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Improving retail crypto and TradFi investor sentiment align with the recent uptick in Bitcoin price, but sell orders and short positions in the $93,000 range threaten to cap the rally.<\/p>\n

Over the past two weeks, Bitcoin price repeatedly revisited the $90,000 range as retail investor sentiment improved, fund managers restated their bullish expectations for a potential end-of-year rally, and Strategy announced a sizable BTC purchase.\u00a0<\/p>\n

According to VanEck head of digital asset research, Matthew Sigel, Bernstein wrote that \u201cthe Bitcoin cycle has broken the 4-year pattern (cycle peaking every 4 years) and is now in an elongated bull-cycle with more sticky institutional buying offsetting any retail panic selling.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Bernstein\u2019s comments follow BlackRock chair and CEO Larry Fink mentioning that sovereign wealth funds are \u201cincrementally\u201d buying Bitcoin as it \u201chas fallen from its $126,000 peak.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Fink said,\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI know they bought more in the 80s. And they\u2019re establishing a longer position. And you own it over years. This is not a trade. You won if for a purpose, but the market is skewed, it is heavily leveraged and that\u2019s why you\u2019re going to have more volatility.\u201d\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Mirroring Fink\u2019s and Bernstein\u2019s view, on Monday, Strategy announced a fresh 10,624 BTC ($962.7 million) purchase at an average $90,615 per coin. Bitwise European head of research Andre Dragosch noted that Strategy\u2019s purchase \u201cwas the biggest amount since July 2025.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Strategy makes is biggest BTC purchase since July. X \/ <\/em>Andre Dragosch<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

While Bitcoin\u2019s recovery from its Nov. 21 low of $80,612 has followed the improvement in investor sentiment, the price is still capped in the $90,000 to $93,000 range. On Saturday, chartered market technician Aksel Kibar said,\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is part of the choppy price action where BTC\/USD is possibly trying to find a bottom. Technical support is lower between $73.7K and $76.5K. It took few months in March-May period to form that short-term double bottom.\u201d\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Related: <\/strong><\/em>Did BTC’s Santa rally start at $89K? 5 things to know in Bitcoin this week<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Cumulative volume data from Hyblock provides a more nuanced view, highlighting rising participation from investors in the 0 to 100 BTC trade cohort, which some analysts label as retail. Larger trade-size cohorts in the 1,000 to 100,000 and 100,000 to 1 million (cumulative volume delta) appear to be selling on rallies in the $90,000 to $93,000 price range.\u00a0<\/p>\n

BTC\/USDT Binance, cumulative volume deltas. Source: Hyblock<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Similarly, order book data for BTC\/USDT (perpetual contracts at Binance) shows a wall of asks starting at $90,000 and thickening from $94,000 to $95,000.\u00a0<\/p>\n

BTC\/USDT (Binance), orderbook asks at 5%-10% depth. Source: TRDR.io<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Liquidation heatmap data, on the other hand, shows short liquidity at $94,000 to $95,300, which could serve as fuel for bulls to attempt a run on $100,000 if the market provides sufficient catalysts to induce an uptick in either spot or futures buying.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0BTC\/USDT liquidation heatmap, 1-month lookback. Source: Hyblock<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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