{"id":461,"date":"2025-05-11T13:31:39","date_gmt":"2025-05-11T13:31:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptocoinnewslink.com\/?p=461"},"modified":"2025-05-11T13:31:39","modified_gmt":"2025-05-11T13:31:39","slug":"bitcoin-must-close-the-week-above-this-level-to-start-price-discovery-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptocoinnewslink.com\/?p=461","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin must close the week above this level to start &#039;price discovery 2&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjUtMDUvMDE5NmJmODAtNzI3NS03ZWM3LTlhOTItZTBiZDczYmY1OGZj.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjUtMDUvMDE5NmJmODAtNzI3NS03ZWM3LTlhOTItZTBiZDczYmY1OGZj.jpg\" alt=\"Bitcoin must close the week above this level to start 'price discovery 2'\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Key points:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Bitcoin analysis identifies the all-important price point to hold into the weekly close as all-time highs loom.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Liquidity is tightly clustered around current spot price, with $106,000 the likely next battleground.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Some traders are expecting the bid to enter price discovery to fail.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Bitcoin (<a data-ct-non-breakable=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/bitcoin-price\" rel=\"null\" target=\"null\" title=\"null\">BTC<\/a>) preserved giant gains into the May 11 weekly close as analysis flagged the key level to hold next.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Bitcoin must close the week above this level to start 'price discovery 2'\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.cointelegraph.com\/uploads\/2025-05\/0196bf84-7375-7877-9bf1-cad045832881\" title=\"\" \/><figcaption><em>BTC\/USD 1-hour chart. Source: Cointelegraph\/TradingView<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Analysis: BTC price can \u201ckickstart the breakout process\u201d<\/h2>\n<p>Data from <a data-ct-non-breakable=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/subscription.cointelegraph.com\/?_gl=1*enpnlb*_ga*MTE3NDE3MjgzMC4xNzE1NjcwODE1*_ga_53R24TEEB1*MTc0NDcyNDI2NS40MS4xLjE3NDQ3MjQyNjkuNTYuMC45MTY3MzAwMzI.\" rel=\"null\" target=\"null\" title=\"null\">Cointelegraph Markets Pro<\/a> and <a data-ct-non-breakable=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/symbols\/BTCUSD\/?exchange=BITSTAMP\" rel=\"null\" target=\"null\" title=\"null\">TradingView<\/a> showed weekend upside volatility, delivering new multimonth highs of nearly $105,000.<\/p>\n<p>A lack of liquidity during \u201cout of hours\u201d trading contributed to the move, which once more came on the back of <a data-ct-non-breakable=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/bitcoin-eyes-sub-100k-liquidity-watch-these-btc-price-levels-next\" rel=\"null\" target=\"null\" title=\"null\">positive rumors<\/a> over a US-China trade deal.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24BTC&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$BTC<\/a><br \/>almost tagging $105K off again headlines<\/p>\n<p>markets will want to see fruition of Trumps comments regarding a path forward with trade between US &amp; China<\/p>\n<p>Shipping data does already suggest insiders know hence container volume has briefly picked up again <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AijqalylwS\">pic.twitter.com\/AijqalylwS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Skew \u0394 (@52kskew) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/52kskew\/status\/1921346497787891898?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 10, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Now, popular trader and analyst Rekt Capital confirmed that Bitcoin could even kickstart a return to all-time highs and price discovery.<\/p>\n<p>The all-important weekly close level to flip to support, he said, lay at around $104,500.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCan Bitcoin do it? Can Bitcoin Weekly Close above the Range High of its recently reclaimed Re-Accumulation Range to kickstart the breakout process?\u201d he queried in a <a data-ct-non-breakable=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/rektcapital\/status\/1921546553505808863\" rel=\"null\" target=\"null\" title=\"null\">post on X<\/a> alongside an explanatory chart.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cBitcoin is on the cusp of beginning Price Discovery Uptrend 2.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Bitcoin must close the week above this level to start 'price discovery 2'\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.cointelegraph.com\/uploads\/2025-05\/0196bf7f-3bf3-7a56-8a71-ea54b0e54da4\" title=\"\" \/><figcaption><em>BTC\/USD 1-week chart. Source: Rekt Capital\/X<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>An additional update calculated the current Bitcoin bull market as 85.5% complete, yet with the most erratic upswings still to come.