Bitcoin nears lowest in three weeks as BTC price targets drop to $41K
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Bitcoin grabbed downside liquidity as oil-supply pressure sent BTC price action below $66,500 to its lowest levels since March 9.
Bitcoin (BTC) neared three-week lows into Friday’s Wall Street open amid reports of Iran closing the Strait of Hormuz oil route.
Bitcoin reacts badly to fresh oil-supply threats ahead of Friday’s Wall Street open.
BTC price action hunts bid liquidity, continuing a week of low-time frame liquidity grabs.
Another bear flag threatens to send the market below $50,000, analysis says.
Data from TradingView showed BTC price action slipping below $66,500 ahead of the Wall Street open.
US stocks futures trended down and US WTI crude oil eyed $97 per barrel as geopolitical tensions refused to let up.
Data from CoinGlass showed BTC/USD eating into a ladder of bid liquidity extending down to $65,000, with a wall of asks keeping price pinned below the $70,000 mark.
“$70-71k confirmed as resistance again,” trader Jelle wrote in analysis on X the day prior.
The latest market moves continued a theme of liquidity grabs seen throughout the week.
Continuing, crypto trader Michaël Van de Poppe said that he would not be “surprised” about further BTC price weakness into the March monthly candle close.
“Especially given that we're currently anticipating a potential sweep of the lows,” he told X followers on the day.
On longer time frames, market participants focused on a potential bearish support breakdown from Bitcoin’s second bear flag construction of 2026.
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Previously occurring in January, the current bear flag has produced targets below $50,000.
“Bitcoin setting up for a rising wedge sell signal,” veteran trader Peter Brandt warned on Wednesday, joining those calls.
In his own X update, trader and educator Aaron Dishner continued the bearish tone around the flag structure.
“BTC is doing exactly what the bear flag setup called for. Price broke below the cloud yesterday on the daily, and today opened below it - currently down just 0.32% but that's not a recovery, that's hesitation,” he commented.
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Source: CoinTelegraph
