Why is Crypto Up Today? Here's What you didn't Notice...

After days of brutal selling, the crypto market is finally showing green. Bitcoin just bounced cleanly from a key support zone, and the entire market followed. Here’s what changed.

Rudy Fares

Rudy Fares

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Crypto is up today — but this isn’t a trend reversal yet.
After heavy drops across the market, what you’re seeing now is a classic post-dump correction: when price falls too fast, overshoots support, and naturally snaps back. The attached Bitcoin chart shows exactly that kind of rebound. And as always, when BTC stabilizes, the entire crypto market follows.

Let’s break it down.

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Bitcoin Price Analysis: A Clean Technical Rebound

Looking at the BTC 2H chart:

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  • Bitcoin plunged into the $80,000 support zone, marked clearly by the yellow line.
  • Price wicked below the level and immediately bounced — a textbook liquidity grab.
  • Since then, BTC recovered back to the $86,000–$86,500 range, forming a small bullish structure.
  • Stoch RSI is overbought, which usually signals that this bounce is relief only, not a full trend reversal.

This kind of rebound happens after extreme selling pressure.
Markets rarely drop in a straight line — they “reset” through short squeezes and technical bounces.

Important:
BTC still remains far below the upper yellow resistance at $94,200, meaning bulls have a long way to go before the trend shifts.

Why the Crypto Market Is Up: Everything Still Follows BTC

The BTC dominance chart below confirms what always happens:

When Bitcoin bounces, the entire crypto market turns green — even during a larger downtrend. That's because Bitcoin still leads cryptos, any change that happens to Bitcoin will have a domino effect on most altcoins.

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Bitcoin dominance chart - coinmarketcap

Look at the 24h percentage column:

  • $Bitcoin +3.52%
  • $Ethereum +4.46%
  • $XRP +7.71%
  • $BNB +3.45%
  • $Solana +4.43%
  • $Dogecoin +5.79%
  • $Cardano +4.04%
  • $Zcash +10.90%

Even coins that have been crushed all week are recovering slightly today.

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This is a classic correlated market rebound:

  1. BTC stabilizes
  2. Altcoins spike harder
  3. Traders buy the dip
  4. Shorts get squeezed
  5. Charts show temporary green across the board

Nothing about market structure has changed — the trend is still down on higher timeframes — but the bounce is strong enough to lift every top-10 coin.

Will Bitcoin Price GO UP Again?

Not yet.

Here’s why:

  • Bitcoin is still trading below major resistance at $94,200.
  • Stoch RSI on the BTC chart is already overheated.
  • Altcoins are reacting emotionally, not structurally.
  • Broad macro conditions haven’t changed.

For this recovery to be real, BTC must:

  1. Break $88,000 → $90,000,
  2. Reclaim $94,200,
  3. Hold above it for at least a daily close.

Until then, this move is a relief bounce inside a downtrend.

Crypto Prediction: What Happens Next for Crypto?

Short term:

  • BTC may retest $87K–$88K soon.
  • If buyers fail to hold momentum, the market may revisit $82K–$80K.
  • If buyers hold the bounce, alts can see another % pop.

Mid term:

  • BTC direction will decide everything.
  • Altcoins remain high beta — they move faster than BTC both up and down.
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