- Retail begins panic-selling at key support range.
- $70,000 BTC target is expected to be hit before a rally.
- Arthur Hayes declares $200,000 $250,000 BTC ATH on the horizon.
With the state of the crypto market remaining in a continuing price fall, analysts grow more anxious to see a recovery rally. However, the prices of crypto assets only continue to drop as traders observe how retail begins panic-selling at key support range. This leads to bearish analysts expecting a deep drop in the price of Bitcoin (BTC) as low as $70,000 before a bullish surge to new ATH prices as high as $200,000.
Retail Begins Panic-Selling at Key Support Range
The prices of Bitcoin and Ethereum are both falling to trade at lower prices. At the moment, the price of BTC is trading in a sideways movement between $84,000 and $86,000. Meanwhile, the price of Ethereum (ETH) is trading at the $2,800 price range, showing that both assets are dipping towards lower prices, signaling a disappointing and bearish start to the final month of the year.
This decline in prices is especially disappointing as December 1, 2025, marked the end of QT. This means that the Federal Reserve Board has officially ended its Quantitative Tightening (QT) phase, igniting hope that Quantitative Easing (QE) will begin soon. These actions together will certainly bring in more liquidity into the crypto market, ending the liquidity drought since 2022.
$70,000 BTC Target Before $200,000 ATH
However, at the moment, only QT ending is confirmed, and it is still the first day of QT ending. So what does this mean for financial markets and the crypto market? Will liquidity slowly seep in? Will market prices stabilize before heading into a bullish price surge that could allow Bitcoin (BTC) to set new ATH prices in the coming months? Let’s have a look at what most analysts are expecting.
As we can see from the post above, this expert says that currently, retail is panic-selling at a key support range while smart money is loading a textbook re-accumulation fractal. According to the image in the post, we are seeing an identical setup to the 2023 breakout. The $71,000-$77,000 grey box isn’t just support; it’s the launchpad. While the crowd fears a breakdown, the chart is screaming a major reversal. As long as this demand block holds, the structural target remains unchanged, and BTC could hit $200,000.
Adding to the bullish fervor is BitMEX’s Arthur Hayes, who doubles down on his expectation for Bitcoin to hit $25,000 by the end of the year. As we can see from the post above, Hayes goes on to reaffirm BTC’s bounce from the $80,000 price zone and believes BTC could skyrocket to $200,000 – $250,000 before the end of the year. Hayes points to global liquidity waves, like more rate cuts and accelerating institutional demand, as the key catalysts, believing the most explosive phase may be just beginning.
