Bitcoin Fails $82,000 Breakout Three Times As Short-Term Holders Sell
Bitcoin has failed three attempts to break above the $82,000 area, with short-term holders repeatedly selling into strength, according to a May 15 market brief from on-chain analyst Axel Adler Jr. The setup puts the market in a narrow technical and behavioral squeeze, where the 200-day simple moving average is acting as resistance while short-term holder profitability metrics remain stuck near break-even. Adler’s latest Bitcoin Morning Brief frames the current structure as more than a standard resistance test. Price is trapped between the realized cost basis of short-term holders and the....
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