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Bitcoin is expected to form a bottom in the $50,000-$70,000 range during 2026, with a phase of sideways movement and 'price pain' (fear and pain, not good feelings) before an eventual parabolic rise.
“James Check expects Bitcoin to form a bottom pattern in the $50,000 to $70,000 range by 2026 ... True bottoms in Bitcoin are formed not by 'good feelings,' but by 'fear and pain.'”
Within the 2026 window BTC fell into the $50k-$70k range (low $58,000, now $58,161) amid fear/pain as predicted; bottom-range formation realized, though the later parabolic rise remains future.
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Bottom formation is most likely within the 2024 'chopsolidation' range, somewhere between the mid-$50ks and $70k; base case is BTC trades below $80k then takes a quick trip toward $70k, with the 'point of maximum opportunity' below $70k.
“From a technical, onchain, and probabilistic standpoint, almost every metric I track suggests bottom formation is most likely within the 2024 chopsolidation range, somewhere between the mid-$50ks, and $70k. ... I am of the view, that we enter the point of maximum opportunity below $70k. ... My base case at this stage, is that we likely trade below $80k, and then undergo a quick trip towards $70k, back-filling the air-pocket.”
Base case played out: from $84,111 BTC traded below $80k and down to a low of $58,000 — into the mid-$50ks-to-$70k bottom-formation range called as the point of maximum opportunity.
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$95k is the price level that shifts the balance in favour of the bears (floor of 'The HODLers Wall'); a break below it means conditions deteriorate, with ~65% of invested USD holding a cost basis above this level.
“In my opinion, the price level which shifts the balance in favour of the bears is $95k, which is the floor of The HODLers Wall.”
Called $95k as the bear-tipping floor; BTC broke below $95k (from $99,615, high $104,050) and conditions deteriorated hard to $58,161 — the break-below signaled the downturn as stated.