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🚨 BTC AT THE EDGE: LTH LEVEL, 60K AND THE "DEATH CROSS"
The market has approached a zone where several critical metrics converge.
📊 1️⃣ Real Price of Long-Term Holders — $65 680
The average cost basis for those holding BTC for 155+ days is currently around $65 680.
This is the so-called Realized Price LTH — a historically strong balance level.
When the price is above → long-term holders are in profit.
When below → pressure and redistribution begin.
We are trading right at this boundary.
📉 2️⃣ Volatility is decreasing, the trend is weakening
According to SeerQuant:
— Volatility is declining
— Trend strength is weakening
— The assessment indicates a zone similar to the bottom of 2022
But their trend system still remains bearish.
This is a typical phase: the structure is weak, but the assessment already looks attractive.
⚠️ 3️⃣ Key level — $60 000
According to Bluekurtic Market:
At the $60 000 level, there are 196,000 put contracts
The notional value is about $13 billion.
A breakdown below could trigger a cascade reaction through options and hedging.
The fear index has already entered the extreme fear zone.
📉 4️⃣ Technical risk
Since 2014, the "death cross" — the crossing of the 50- and 200-day SMAs on a 3D chart — has historically preceded the final phase of a bear market.
If the signal confirms — the market may see another spike before forming a bottom.
Balance of factors
🔹 Price at LTH cost basis
🔹 The assessment is close to undervalued zones
🔹 The trend remains bearish
🔹 (— trigger risk level
Conclusion
We are in a zone of structural tension.
Either the LTH level holds and a bottom begins to form,
or a breakdown of ) triggers the final phase of pressure.
The coming weeks will determine whether this is accumulation or preparation for another downward impulse.
The market is currently at a decision point.