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BTC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BTC<\/a> Bull Market Progress:<\/p>\n<p>\u2593\u2593\u2593\u2593\u2593\u2593\u2593\u2593\u2591\u2591 85.5%<\/p>\n<p>(Progress will speed up on Parabolic advances)<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24BTC&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$BTC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Crypto?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Crypto<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bitcoin?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Bitcoin<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Qe88NVmo2z\">pic.twitter.com\/Qe88NVmo2z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rekt Capital (@rektcapital) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rektcapital\/status\/1920949206224622073?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 9, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A look at the latest exchange order book data from monitoring resource <a data-ct-non-breakable=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coinglass.com\/pro\/futures\/LiquidationHeatMap\" rel=\"null\" target=\"null\" title=\"null\">CoinGlass<\/a> showed a large cloud of asks clustered around the area immediately below $106,000 at the time of writing.<\/p>\n<p>Bids were laddered down to $102,000, creating a thickening band of liquidity around spot price into the weekly close.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Bitcoin must close the week above this level to start 'price discovery 2'\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.cointelegraph.com\/uploads\/2025-05\/0196bf80-67c5-7005-aac4-960e9b2c321c\" title=\"\" \/><figcaption><em>BTC liquidation heatmap. Source: CoinGlass<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Bitcoin can still retrace \u201centire move\u201d<\/h2>\n<p>Some market participants remained bearish on short timeframes.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Related: <\/strong><\/em><a data-ct-non-breakable=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/is-bitcoin-about-to-parabolic-btc-price-160k-next\" rel=\"null\" target=\"null\" title=\"null\"><em><strong>Is Bitcoin about to go parabolic? BTC price targets include $160K next<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On X, popular trader HTL-NL argued that the current push toward all-time highs would end as a \u201cfakeout\u201d to trap late longs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWill $BTC close\/open the week remaining within the range, will it do a &#8216;fake out (UTAD)&#8217; or was this really a reaccumulation range as many want to believe,\u201d he <a data-ct-non-breakable=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/htltimor\/status\/1921521417926955253\" rel=\"null\" target=\"null\" title=\"null\">wrote<\/a> on the day.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cTo be honest, although I still favour the first 2 options based on M\/Q charts, it being reaccumulation is not impossible.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Bitcoin must close the week above this level to start 'price discovery 2'\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.cointelegraph.com\/uploads\/2025-05\/0196bf80-df66-75c9-a4fb-0e22d1fb11ae\" title=\"\" \/><figcaption><em>BTC\/USDT 1-hour chart. Source: HTL-NL\/X<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Another voice of caution, one all too familiar in Bitcoin trading circles, came in the form of fellow trader Il Capo of Crypto.<\/p>\n<p>In his <a data-ct-non-breakable=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CryptoCapo_\/status\/1921125523905749397\" rel=\"null\" target=\"null\" title=\"null\">latest X updates<\/a>, the pseudonymous commentator warned that BTC\/USD could correct to the extent that its entire rebound disappears.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the time to scale out, not in,\u201d he argued on May 10.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cStrong resistances are being tested, and if this is just a correction of the downtrend since January, the entire move could eventually be fully reversed.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Il Capo of Crypto <a data-ct-non-breakable=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/bitcoin-trader-12k-btc-price-target-warns-weeks-crypto-comedown\" rel=\"null\" target=\"null\" title=\"null\">originally gained notoriety<\/a> for his $12,000 BTC price targets at the start of the bull market in 2023.<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-content__disclaimer\">This article does not contain investment advice or recommendations. Every investment and trading move involves risk, and readers should conduct their own research when making a decision.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key points: Bitcoin analysis identifies the all-important price point to hold into the weekly close as all-time highs loom. Liquidity is tightly clustered around current spot price, with $106,000 the likely next battleground. Some traders are expecting the bid to enter price discovery to fail. 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