Crypto Wakes Up (Barely): Bitcoin Tries to Build a Base While Altcoins Stay in Setup Mode

Crypto is showing a little spark of life today — but let’s not kid ourselves.
It’s Sunday, volatility is low, liquidity is thin, and nothing truly “counts” until we see follow-through during the week. Still, the market is stabilizing in places that matter, so let’s break down what’s happening.

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THIS IS THE LAST LINE OF DEFENSE FOR BITCOIN

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Bitcoin: Trying to Build a Base After a Brutal 36% Drawdown

Bitcoin has absorbed a 36% correction, the harshest since 2023. Could it stretch to 40%? Absolutely. But we are starting to see stabilizing price action at key structural levels.

🔵 The Critical Levels

Here’s what matters on the chart right now:

• Major Support: $78,250

• Recent Local Low: $80,600

• Immediate Resistance: $87,600

• Breakout Trigger: $91,231

We’re currently bouncing between $82K and $88K, forming what might become a base — emphasis on might.

If Bitcoin can break and close above $87.6K, it can form a new support band in the mid-$84Ks and begin building toward the key $91.2K level. Break $91.2K, and $95K comes into play.

⚠️ The Gatekeeper: $78,200

That level matters because:

• It’s the exact support that launched BTC from Feb 2025 lows to $95K

• It’s the only true line separating “painful pullback” from “macro structure damage”

Hold above it?
→ Bull case alive.

Lose it?
→ Things get dark fast.

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Is a Base Forming? Possibly — But It’s Not Smooth Sailing

To be clear:

• This will not be a V-shaped recovery

• This will NOT snap back to $150K instantly

• This requires slow, structured, disciplined trading

The goal now is to survive the turbulence into late December, where macro tailwinds start kicking in.

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Macro: Liquidity Delayed (Again), Dollar Rising, Yen Carry Trade Chaos

Let’s talk macro — because macro is everything right now.

🧊 Liquidity Has Been Delayed

Not canceled.
Not reversed.
Just delayed.

Every time a liquidity spark appears, something pulls it away:

• Delayed cuts

• Sticky inflation

• Strong dollar

• Repatriation flows

• Risk-off positioning

We need to make it to December, because:

🚨 Quantitative Tightening Ends on December 1st

That alone is a massive macro shift.

QT ending =
→ Slower liquidity drain
→ Less pressure on risk assets
→ Conditions improving for Bitcoin

💵 Dollar Index (DXY)

Dollar up = crypto down
Dollar down = crypto pumps

DXY is rising again — not catastrophic, but enough to pressure BTC and ETH.

💴 Yen Carry Trade Madness

This is confusing even for experienced traders.

Historically:

• When yen carry unwinds ↘

• Global liquidity shifts ↘

• Bitcoin often dumps before macro headlines even mention it

But this time?
Too many moving parts.

Even I got whipsawed on USD/JPY and EUR/JPY — and I don’t get whipsawed often.

This is global liquidity repositioning, not local market noise.

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The Psychological Context: 36% Corrections Shake Out Weak Hands

Most retail is gone.
Most fast-money swing funds have sold.
Who’s left?

✔ Long-term Bitcoin holders

✔ Sovereign money
✔ Institutions
✔ Smart-money accumulators

VanEck — one of the most respected institutional names — just confirmed it:

“Weak hands are exiting, but long-duration capital isn’t selling.”

When only short-horizon money capitulates, that’s never a macro top.
That’s fear.
That’s noise.
That’s an opportunity.

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Ethereum: Clean Structure, Massive Support, and the “Pectra Wildcard”

Ethereum is sitting on major support:

🔵 Support Zone: $2,000 – $2,060

Lose this, and ETH falls deeper.

But here’s the wildcard:

🚀 The Pectra Upgrade

The last major upgrade (Prague-Deneb) gave ETH a 58% rally.

If Pectra delivers:

• ETH to $4K becomes easy

• ETH to $6K becomes realistic

• The ETH/BTC ratio ignites

Structurally:

• Wave 1: ignition

• Wave 2: correction (now)

• Wave 3: expansion (next)

ETH is in the discount zone — where smart money accumulates.

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Altcoins: Maximum Pain, Early Rotation Signals, But No Altseason Yet

Altcoins are at:

• Maximum fear

• Maximum undervaluation

• Maximum opportunity for builders and accumulators

But let’s be realistic:

❌ No Altseason in 2025

Rotation starts early 2026.
Full ignition happens late 2026.

We’re seeing small signs of rotation — not noise. Signal.
But the real run begins after liquidity fully returns.

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Got a better name? Drop it in the comments.

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Final Thoughts: Bitcoin Is Fighting, Ethereum Is Coiled, Markets Remain Choppy

To recap:

Bitcoin

Potential base forming, but must hold $78.2K.

Ethereum

Clean structure, huge potential once Pectra lands.

Altcoins

Bottoming structure forming, early rotation starting.

Macro

Liquidity delayed, not denied.
USD up, yen messy, QT ending soon.

Your Mission

Trade with discipline.
Stay structured.
Stay focused.
Dance near the door, but don’t leave the party.

Crypto rewards the patient — and destroys the emotional.

See you tomorrow.
Stay safe, stay profitable.
Cheers.