The current crypto market is in a crucial transitional phase. After months of correction, Bitcoin has recently seen a slight rebound, retesting the key support level it previously breached. However, overall, the market recovery remains fragile, and the trend remains weak. Accumulating macroeconomic pressures, weakening liquidity, and approaching key policy events are causing a shift in market pricing logic. Entering April, while there are seasonally stronger expectations, historical performance has been highly divergent, suggesting that market movements are more likely to be driven by liquidity, positioning, and macroeconomic catalysts, rather than simple cyclical repetition.
Support repeatedly validated: Trend fragility remains unresolved.
Since entering a downtrend in October 2025, Bitcoin has tested a key support level for the third time. Historically, similar patterns have often manifested as a rapid decline after support is breached, followed by the formation of a temporary low and an attempt to build new support, but the overall trend has not truly reversed. The market's current return to a similar position indicates that the support below is still being repeatedly tested, and the trend's fragility has not yet significantly improved.
In terms of rhythm, this type of low-level consolidation usually doesn't immediately confirm a direction, but rather requires a period of fluctuation before entering the next stage of the trend. Currently, the $65,000–$66,000 range has become a key watershed; once it is breached, the market may enter another phase of accelerated decline, with further downside potential pointing to even lower ranges.
Liquidity and Macroeconomic Dominance: Pace is More Important than Direction
April is traditionally considered a relatively strong month, but historical data shows this pattern is not consistent. Especially when Bitcoin enters April in a less than strong state, the market often exhibits periodic divergence. This time, Bitcoin entered the month in a relatively neutral state, similar to the environment before previous rallies, but the short-term pace remains cautious.
More importantly, the dominant factors in the current market have shifted from a single narrative to liquidity and macroeconomic variables. Rising oil prices are pushing up inflation expectations, reinforcing market perceptions that central banks will maintain a hawkish stance, and simultaneously supporting the US dollar—factors that have historically put pressure on Bitcoin. Furthermore, the slowdown in stablecoin growth and the sensitivity of ETF flows to policy signals also reflect that liquidity has not yet generated sustained upward momentum.
From a time structure perspective, the internal rhythm of April is equally crucial: liquidity is thin and volatility is amplified at the beginning of the month; macroeconomic data and policy expectations are released intensively in the middle of the month; and the market can gradually clarify its direction at the end of the month with the conclusion of the FOMC meeting. This means that, compared to simply judging whether prices will rise or fall, grasping the rhythm will become a more critical trading variable.
Overall, Bitcoin remains in a relatively fragile phase, with short-term downward pressure not yet fully released. Under the baseline scenario, the market may continue its weak trend in the first half of April, and if key support levels are breached, the downward momentum could accelerate further. However, from a cyclical perspective, this weakness may be nearing its later stages. As tax-related selling pressure gradually subsides and policy expectations stabilize, the market environment is expected to improve marginally. Even if a rebound occurs, momentum is more likely to emerge gradually in the middle or latter half of the month. For investors, the current stage should not rely on simple seasonal patterns, but rather focus on changes in liquidity, macroeconomic variables, and portfolio structure, waiting for clearer recovery signals while controlling risk.
The above viewpoints are from BIT on Target. Contact us to obtain the full BIT on Target report.
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