Bitcoin $50K Bottom Call Faces Pushback As Price Nears $75K
Previous bear markets left scars that are hard to ignore. The 2017 crash wiped out more than 80% of Bitcoin’s valueI don’t think $60,000 was the bottom
You can pray for it of course 😈 but it won’t helpThe few % bounces are tiny if you zoom out
I will reconsider this stance in case bull strength returns
It’s just…Manipulation: loading.
Distribution: $150K. Pending.Lose it: $50K first.You watched it happen. pic.twitter.com/yJMAeA6Tfh
— Merlijn The Trader (@MerlijnTrader) April 13, 2026
Geopolitical Tensions Drive Swings
Crypto prices don’t move in a vacuum. A temporary ceasefire between the US and Iran sent Bitcoin briefly above $75,000 — the kind of jump that happens when fear lifts, even for a moment.
US President Donald Trump announced the two-week pause in hostilities, and markets responded quickly. But the relief didn’t last.
Peace talks broke down over the weekend, and by Monday Bitcoin had slipped back below $71,000 after Trump ordered a naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. Rising consumer prices, reported in Friday’s CPI data, added further weight.
Bitcoin’s all-time high stands at $126,198, set in October 2025. At current prices around $72,500 to $74,600, that puts the drawdown at roughly 40% to 44% — deep, but still well short of the 60% collapse that some models suggest a full bear market requires.
BTC STILL LOOKS SUPER BEARISH HTF
Weekly short imbalances were filled and rn we can only go to 1M imbalance, which is ~$80K
Right after it, I am waiting for a final huge dump to one of my targets:
$59K or $50K
Either way last dump is coming
Notifs on, I’ll call exact bottom pic.twitter.com/twHr5VhxRr
— symbiote (@cryptosymbiiote) April 13, 2026
Analysts Split On What Comes Next
One analyst posting under the name “symbiote” called the chart “super bearish” on longer time frames, saying a final large drop to either $59,000 or $50,000 was still coming. Others are less certain the floor hasn’t already been set.
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What makes this cycle harder to read is the mix of forces pulling in both directions. Institutional investment and ETF inflows provide steady demand. Global conflict, inflation data, and uncertain monetary policy cut against that. Neither side has clearly hit the proverbial bullseye.
Bitcoin touched a low of around $66,000 in early April before recovering. Whether that low holds — or whether the market has another leg down before it finds real footing — remains an open question that even the most watched voices in crypto can’t agree on.
Featured image from Unsplash, chart from TradingView
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