debated “safe haven” narrative as its price approaches the mid-$70,000s.
Ethereum price has reclaimed the $2,150 level after a strong bounce from the recent lows, signaling a shift in short-term market momentum. The second-largest cryptocurrency is now approaching a crucial resistance near $2,200, a level that has repeatedly capped upside attempts over the past sessions. With buying pressure gradually increasing and the broader crypto market …
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Bitcoin’s price recovered to around $73,000 in early March, after having fallen to the mid-$60,000 range from late January due to geopolitical unrest. What The Data Says Bitcoin’s price notable instability during the first trimester of the year seems to have a direct geopolitical correlation, CryptoQuant reports. Bitcoin dropped to around $63,000 on February 29, following the U.S.-Israel military strike on Iran on February 28 and the Iran heightened tensions in the Middle East. BTC had recovered near $70,000 by March 2, and by March 4 and 5 the price pushed to above $73,000 due to strong buying pressure. Related Reading: Bitcoin Reclaims $73,000 Amid Iran War Volatility, But Analyst Issues Key Warning Geopolitics In The Bitcoin Price CryptoQuant highlights a classic short squeeze dynamic on the derivatives side. A short squeeze happens when when the price of an asset rises very suddenly and to the upside, which forces traders to buy back their shorts as price reverses. As the sellers get pushed out, the price rises even further due to liquidations. Funding rates turned negative and futures open interest climbed during the dump, signaling that many traders were opening or adding short positions into the Iran headlines. Bitcoin price on Coinbase Premium Index. Source: CryptoQuant As the conflict failed to escalate further and ETF demand stayed positive, Bitcoin’s price pushed higher, triggering liquidations of late shorts and driving funding back toward neutral, rebounding toward the high‑$60K / $70K area. In CryptoQuant’s words, the episode looks like a temporary liquidity and positioning shock layered on top of the existing trend, not the start of a new war‑driven regime. Bitcoin: Open Interest - All Exchanges, All Symbol. Source: CryptoQuant The Iran‑related sell‑off was primarily a flow‑event rather than a structural shift in holder behavior: it was less about investors “fleeing to safety” and more about how positioning and liquidity interacted around the shock. Related Reading: Bitcoin Slides Again as Iran War Jitters Hit BTC, Risk Assets A Broader Picture This episode is not an outlier but part of a pattern in Bitcoin’s price on‑chain behavior across major conflicts. From Ukraine and Gaza to the recent crisis in Venezuela, they all display the same signature: a sharp, fear‑driven spike in coins moving onto exchanges around the event window, followed by a rapid normalization back to baseline as price re‑anchors to its prior trajectory. That was exactly what emerged during the Venezuela escalation, where military headlines amplified intraday volatility but failed to trigger a sustained distribution phase or a structural trend change. Wars and geopolitical conflicts inject short‑term stress into flows, but once the initial panic fades, Bitcoin tends to revert to the macro trend that was already in place. BTC's price trends to the downside on the daily chart. Source: BTCUSD on Tradingview Cover image from ChatGPT, BTCUSD chart from Tradingview
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Bitcoin is climbing again, up over 7% this week. Whether that means the worst is over, or whether $40K is still ahead, depends entirely on who you ask. Right now, the market is deeply divided. The Signal Bitcoin Bulls Are Watching Crypto analyst Michaël van de Poppe flagged something significant today. Bitcoin has hit a …
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Talk about an “altcoin season” has dropped to its lowest level in two years. According to Market intelligence platform Santiment, when discussions about altcoins become very quiet on social media, it has often happened just before big altcoin rallies in the past. Social Sentiment Around Altcoins Is Cooling Data shared by Santiment shows that mentions …
Bitcoin slid to $63,030 after US-Israel strikes on Iran triggered a risk-off cascade across markets. From there, BTC rallied to $74,000 intraday on Mar. 4, a roughly 17% rebound. As of press time, Bitcoin trades at $73,613, up 7.7% in the past 24 hours. The move recaptured much of the selloff, but whether it holds […]
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Dogecoin, despite being the largest meme coin, has been unable to replicate its previous explosive trends that had led to new all-time highs. Even now, the cryptocurrency continues to struggle below $0.1, spurred on by the bearish sentiment that has dominated the digital asset market in recent times. However, it seems that there might be a light at the end of the tunnel for the Dogecoin price, with the emergence of a bullish indicator that could signal the next recovery trend. What The Morning Doji Star Means For Dogecoin Prominent crypto and Dogecoin analyst Trader Tardigrade recently highlighted an interesting formation on the Dogecoin price chart. According to the crypto analyst, there has been the appearance of a Morning Doji Star on the meme coin’s monthly chart. Related Reading: Why XRP Is Being Hailed As The Top Trade Over Bitcoin And Ethereum The interesting thing about a Morning Doji Star is the fact that it is often a precursor to a bullish move. The last time that this same Morning Doji Star appeared on the Dogecoin monthly price chart was back in 2023. Following the appearance of this bullish formation, the Dogecoin price went on to rise by more than 400% over the next year. While the resulting rally from the 2023 Morning Doji Star formation did not lead to a new all-time high for Dogecoin, it signaled the potency of the move. In the end, the Dogecoin price had risen to as high as $0.5 before the momentum eventually fizzled out. This time around, though, the analyst is expecting the resulting rally to be even more explosive than what was seen back in 2024. Instead of just stopping at maybe a 400% move, the analyst expects that the Dogecoin price could rise over 700%. Related Reading: Seasoned Trader Says Final Bitcoin Flush Is Coming, Here’s The Target If this happens, then it would put the meme coin on a path toward $0.7, which could mean a retest of its current all-time highs. However, before the rally can begin, the price needs to bottom first, and if the historical performance is to be followed, then it could mean that the DOGE price could fall further toward $0.08 before finding a bottom. Nevertheless, the expectation remains that Dogecoin could be on its way to another historical rally. Meanwhile, all eyes remain on Bitcoin as the OG cryptocurrency has dictated the trajectory of other digital assets since its inception. Featured image from Dall.E, chart from TradingView.com
