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Bitcoin enters relief phase of the bear market.
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Crypto analyst reveals bottom price formation time frame.
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Can the price of BTC hit one last ATH before the bottom forms?
The price of Bitcoin (BTC), the pioneer crypto asset, continues to trade under the $70,000 price range and is currently trading between $66,000 and $68,000. From here, bearish analysts are certain that the price of BTC will go on to hit much lower price targets before finally bottoming sometime this year. According to one expert, Bitcoin enters relief phase of the bear market.
Bitcoin Enters Relief Phase of the Bear Market
The present bearish sentiments have all been drawn based on the traditional 4-year bull cycle. According to this pattern, the price of BTC hit its cycle peak price in October 2025. Thus, when BTC hit its latest ATH at $126,000 during Q4 last year, the asset may have just set its cycle top price. According to the 4-year cycle model, every day of the cycle was accounted for, meaning a bear market had begun.
Now, bearish analysts are working with the same model pattern to determine when the price of BTC will go on to set its bottom price before a bullish run can begin. According to one crypto expert, Bitcoin has entered the relief phase of the bear market and is repeating the 2022 price structure perfectly, meaning another significant price drop is inevitable sometime this year.
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Bitcoin has just entered the relief phase of the bear market.
2022 structure is repeating perfectly:
54% drop from ATH → complete
Relief rally → now
Final capitulation → next
This is where the trap is.
Most traders think the bottom is in during this… pic.twitter.com/usNZ93ZF7r
— Alex Mason 👁△ (@AlexMasonCrypto) April 6, 2026
In detail, the previous 2022 pattern meant that BTC would drop by over 50% from its ATH, which is already completed. This is then followed by a relief rally, which is occurring now, and lastly, the final capitulation is expected to play out. As we can see from the post above, this expert says that the capitulation is where the trap lies and that most will expect the bottom to have formed here only to get the timing wrong.
Crypto Analyst Reveals Bottom Time Frame
The post then goes on to highlight how many days the previous bull cycles went on for and concludes that based on historical timing, the highest probability window for the real bottom is somewhere between July and November 2026. He also adds that eventually, once the bottom is set, the price of BTC will recover and surge to much higher ATH prices, but what comes first is forced selling, liquidations, sentimental collapse, and panic.
He also marks how traders and retail will stop buying dips like they are doing now, which will lead to the bear market bottom finally forming. Still, despite this, true traders and crypto investors will buy BTC no matter the price, leaving them with a strong hand and an inevitable profit once the price of BTC will change its tune and move back to its bullish state in a mighty upward projection.
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