Bitcoin ‘Death Cross’ Panic Returns: History Says It’s A Late Signal
Bitcoin’s “death cross” is back in the group chat. And yes, the emails too. Matthew Sigel, head of digital assets research at VanEck, said he’s been “getting questions from clients” about the latest death cross print — the 50-day moving average slipping under the 200-day — and answered with the kind of data dump that tends to calm people down. “Lagging indicator,” Sigel wrote on X, alongside a table of every Bitcoin death cross going back to 2011. The summary stats are clean: the 6-month median return after a death cross is +30%, the 12-month median is +89%, and the “positive hit rate” is....
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Bitcoin traders are sitting on their hands after spotting a death cross on the daily chart but could this be a buy signal for contrarian investors? Bitcoin’s (BTC) succession of sharp corrections from its all-time high at $64,900 has turned investor sentiment negative, at least for the short-term. While some analysts believe the bottom may have been hit, others are warning of a further fall due to the “Death Cross” pattern that, at the time of writing, is on the verge of completion. For new traders, the name death cross itself brings a lot of negativity and a feeling of impending doom.....
Dogecoin (DOGE) holders have been put on alert by crypto analyst Ali Martinez (@ali_charts), who shared a chart on Monday highlighting a noteworthy technical setup. According to Martinez, the Market Value to Realized Value (MVRV) ratio for DOGE just formed a “death cross” with its own 200-day moving average (MA)—an event that previously correlated with major price declines. Dogecoin MVRV Death Cross Warning Martinez’s chart, sourced from Santiment, plots three key data points: DOGE/USD Price (black line), DOGE’s MVRV Ratio (orange line) and DOGE’s 200-day MVRV Ratio MA (red line). He....
Chainlink has seen some mixed price action as of late, with bulls unable to gain a decisive edge over bears as the entire market turns lower. LINK isn’t the only cryptocurrency that has been struggling to gain any bull-favoring momentum, as most other cryptocurrencies have also seen some intense selling pressure that has slowed their […]
All across crypto, fear is in the air. Not only is the market shaken from the recent downtrend, but there’s an extra layer of doom and gloom due to an impending “death cross” in Bitcoin. Learn all about the ominous sounding crossover of two commonly watched moving averages, what the signal could mean, and how Bitcoin price has reacted in the past. The "death cross" is nigh | Source: BTCUSD on TradingView.com Does The Bitcoin Death Cross Mean Doom And Gloom For Crypto? Bitcoin price on daily BTCUSD charts is only days away from completing a “death cross.”....
Bitcoin is on the verge of painting a Death Cross. The technical chart pattern–which forms after an asset’s short-term moving average closes below its long-term moving average–holds credibility for predicting bearish markets. In the stock market crash of 2008, for instance, many investors credited Death Cross for limiting their losses. The same scenario is now brewing on the Bitcoin daily chart, wherein the cryptocurrency’s 50-day moving average (50-DMA) is itching to drop below its 100-day […]