Key points:
Bitcoin is safe from breaking below $100,000 for the rest of the current bull market, analyst BitQuant said.
The latest predictions hint that $145,000 is still in play for BTC price.
A new dip below $114,500 closes a CME futures gap in place since July.
Bitcoin (BTC) will not “come close” to $100,000 during the current correction, with new all-time highs yet to come.
The latest predictions from X analyst BitQuant offer hope to nervous traders and include a $145,000 BTC price target.
BitQuant hints road to $145,000 BTC still open
Bitcoin may have sagged below $114,500 to seal an 8.8% drawdown against its latest record high, but not everyone is worried about the near future.
BitQuant, well known on social media for his bullish take on Bitcoin market structure across shorter and longer timeframes, said that BTC/USD will preserve the six-figure mark.
“Bitcoin isn’t going below $100K — not in this cycle. Doesn’t matter the news, the Fed, or inflation…,” he said on Monday.
Asked whether price could “touch” that psychological barrier, he added that BTC/USD would not “even come close” to such levels.
That perspective followed BitQuant reiterating his next local top target of $145,000, in play throughout 2025.
The pseudonymous analyst has made the headlines before, successfully predicting Bitcoin’s old all-time high from 2024, which hit before its block subsidy halving.
Current indications suggest that a cycle top could come at about $250,000.
Another Bitcoin dip, another CME gap filled
Other market participants continued to fear the worst.
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For trader Roman, equally conspicuous for his conservative views on price at the current stage in the bull market, $100,000 is anything but safe.
“My bet is this dump doesn’t find a decent area to bounce until 112k,” he told X followers Tuesday.
“Depending on IF we can find a reversal, a close below would be ugly and take us straight to 97k. Currently not seeing any signs of reversal so far.”
Roman previously referenced weak volume accompanying the latest all-time high as proof of the move’s unsustainable nature. Bitcoin, he argued, was looking increasingly like it did during the peak of its previous bull run in late 2021.
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Trader attention continues to focus on exchange order-book liquidity, with expectations of a fresh retaliatory short squeeze to follow the trip below $114,500.
Data from monitoring resource CoinGlass puts 24-hour crypto liquidations at $333 million at the time of writing.
Trader and analyst Rekt Capital notes that BTCprice has filled a “gap” left in CME Group’s Bitcoin futures market from July.
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