The Bitcoin Bear Market May Be Declining, But Are We Watching History Repeating Itself?
Bitcoin fell back below $70,000 as sales pressure continues to dominate among crypto traders. Significantly, there is currently little sign of strong buying demand to halt further declines and the current structure is still in motion room for Bitcoin price declines less than $60,000.
Interestingly, technical analysis shows that Bitcoin price action is it starts to look like a pattern created during the 2022 bear market, with long-term data showing that Bitcoin bear cycles gradually become more severe over time.
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Bitcoin’s Bear Market Cycles Are Declining
Technical analysis of All Bitcoin price history shows that the post-cycle drop was compressing with almost mechanical precision. This hidden pattern was posted by crypto analyst CrypFlow on social media platform X.
According to analysts, each major bear market has produced a smaller percentage decline than before, starting with a 93% drop after the 2011 peak. The 2013 peak was followed by an 87% drop. After the performance of 2017, the market returned 84%. Finally, when the 2021 bull cycle peaked, the subsequent bear market stalled with an estimated decline of 78%.
The argument is that Bitcoin’s growth into a deeply liquid market has gradually reduced the kind of low volatility that characterized its early years. Based on that context, the next bear market down will not need to withstand the bloodshed of previous cycles. Therefore, it is safe to assume a worst-case scenario of a 70% drawdown from Bitcoin’s 2025 peak price of $126,080.
To add to that push forward, 70% crash from the 2025 cycle high will put Bitcoin somewhere around $37,000. However, the analyst also noted that this price is not a low forecast. It is also worth noting that Bitcoin has never closed a monthly candle below the previous cycle level during a bear market. In this case, that previous cycle high is the 2021 peak of around $69,000.
2022 Bull Trap Common And Possible Drop To $50,000
Bitcoin bear market cycles may be waning, but a look at the current price pattern shows that it may play out as it did in the 2022 bear market. This was revealed by the setup of a crypto analyst who goes by the name Chiefy on X.
In that setup, Bitcoin’s current price action is juxtaposed with the bear market of 2022, with both periods showing that the book sequence of a bear trap is followed by a bull trap.
In September 2022, Bitcoin made what appears to be a retracement of $18,000 after a brutal decline. However, this led to a bull trap around $21,000 that attracted buyers before the price rolled over and carved new lows.
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The script that plays out in early 2026, according to this analysis, is the same. The bear trap in this case was Bitcoin’s fall to $60,000 in February and then another bull trap. as it pushed to $74,000. If the 2022 simulation still exists, that leap is not a return. It is a setup, and the next low price of Bitcoin, the analyst warns, is about $50,000.
Bitcoin price chart. Source: @0xChiefy On X
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