Bitcoin Faces Headwinds as Altcoins Show Resilience and Market Evolution Continues
Bitcoin Faces Headwinds as Altcoins Show Resilience and Market Evolution Continues
The crypto market is navigating a complex landscape marked by Bitcoin's persistent struggles and emerging signs of strength within altcoins. Bitcoin (BTC) continues to face significant overhead resistance, experiencing momentum loss and increased selling pressure from long-term holders. Data suggests a shift in BTC's traditional 4-year cycle, with average annual returns declining. Despite these challenges, Bitcoin Depot is expanding its ATM operations to Hong Kong, signaling growing global demand for cash-to-crypto access.
Conversely, altcoins are hinting at an early revival, showing stable speculation and indications of risk re-entry, suggesting a more mature market cycle ahead even as Bitcoin's price drops. However, the sector also grappled with negative news, including a $25 million exploit on Ethereum (ETH) leading to a retrial for the accused. Price predictions generally reflect heavy selling pressure for most major cryptocurrencies, pushing them down from resistance levels.
Bitcoin’s momentum loss continues as long-term holders add to the market selling pressure, and rising US dollar strength leads investors to reduce their exposure to risk.
Data shows that BTC’s “average annual returns have gradually declined, with no peaks at all in the last cycle, confirming the hypothesis that Bitcoin's risk/return structure has changed.”
The largest Bitcoin ATM operator in North America is expanding to Hong Kong, citing growing global demand for cash-to-crypto access.
New data shows stable altcoin speculation despite Bitcoin’s price drop, hinting at early signs of risk re-entry and a more mature altcoin cycle ahead.
After a jury deadlocked on a verdict for two brothers accused of perpetrating a $25 million exploit on Ethereum, prosecutors are looking to retry them in 2026.
Bitcoin bulls tried to spark a recovery, but were met with heavy selling pressure near $107,000. A similar fate awaited most altcoins, which sold off from their respective resistance levels.