Bitcoin Price Got Rejected At The 200-MA, Why Breaking $76,000 Could Be A Problem
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