{"id":8964,"date":"2025-12-22T06:00:25","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T06:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ad-doge.com\/blog\/bitcoin-price-recovery-faces-crucial-test-at-major-resistance-zone\/"},"modified":"2025-12-22T06:00:25","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T06:00:25","slug":"bitcoin-price-recovery-faces-crucial-test-at-major-resistance-zone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ad-doge.com\/blog\/bitcoin-price-recovery-faces-crucial-test-at-major-resistance-zone\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Price Recovery Faces Crucial Test at Major Resistance Zone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Bitcoin price attempted to start a fresh increase but failed at $89,250. BTC is now consolidating below $89,000 and might react to the downside.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bitcoin started a recovery wave above the $86,800 zone.<\/li>\n<li>The price is trading above $87,000 and the 100 hourly Simple moving average.<\/li>\n<li>There is a key rising channel forming with support at $87,650 on the hourly chart of the BTC\/USD pair (data feed from Kraken).<\/li>\n<li>The pair might continue to move up if it settles above the $89,500 zone.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Bitcoin Price Faces Resistance<\/h2>\n<p>Bitcoin price attempted a fresh recovery wave above $88,200 and $89,000. BTC tested the $89,250 resistance zone and struggled to continue higher.<\/p>\n<p>The price is now consolidating gains below $89,000. There was a minor decline and it tested the 23.6% Fib retracement level of the upward move from the $84,421 swing low to the $89,238 high. However, the bulls are active above $87,500.<\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin is now trading above $87,500 and the 100 hourly Simple moving average. There is also a key rising channel forming with support at $87,650 on the hourly chart of the BTC\/USD pair.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-868855\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Bitcoin_eb8f54.png?resize=1024%2C488\" alt=\"Bitcoin Price \" width=\"1024\" height=\"488\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If the bulls remain in action, the price could attempt more gains. Immediate resistance is near the $89,000 level. The first key resistance is near the $89,250 level. The next resistance could be $89,500. A close above the $89,500 resistance might send the price further higher. In the stated case, the price could rise and test the $90,500 resistance. Any more gains might send the price toward the $92,000 level. The next barrier for the bulls could be $92,650 and $93,200.<\/p>\n<h2>Another Decline In BTC?<\/h2>\n<p>If Bitcoin fails to rise above the $89,000 resistance zone, it could start another decline. Immediate support is near the $87,500 level. The first major support is near the $87,000 level.<\/p>\n<p>The next support is now near the $86,800 zone and the 50% Fib retracement level of the upward move from the $84,421 swing low to the $89,238 high. Any more losses might send the price toward the $85,500 support in the near term. The main support sits at $84,400, below which BTC might accelerate lower in the near term.<\/p>\n<p>Technical indicators:<\/p>\n<p>Hourly MACD \u2013 The MACD is now losing pace in the bullish zone.<\/p>\n<p>Hourly RSI (Relative Strength Index) \u2013 The RSI for BTC\/USD is now above the 50 level.<\/p>\n<p>Major Support Levels \u2013 $87,500, followed by $86,800.<\/p>\n<p>Major Resistance Levels \u2013 $89,000 and $89,500.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin price attempted to start a fresh increase but failed at $89,250. BTC is now consolidating below $89,000 and might react to the downside. Bitcoin started a recovery wave above the $86,800 zone. The price is trading above $87,000 and the 100 hourly Simple moving average. There is a key rising channel forming with support&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8965,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[142],"tags":[22,29,32,35,36,154],"class_list":["post-8964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-btc","tag-bitcoin","tag-bitcoin-price","tag-btc","tag-btcusd","tag-btcusdt","tag-xbtusd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ad-doge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8964","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=8964"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ad-doge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8964\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ad-doge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ad-doge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ad-doge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ad-doge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}