{"id":375408,"date":"2025-02-26T08:51:13","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T03:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/bitcoin-price-takes-a-hit-is-this-just-the-beginning-crypto-news\/"},"modified":"2025-02-26T08:56:46","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T03:26:46","slug":"bitcoin-price-takes-a-hit-is-this-just-the-beginning-crypto-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/bitcoin-price-takes-a-hit-is-this-just-the-beginning-crypto-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Price Takes a Hit\u2014Is This Just the Beginning? &#8211; Crypto News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><em>Bitcoin price started a fresh decline below the $90,000 support. BTC must stay above the $86,000 zone to avoid more losses in the near term.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bitcoin started a fresh decline from the $95,500 zone.<\/li>\n<li>The price is trading below $90,000 and the 100 hourly Simple moving average.<\/li>\n<li>There is a short-term triangle forming with resistance at $89,000 on the hourly chart of the BTC\/USD pair (data feed from Kraken).<\/li>\n<li>The pair could start another decline if it fails to stay above the $90,000 zone.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Bitcoin Price Dips Sharply<\/h2>\n<p>Bitcoin price failed to stay above the $95,500 level and started a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/analysis\/btc\/bitcoin-price-tumbles-91000\/\" target=\"_blank\">fresh decline<\/a>. BTC declined heavily below the $93,200 and $92,200 support levels.<\/p>\n<p>The price even dived below the $90,000 level. It tested the $86,000 zone. A low was formed at $86,000 and the price is now consolidating losses. It is back above the $88,500 level and the 23.6% Fib retracement level of the downward move from the $96,482 swing high to the $86,000 low.<\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin price is now trading below $91,200 and the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/analysis\/btc\/bitcoin-price-breakout-dreams-crushed\/\" target=\"_blank\">100 hourly Simple moving average<\/a>. On the upside, immediate resistance is near the $89,000 level. There is also a short-term triangle forming with resistance at $89,000 on the hourly chart of the BTC\/USD pair.<\/p>\n<p>The first key resistance is near the $90,000 level. The next key resistance could be $91,250 or the 50% Fib retracement level of the downward move from the $96,482 swing high to the $86,000 low.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_702923\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-702923\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Bitcoin_276aa0.png\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-702923\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/symbols\/BTCUSD\/\" target=\"_blank\">BTCUSD on TradingView.com<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A close above the $91,250 resistance might send the price further higher. In the stated case, the price could rise and test the $93,500 resistance level. Any more gains might send the price toward the $95,000 level or even $96,400.<\/p>\n<h2>Another Decline In BTC?<\/h2>\n<p>If Bitcoin fails to rise above the $90,000 resistance zone, it could start a fresh decline. Immediate support on the downside is near the $88,000 level. The first major support is near the $87,250 level.<\/p>\n<p>The next support is now near the $86,000 zone. Any more losses might send the price toward the $85,000 support in the near term. The main support sits at $83,200.<\/p>\n<p>Technical indicators:<\/p>\n<p>Hourly MACD \u2013 The MACD is now losing pace in the bearish zone.<\/p>\n<p>Hourly RSI (Relative Strength Index) \u2013 The RSI for BTC\/USD is now below the 50 level.<\/p>\n<p>Major Support Levels \u2013 $88,000, followed by $86,000.<\/p>\n<p>Major Resistance Levels \u2013 $90,000 and $91,250.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin price started a fresh decline below the $90,000 support. BTC must stay above the $86,000 zone to avoid more losses in the near term. Bitcoin started a fresh decline from the $95,500 zone. The price is trading below $90,000 and the 100 hourly Simple moving average. There is a short-term triangle forming with resistance [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":375409,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[235,203,210,234,231,232,237,238,236,233],"class_list":["post-375408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blockchain","tag-bitcoin","tag-crypto-currency","tag-elon-musk","tag-ethereum","tag-hyperledger","tag-ibm","tag-mining","tag-nodes","tag-spacex","tag-tesla"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=375408"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":375410,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375408\/revisions\/375410"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/375409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=375408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=375408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=375408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}