{"id":7666,"date":"2025-10-19T04:11:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T04:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bitcotasks.com\/blog\/bitcoin-may-see-selloff-if-100000-support-fails-heres-why\/"},"modified":"2025-10-19T04:11:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T04:11:08","slug":"bitcoin-may-see-selloff-if-100000-support-fails-heres-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitcotasks.com\/blog\/bitcoin-may-see-selloff-if-100000-support-fails-heres-why\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin May See Selloff If $100,000 Support Fails \u2014 Here\u2019s Why"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After a short-lived display of bullish momentum, where price returned as high as about $116,000 after the tariff-induced flash crash, Bitcoin\u2019s price has maintained a sharp downward trend in the third week of October. More shockingly, on-chain data has surfaced that paints a pessimistic yet uncertain picture of the cryptocurrency&#8217;s future.\n<\/p>\n<h2><b>$100,000 Emerges As Key Support Zone<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>In a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jjcmoreno\/status\/1979192643461558497\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">X post<\/a> on Friday, CryptoQuant analyst Julio Moreno shared insights from his technical analysis of the Bitcoin price action. Moreno highlighted that Bitcoin&#8217;s most recent break beneath what was a price consolidation range of $120,000-$108,000 has caused a shift of attention towards $100,000 as the next critical level.<\/p>\n<p>The crypto analyst defended his report with the Bitcoin Trader On-chain Realized Price Bands metric, which measures the lower boundary of the average on-chain acquisition cost for Bitcoin short-term holders. Simply, this metric helps identify the price level that would act as support in cases where the price experiences corrective movement.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/G3eBG9UXwAALWEA?format=png&amp;name=900x900\" alt=\"Bitcoin\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" \/><\/p>\n<p>From the chart shared above, $100.9k is currently the lower boundary of the average trader realized price, one that Moreno expects could serve as a support zone. <\/p>\n<p>Aside from technical analysis and on-chain activity, $100,000 is also a significant psychological price level, as it serves as the hallmark where Bitcoin enters a six-figure valuation. If the Bitcoin price were to fall to levels as low as $100,000, the strong psychological backing by market participants could translate to its price action. As a result, the flagship cryptocurrency could see temporary relief from the bearish pressure that it is currently under.<\/p>\n<h2><b>What Next For Bitcoin?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>As was previously mentioned, $100,000 stands as a significant level for the Bitcoin price, with psychology and technical analysis coming together to reinforce its importance.<\/p>\n<p>Derivable from Moreno&#8217;s post is the conjecture that if the $100,000 support were to hold, Bitcoin&#8217;s bullish sentiment among market participants could be renewed, thus setting the pace for the flagship cryptocurrency\u2019s recovery towards its current all-time-high price.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, the failure of this important price level could carry grave implications, especially for short-term holders. A break in this psychological support could trigger a sharp sentiment shift amongst Bitcoin market participants, causing them to sell their holdings to minimize losses or escape with some profits.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, the 365-day Moving Average (MA) sits around the $100,000 psychological support. For context, the 365-day MA is a technical indicator that shows Bitcoin&#8217;s average closing price over the past year. By extension of its primary function, the indicator is used to gauge Bitcoin&#8217;s direction in the long term.<\/p>\n<p>If Bitcoin should therefore slip beneath its 365-day MA of $100,000, it could be a sign that the digital asset is about to assume a long-term bearish trajectory, a sign which might precede major price corrections. As of this writing, Bitcoin is worth approximately $107,400, showing a 7-day loss of more than 5% of its value.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/x\/mJ47zXq7\/\" alt=\"Bitcoin\" width=\"1563\" height=\"926\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a short-lived display of bullish momentum, where price returned as high as about $116,000 after the tariff-induced flash crash, Bitcoin\u2019s price has maintained a sharp downward trend in the third week of October. More shockingly, on-chain data has surfaced that paints a pessimistic yet uncertain picture of the cryptocurrency&#8217;s future. $100,000 Emerges As Key&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7667,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[65,70,71,263,3753,3754],"class_list":["post-7666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bitcoin","tag-bitcoin","tag-btcusd","tag-btcusdt","tag-cryptoquant","tag-julio-moreno","tag-traders-realized-price"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcotasks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcotasks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcotasks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcotasks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcotasks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bitcotasks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7666\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcotasks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitcotasks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcotasks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitcotasks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}