Just watching Bitcoin bounce around and something feels off. We're sitting at $74K now but the struggle to hold above $70K earlier really pulled up negatives for the whole market. That $68-70K zone was supposed to be solid support through February, so losing it is kind of a red flag.



What's interesting is how the big names are actually performing okay this week - BTC up 3.8%, Ethereum up 3.7% - but earlier weakness really pulled up negatives for the smaller caps. Usually when majors stumble, alts can't hold gains for long. ZEC and ATOM are mixed right now, which tells me traders are getting selective.

On-chain data from the analysts suggests we're in a stress phase but haven't hit that capitulation bottom yet. That means the selling might not be done. Add in the quantum computing noise, the whole BIP-110 spam proposal drama, and Harvard cutting their Bitcoin ETF position by 20%, and it's easy to see why sentiment is fragile. The technical picture pulled up negatives too - a clean break under $67K would put $65K and $60K back in play. For now, reclaiming $70K is the test. Fail that again and we're probably repricing lower.
BTC1.34%
ETH2.39%
ZEC-0.7%
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