{"id":41696,"date":"2026-03-04T08:01:58","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T08:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/?p=41696"},"modified":"2026-03-04T08:01:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T08:01:58","slug":"the-massive-obstacle-holding-bitcoins-price-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/?p=41696","title":{"rendered":"The Massive &#8216;Obstacle&#8217; Holding Bitcoin&#8217;s Price Down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> \n<br \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMeanwhile, another analyst explained where&#8217;s bitcoin most likely bottom.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Bitcoin\u2019s price went through some intense volatility in the past week or so, especially since the attacks between Israel and the USA on one side, and Iran, on the other began on Saturday morning. Within this timeframe, the asset tried to reclaim the coveted $70,000 level on a couple of occasions, but to no avail.<\/p>\n<p>The last such example was on Monday when it <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/5-in-1-hour-bitcoin-price-explodes-to-69k-ahead-of-trumps-speech-on-iran-situation\/\">skyrocketed<\/a> by $5,000 in minutes, going from $65,200 to $70,150. However, the bears intercepted the move and pushed the cryptocurrency to under $66,400.<\/p>\n<p>Although it has recovered some ground and is close to $69,000 as of press time, popular analyst CW believes there\u2019s a massive obstacle in its path.<\/p>\n<p>Citing data from Coinglass, they indicated that bitcoin whales are forming sell orders at just over the current levels, which is \u201cholding down the price.\u201d Bitcoin could move higher \u201cwhen these sell orders disappear,\u201d they added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24BTC&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">$BTC<\/a> whales are forming sell orders and holding down the price.<\/p>\n<p>When these sell orders disappear, the next move will occur. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RsLIajaxpM\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/RsLIajaxpM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CW (@CW8900) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CW8900\/status\/2029077423023898765?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">March 4, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Fellow analyst Ali Martinez also weighed in on BTC\u2019s recent performance, and more specifically on its expected bottom during this bear cycle. He noted that the asset has historically bottomed somewhere between the 1.0 and 0.8 MVRV Pricing Bands.<\/p>\n<p>The Market Value to Realized Value Metric is calculated by dividing the former by the latter. Higher levels typically mean that the underlying asset could be overvalued, and vice versa.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"you-may-also-like\" class=\"heading-4\">You may also like:<\/h3>\n<p>If history is any indication, bitcoin\u2019s bottom might not be in yet. Instead, Martinez\u2019s graph shows that it could be somewhere between $43,600 and $54,500.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Over the past decade, Bitcoin <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24BTC&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">$BTC<\/a> has consistently bottomed between the 1.0 and 0.8 MVRV Pricing Bands. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bETaOvRPNN\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/bETaOvRPNN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ali Charts (@alicharts) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alicharts\/status\/2029059511567491383?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">March 4, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-12\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\">\n<div><center><span style=\"font-size:11px; color: gray;\">SPECIAL OFFER (Exclusive)<\/span><\/center><br \/>\n<b>Binance Free $600 (CryptoPotato Exclusive): <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/binance600f\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Use this link<\/a> to register a new account and receive $600 exclusive welcome offer on Binance<\/b> (<a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/binance600d\/\">full details<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><b>LIMITED OFFER for CryptoPotato readers at Bybit: <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/pl\/bybit24\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Use this link<\/a> to register and open a $500 FREE position on any coin!<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/btc-rejected-at-70k-again-the-massive-obstacle-holding-bitcoins-price-down\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Meanwhile, another analyst explained where&#8217;s bitcoin most likely bottom. 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