Bitcoin nears $40K amid warning BTC price will correct before bull market resumes
Another price dip is required before continuation, one trader says, giving a short-term target of $36,000 for BTC/USD. Bitcoin (BTC) edged closer to $40,000 on Thursday as bulls gathered increasing signals that the bottom is in. Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD retaining levels it reclaimed a day before, including the critical $37,500.
Now, eyes were on the coming days for confirmation of a breakout or rejection — volatility was already forecast to enter by the weekend. For popular trader Crypto Ed, the market might need another bearish test in the short term before coming back with a vengeance. In the meantime, it may be a case of grinning and bearing familiar moves.
“I think we’re close to a reversal and a correction during the day before up again,” he told Twitter followers on Thursday. “BTC to $36k and ETH $2500? Might be a boring day....” He added that he assumed that BTC/USD is going to correct rather than continue upward.
Bottom-hunting metrics demand attention
Meanwhile, two new metrics that specifically try to catch Bitcoin price bottoms went live on monitoring resource Glassnode this week in a timely release for traders. Created by David Puell, well known for his famous Puell Multiple indicator, delta cap and balanced price both provided cues that Bitcoin may already be in recovery.
“Watch out for confluence on these in the next bear,” Puell added.
As Cointelegraph reported, opinions continue to focus on this year seeing a double top pattern on Bitcoin similar to 2013. In both previous bull markets, major retracements from local highs were standard on the way to ultimate peaks; and as such, there is nothing unusual about current behavior. That was the opinion of stock-to-flow creator PlanB this week in conversation with podcast host Preston Pysh.
Top Cryptocurrencies with Price Predictions
| # | Crypto | Prediction | Accuracy | CVIX | Price | 24h | 7d | Market Cap | 7d price change | |
| 1 |  BTC |
Bitcoin predictions | 75.2% | 40 | $61 168.42 | 1.56% | -7.74% | $1 208 863 783 447 |  |
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| 2 |  ETH |
Ethereum predictions | 77.6% | 44 | $2 363.94 | 1.94% | -11.89% | $284 555 397 399 |  |
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| 3 |  USDT |
Tether predictions | 96% | 1 | $0.999717 | -0.02% | -0.07% | $119 608 189 522 |  |
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| 4 |  BNB |
Binance Coin predictions | 76.4% | 51 | $548.16 | 1.78% | -10.22% | $79 994 624 748 |  |
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| 5 |  SOL |
Solana predictions | 74% | 54 | $139.68 | 3.46% | -12.80% | $65 438 871 809 |  |
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| 6 |  USDC |
USD Coin predictions | 96% | 1 | $0.999890 | -0.02% | -0.01% | $35 552 716 137 |  |
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| 7 |  XRP |
XRP predictions | 77.6% | 39 | $0.519599 | 0.32% | -12.41% | $29 390 622 034 |  |
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| 8 |  DOGE |
Dogecoin predictions | 80% | 39 | $0.107282 | 4.49% | -15.66% | $15 687 645 053 |  |
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| 9 |  TRX |
TRON predictions | 92.8% | 1 | $0.157265 | 1.83% | 1.38% | $13 617 488 900 |  |
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| 10 |  TON |
Toncoin predictions | 76% | 49 | $5.34 | 1.91% | -11.37% | $13 522 991 190 |  |
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| 11 |  ADA |
Cardano predictions | 78% | 42 | $0.350367 | 3.93% | -14.09% | $12 247 575 562 |  |
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| 12 |  AVAX |
Avalanche predictions | 64.4% | 68 | $25.59 | 6.27% | -16.70% | $10 400 143 923 |  |
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| 13 |  STETH |
Lido stETH predictions | 96% | 1 | $2 941.39 | -0.40% | -3.32% | $10 258 752 564 |  |
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| 14 |  WTRX |
Wrapped TRON predictions | 93.2% | 1 | $0.116354 | -0.46% | 0.23% | $10 171 995 609 |  |
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| 15 |  SHIB |
SHIBA INU predictions | 58.8% | 94 | $0.000017 | 9.27% | -19.43% | $10 127 293 790 |  |
