{"id":7685,"date":"2025-10-18T05:00:22","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T05:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ad-doge.com\/blog\/bitcoin-price-falls-to-103000-is-this-the-end-of-the-bull-run-or-a-prequel-to-the-next-surge\/"},"modified":"2025-10-18T05:00:22","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T05:00:22","slug":"bitcoin-price-falls-to-103000-is-this-the-end-of-the-bull-run-or-a-prequel-to-the-next-surge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ad-doge.com\/blog\/bitcoin-price-falls-to-103000-is-this-the-end-of-the-bull-run-or-a-prequel-to-the-next-surge\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Price Falls To $103,000: Is This The End Of The Bull Run Or A Prequel To The Next Surge?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday, the Bitcoin price experienced another flash crash, dipping toward $103,000 from $109,300. While not as alarming as the sharp decline seen on October 10, this latest downturn has ignited fresh speculation regarding the cryptocurrency&#8217;s future trajectory.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>A Temporary Setback?<\/h2>\n<p>Comparisons are being made to past market crash events, such as the COVID crash in 2020 and the downturn in May 2021. However, market expert VirtualBacon <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/VirtualBacon0x\/status\/1979203131209621823\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">emphasizes <\/a>that the current situation is fundamentally different.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The expert noted that in 2020, a widespread collapse affected various assets, including stocks, gold, and Bitcoin. By 2021, Bitcoin was already in a downtrend. In contrast, today, while the Bitcoin price has faced challenges, stocks and gold are holding steady or even rising.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He believes that the recent struggles in the crypto market appear to stem from a unique credit event rather than a broader macroeconomic meltdown, as excessive leverage was wiped out in the process.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the recent volatility, VirtualBacon highlights that Bitcoin&#8217;s underlying structure remains healthy. The cryptocurrency recently touched the 20-week moving average and bounced back. Moreover, the 50-week simple moving average, which resides around $102,000, has yet to be breached, even amidst this latest drop.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to VirtualBacon\u2019s analysis, until the Bitcoin price closes below the $100,000 mark, this downturn should be viewed as a correction within an ongoing bull market rather than a definitive top.<\/p>\n<h2>Is The Bitcoin Price Poised For A Recovery?<\/h2>\n<p>Seasonality also plays a role in these trends: October typically sees chop, with altcoins lagging behind Bitcoin, while November and December are often characterized by altcoin rallies.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Despite the recent flush, VirtualBacon asserted that the market dynamics have not fundamentally changed; it may have even accelerated a reset in sentiment, clearing out leverage to return to cycle lows.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, macroeconomic factors are quietly turning bullish. Recent forecasts indicate that two rate cuts are now priced in at 96% for the upcoming Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meetings on October 28-29 and December 9-10.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>VirtualBacon outlines a clear plan moving forward: Bitcoin is expected to consolidate between $110,000 and $125,000. A break above the $125,000 to $130,000 range could signal the start of a new altcoin season.<\/p>\n<p>Contrastingly, some experts, such as Doctor Profit, express a more <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DrProfitCrypto\/status\/1978439099527708783\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">pessimistic outlook<\/a> for the Bitcoin price. He has consistently argued that the crypto prices are merely in the early stages of a bear market, which often begins with a series of false pumps followed by sharp declines, a pattern that aligns with the events of last week.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/x\/6LC95sMs\/\" alt=\"Bitcoin price\" width=\"1814\" height=\"928\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It remains to be seen which direction the Bitcoin price will take next. For now, the cryptocurrency has recovered slightly from Friday&#8217;s drop to around $106,620.<\/p>\n<p>Featured image from DALL-E, chart from TradingView.com <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday, the Bitcoin price experienced another flash crash, dipping toward $103,000 from $109,300. While not as alarming as the sharp decline seen on October 10, this latest downturn has ignited fresh speculation regarding the cryptocurrency&#8217;s future trajectory.\u00a0 A Temporary Setback? Comparisons are being made to past market crash events, such as the COVID crash&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7686,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[245],"tags":[22,28,29,32,33,34,51,53],"class_list":["post-7685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bitcoin-news","tag-bitcoin","tag-bitcoin-news","tag-bitcoin-price","tag-btc","tag-btc-news","tag-btc-price","tag-crypto","tag-crypto-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ad-doge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ad-doge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ad-doge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ad-doge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ad-doge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7685"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ad-doge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7685\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ad-doge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ad-doge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ad-doge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ad-doge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}