{ "id": 61106, "date": "2026-02-02T09:22:35", "date_gmt": "2026-02-02T02:22:35", "guid": { "rendered": "https:\/\/hbbgroup.net\/bitcoins-hopium-for-bulls-may-be-over-and-this-weekends-slide-could-be-just-the-beginning\/" }, "modified": "2026-02-02T09:22:35", "modified_gmt": "2026-02-02T02:22:35", "slug": "bitcoins-hopium-for-bulls-may-be-over-and-this-weekends-slide-could-be-just-the-beginning", "status": "publish", "type": "post", "link": "https:\/\/hbbgroup.net\/en_us\/bitcoins-hopium-for-bulls-may-be-over-and-this-weekends-slide-could-be-just-the-beginning\/", "title": { "rendered": "Bitcoin’s ‘hopium’ for bulls may be over and this weekend’s slide could be just the beginning" }, "content": { "rendered": "
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Bitcoin\u2019s sharp weekend drop triggered fresh liquidations, with analyst Eric Crown warning the market may face months of further downside.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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Bitcoin\u2019s price sank sharply over the weekend, sliding below $78,000 \u2014 its lowest level since April \u2014 as profit-taking collided with thinning liquidity and a scarcity of fresh buyers. <\/p>\n

Traders told CoinDesk<\/a> that a rally once backed by corporate demand, particularly from Strategy\u2019s (MSTR) bitcoin purchases, has run out of steam, leaving markets vulnerable to forced selling and derivative liquidations.<\/p>\n

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For some market analysts, Saturday\u2019s slide fits into a broader bearish pattern that has been emerging for months. Eric Crown, a former options trader at NYSE Arca, has argued since late October that bitcoin is in a sideways-to-downside phase, and that the optimism around a return to new highs \u2014 or a rotation from metals back into crypto \u2014 is misplaced \u201chopium\u201d for bulls.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been my view since [the] end of October that BTC is in a sideways and downside phase\u2026 I do not think 80K is a macro low for bitcoin,\u201d Crown, who now posts updates on the crypto market<\/a> with more than 200,000 subscribers, told CoinDesk, underlining that recent price action may be part of a larger corrective regime.<\/p>\n

And the action in the options market backs up this bearish sentiment. Options traders are now increasingly betting that prices will fall below $75,000 and ditching their bullish bets of reaching $100,000. So much so that the dollar value of the number of active bitcoin put options contracts at the $75,000 level listed on Deribit platform now stands at $1.159 billion, almost matching the so-called notional open interest of $1.168 billion locked in the $100,000 call option.<\/p>\n

Read more: Here’s why bitcoin traders are now betting billions on a drop below $75,000 and bailing on price rising higher<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Bearish signals<\/h2>\n

Crown points to several technical indicators that have historically foreshadowed deeper corrections. <\/p>\n

The monthly MACD \u2014 a technical trading indicator \u2014 crossed down in November, a rare signal that has preceded extended downturns in previous cycles. <\/p>\n

Additionally, the weekly 21 vs. 55 EMA (another technical indicator) recently crossed into bearish territory. When this happens, it is typically followed by multi-month losses. And the 2025 yearly chart closed as a “shooting star,” a candlestick pattern that often signals a medium-term reversal.<\/p>\n

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Chart showing monthly MACD crossover (TradingView) <\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n

Bitcoin to $50,000?<\/h2>\n

Making matters worse for bulls, bitcoin has diverged from traditional markets since October, declining while equities and other risk assets held up \u2014 a pattern Crown sees as typical of late-cycle risk-off behavior. <\/p>\n

\u201cPeople generally sell the more speculative assets first,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Beyond technicals, Crown highlights the speculative wash-out from October\u2019s crash, which eliminated many leveraged altcoin positions and left traders wary of re-entering at elevated levels.<\/p>\n

Read more: Crypto\u2019s $19 billion ’10\/10′ nightmare: Why everyone is blaming Binance for the bitcoin crash that won’t end<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

While not as extreme as some cyclical bears, Crown suggests bitcoin may fall to even lower levels \u2014 potentially into the mid-$50,000 to low-$60,000 zone \u2014 before stabilizing. <\/p>\n

In fact, he says that range represents an area he\u2019s personally eyeing to add to his long-term positions, framing the current market as a potential value-accumulation phase rather than the end of crypto\u2019s broader cycle.<\/p>\n<\/div>", "protected": false }, "excerpt": { "rendered": "

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