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Bearish Case For Bitcoin: Analyst Warns Falling Wedge Is A Whale Trap That Could Drag Price To $67k

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Bitcoin has spent the past seven days trying to hold near $85,000, with a trading range between $83,200 and $86,000. Buying momentum has turned positivein the past 24 hours, but an interesting technical analysis of the current price action points to a looming downside risk. Related Reading BNB Weathers The Storm Better Than Altcoins, Stats Show 1 day ago


Crypto analyst Xanrox laid out a bearish case for Bitcoin in an analysis on the TradingView platform, arguing that the ongoing falling wedge pattern, often seen as a bullish indicator, may actually be a calculated trap set by whales. According to his analysis, Bitcoin could crash to $67,000 before another strong move upwards. Bitcoin’s Falling Wedge That Might Not Be Bullish After All


Xanrox’s main argument centerson the widespread belief that falling wedges are bullish reversal patterns. Although this is often true when the wedge forms at the start of a trend, the current wedge is forming at the end of a broader trend, which is a different scenario altogether.


The daily candlestick timeframe chart shows the Bitcoin price moving inside a clean wedge structure while trading well below the 20, 50, 100, and 200 daily moving averages. This setup, according to Xanrox, paints the picture of a clear downtrend rather than a setup for a reversal.


The bearish outlook is notjust about chart patterns; it’s also about market psychology and the mechanics of liquidity. Such a setup is likely being exploited by whales in institutions and banks with enough liquidity to influence price action. BTC is now trading at $84,280. Chart: TradingView


 


These whales need retail buyers to create enough volume for them to offload or accumulate positions. By painting the illusion of a breakout, they can push retail participants into a false sense of opportunity, only to reverse the market and trigger stop losses across the board.


This outlook plays into the growing notion that Bitcoin is increasingly becoming more of an asset among institutions, primarily due to the rise of Spot Bitcoin ETFs.



Chart Image From TradingView:Xanrox 20% Price Move For Bitcoin This Week


Xanrox predicted a 20% move for Bitcoin this week. A 20% move to the upside from the current $85,000 range would see Bitcoin trading back above $100,000 and somewhere around $102,000. However, this predicted 20% move isn’t an upside move but a downside move.Particularly, the analyst identified $67,000 as the level Bitcoin is most likely to test in the coming weeks. 


The $67,000 price level is the primary target if the current wedge fails as expected, as it is the major support on the way down if $75,000 is broken.  Related Reading Today’s $1K XRP Bag May Become Tomorrow’s Jackpot, Crypto Founder Says 16 hours ago


Even if the predicted 20% downside move fails to materialize this new week, there is still the possibility of the move taking place in the coming weeks.The analyst suggests Bitcoin may attempt to retest the upper zone between $108,000 and $91,000 before heading lower.


At the time of writing, Bitcoin was trading at $84,280.


Featured image from Pexels, chart from TradingView

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