A Breakout or a Bluff? Bitcoin Surges as Macro Winds Turn Supportive
BTC rallies on ETF headlines, Fed Chair expectations and risk-on flows, but the next move still hinges on whether pullbacks hold.
🪙 Crypto Market Overview
Bitcoin staged a sharp rebound, driven by upbeat sentiment around major ETF developments and comments suggesting clarity on the incoming Fed Chair. U.S. equities are signaling that their correction phase may be behind them, and seasonal optimism heading into the Christmas period has lifted appetite for risk assets — crypto included.
Expectations that quantitative tightening is ending, combined with growing bets on a December rate cut, add fuel to this momentum shift.
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⚙️ Technical Picture
Two short-term scenarios now dominate the near-term outlook.
1. A push into 98,000–100,000 USD
This region hosts multiple high-timeframe resistance levels: clustered moving averages, a major trendline, and the upper boundary of the five-day Ichimoku structure. A test of this band would act as a critical measure of trend strength.
2. A corrective drop toward 88,000–87,000 USD
This remains the preferred entry zone for traders looking to position long into the next leg. Liquidation clusters, together with clean MACD divergence, argue for one more sweep lower before any decisive breakout.
Heatmaps reinforce this: downside levels remain attractive for liquidity grabs, and the market has a habit of clearing those zones before launching higher.
📊 On-Chain & Market Flow
The bigger question many traders are asking is whether this move marks the beginning of a stronger cycle expansion. To answer that, the most informative clues lie beyond the chart.
Recent on-chain activity leans bullish:
• A large increase in daily active addresses.
• One of the biggest token age consumption spikes ever recorded.
• Whales increasing on-chain activity around yesterday’s lows.
There are signs of stablecoin-heavy wallets beginning to rotate back toward BTC — a pattern that has historically preceded sustained upside. High-liquidity instruments also hint at strength: one major BTC vehicle held support cleanly and now displays a wide megaphone structure, implying potentially explosive upside if momentum accelerates.
Liquidation maps add another layer: according to the clusters above, a run toward 120,000 USD is plausible if upside pressure persists and large short pockets are cleared.
🧭 Model Conditions
Our momentum model continues to show mixed signals across timeframes. The multi-day view remains cautious, suggesting the rally may be premature without further confirmation. Meanwhile, another component of the model declined meaningfully — typically a constructive early sign, especially if BTC dips before attempting continuation.
If price corrects and the model exits its stressed zone simultaneously, a strong multi-week buy setup could emerge.
💬 Final Thoughts
Despite the strong rebound, the market still needs a pullback to confirm trend health. A dip into the 88K–87K region would provide a clearer foundation for a push toward the 98K–100K band. If that zone holds and momentum builds, discussions about levels far above 100K become relevant again.
Patience remains the highest-value asset in this phase — the next opportunity likely appears on a pullback, not a chase.
🎯 Strategy Outlook
Short-Term — Pending
Watching for a long setup on a pullback. A signal could appear at any time.
Medium-Term — Pending
Plan remains the same: look to enter long on a controlled retracement, with performance near the 98K–100K zone determining follow-through.
Long-Term — Long
Cycle target remains intact toward 230,000 USD, conditional on the broader structure holding above 72K.
Entry: 79,000 USD
Stop: 65,000 USD
Target: 180,000 USD