Bitcoin’s latest price action has run into a technical wall, and crypto analyst Merlijn The Trader believes the rejection could become more serious if one nearby support level fails. Particularly, technical analysis shows that the price action looks uncomfortably close to a crash under $76,000. Bitcoin’s 200-Day Moving Average Has Become The First Major Rejection Zone Bitcoin reached $82,400 on May 6 before stalling at the 200-day moving average, pulling back to as low as $74,000 during the most recent weekend. Merlijn’s chart analysis compares this current 2026 setup on the daily candlestick timeframe with Bitcoin’s 2022 structure. Related Reading: What Goldman Sachs Dumping Its XRP Stash Means For Holders Looking at the 2022 example, Bitcoin pushed into the 200-day moving average around $48,000 in early April, failed to hold that level, and then continued lower until the price fell to as low as $28,000 in May. That move turned out to be a decline of about 40% from the rejection area
Bitcoin is struggling to push above $78,000 as the market faces uncertainty that has made directional conviction difficult to sustain. The price is grinding. Not breaking down catastrophically, but not advancing either. A CryptoOnchain report combining US Spot ETF flow data with Binance on-chain metrics has identified a structural divergence beneath the surface. Explaining why the recovery has stalled at precisely the moment it should be building momentum. Related Reading: FET Exchange Supply Is Quietly Disappearing – Discover Why Traders Are Watching Closely The report’s opening finding is the most alarming available in the current market structure. Over the past two weeks, US Spot Bitcoin ETFs have recorded net outflows exceeding $1.74 billion. The institutional bid that drove the most significant phase of Bitcoin’s recovery from the cycle lows has not simply paused — it has reversed. Wall Street is not buying the dip. It is selling into whatever strength the market produces. The Coi
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