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A newly discovered iPhone vulnerability is raising alarms across the crypto community. Security researchers say a sophisticated exploit kit called Coruna is targeting older iPhones and could potentially steal sensitive crypto wallet data, including recovery phrases. The warning comes from the Google Threat Intelligence Group, which revealed that the exploit aggressively scans devices running outdated …
The quantum computing threat to Crypto assets has been a topic for discussion lately. As research accelerates, analysts are evaluating whether blockchain encryption could eventually be broken by powerful quantum machines. The real question may not be which network is secure today, but which one can adapt fast enough if quantum computers break modern encryption. …
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XRP is trading at $1.42, up 1.21% in the last 24 hours, but the more significant move may be happening in the derivatives market. Darkfost, a CryptoQuant author and analyst, flagged a signal on X that the derivatives market may be setting up a trap for short sellers. Green Flag: Shorts Are Piling In XRP’s …
An analyst has highlighted how Bitcoin has consistently bottomed out between the 1.0 and 0.8 MVRV pricing bands during the past decade. Bitcoin Still Hasn’t Breached Below 1.0 MVRV Band In This Cycle In a new post on X, analyst Ali Martinez has talked about historical Bitcoin bottoms from the perspective of the MVRV Pricing Bands. This is an on-chain pricing model for BTC that’s based on the popular Market Value to Realized Value (MVRV) Ratio. Related Reading: Altseason Mentions Hit Extreme Lows: Is Dogecoin About To Benefit? The MVRV Ratio measures how the market cap of BTC, a representation of the value that investors are carrying in the present, compares against the Realized Cap, a proxy for the total capital invested into the cryptocurrency. In short, this indicator tells us about the profit-loss balance of BTC holders as a whole. When the value of the MVRV Ratio is greater than 1.0, it means the average investor is currently holding a net unrealized profit. On the other hand, it being under the threshold implies the dominance of losses on the network. Generally, the higher the investor profits get, the more likely they become to take part in profit-taking. Thus, tops can become more likely to occur as the MVRV Ratio diverges far above 1.0. Similarly, selling can reach exhaustion when the majority of the supply is underwater, implying bottoms may become probable at low MVRV levels. Based on these behaviors, on-chain analytics firm Glassnode has created the MVRV Pricing Bands, which is a model that highlights Bitcoin price levels corresponding to certain key MVRV Ratio levels. Below is the chart for the indicator shared by Martinez. From the graph, it’s visible that the Bitcoin price has been trading below both the 2.4 and 3.2 bands for a while now. These levels, situated around $130,000 and $174,000, respectively, correspond to thresholds where profit realization risk becomes significant. The cryptocurrency has faced bearish momentum recently, but its price has continued to hold above the 1.0 level. This means that despite the drawdown, the investors as a whole have remained in a state of net unrealized gain. In the chart, the analyst has pointed out a pattern that Bitcoin has tended to follow with MVRV Pricing Bands. “Over the past decade, Bitcoin $BTC has consistently bottomed between the 1.0 and 0.8 MVRV Pricing Bands,” said Martinez. Currently, these levels sit near $54,000 and $43,000, respectively. Related Reading: Bitcoin LTH Selling Cools: Is Months-Long Distribution Finally Ending? It now remains to be seen whether BTC will continue to go down in the near future and retest this historical bottoming zone, or the asset will find a low before it, breaking the pattern from the previous cycles. The coin has already broken one pattern this time: it hasn’t been able to breach the 3.2 level a single time. BTC Price At the time of writing, Bitcoin is trading around $73,000, up more than 6% over the past week. Featured image from Dall-E, chart from TradingView.com
As debate over the CLARITY Act grows, Eric Trump accuses major banks of blocking crypto yields. He claims banks like JPMorgan, Bank of America, and others are try to blocking high crypto yields, claiming they want to protect bank profits His comment came after Donald Trump said banks oppose the CLARITY Act because they fear …
MANTRA price has emerged as one of the strongest-performing tokens in the market this week. The token jumped nearly 68% to around $0.2354, attracting strong trading interest following a series of key developments tied to the project’s ecosystem transition. While the broader crypto market recorded only modest gains, MANTRA’s rally appears to be driven by …
The crypto market today experienced a broad rally over the past 24 hours, led by Bitcoin’s strong upward momentum fueled by renewed institutional inflows into spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and improving global macro sentiment. Bitcoin climbed 5.93% to $72,287.26, reflecting a wider risk-on move across financial markets. Analysts note that Bitcoin currently shows a …