Technical indicators align with the downside bias. The 4-hour money flow index has slipped to −0.22, the daily RSI sits at 45.12, and the MACD has crossed bearishly. Bitcoin is trading below both the 50-day moving average ($63,442) and the 200-day average ($71,498).
A daily close under the 78.6% Fibonacci retracement at $63,150 would open the path to $62,000 and the psychological $60,000 floor.
Exchange reserves are declining — down 5,207 BTC over the past month — while U.S. trading volume surges, signaling a shift in liquidity toward American hours. Binance, meanwhile, has seen nearly $7 billion in stablecoin outflows year-to-date, part of which has rotated into yield-bearing stablecoins and tokenized real-world assets.
Miner economics remain the backdrop. Publicly traded miners carried a weighted average production cost near $80,000 per bitcoin in Q1, above spot prices for much of the quarter. The April 2024 halving cut block rewards to 3.125 BTC, doubling the energy required per coin. Operations with sub-$0.05/kWh power and latest-generation ASICs (≤13.5 J/TH) are profitable; most others are not.
What to Watch
The question now is whether the $60,000 zone holds as a liquidity magnet and turning point, or whether a break triggers the next leg down toward the $51,000 support cluster that several models still flag as a risk?
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