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Bitcoin (<a href="https://cointelegraph.com/bitcoin-price">BTC</a>) threatened new local lows on April 16 as large-volume investors held off on selling.
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<h2 data-ct-non-breakable="true" id="btc-price-suffers-clear-pessimism">BTC price suffers “clear pessimism”</h2>
Data from <a href="https://subscription.cointelegraph.com/">Cointelegraph Markets Pro</a> and <a href="https://www.tradingview.com/symbols/BTCGBP/?exchange=BINANCE" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">TradingView</a> revealed two fresh dips below $62,000 during the Asia trading session.
Nervous risk-asset markets set the tone across the board on the day, with United States stocks wobbling at the Wall Street open and Bitcoin <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-fresh-bid-liquidity-btc-price-fights-65k">failing to hold its rebound</a>.
“Very crucial to remain above $62K for any chance to see a considerable bounce,” popular trader Skew wrote in part of his <a href="https://twitter.com/52kskew/status/1780134239180329438" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">latest market update</a> on X.
Placing emphasis on the upcoming weekly close, Skew described a risk-off mood across exchanges, with “consistent de-risking and now clear pessimism” now characterizing perpetual swaps markets.
He added that bulls could react during Europe trading hours, but this was absent at the time of writing as sideways moves took over.
Earlier, Cointelegraph reported on <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/how-low-can-bitcoin-price-go-analysis-black-swan-event">various downside targets</a> for BTC price action, these extending to $59,000 on April 16 and below $40,000 in the long term.
Eyeing whale liquidity levels, monitoring platform Whalemap <a href="https://twitter.com/whale_map/status/1780226611565986049/photo/1" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">identified</a> $52,000 and $48,000 as other key levels.
“We’ve had euphoria at 70k. We had smart money take profit into it. We formed a consolidation range. Now, we are at its lows,” the Whalemap team wrote in accompanying comments. 
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 “If you believe Bitcoin will hold — now is the time to keep believing. Otherwise, we've got a bit of a shake out ahead of us.”
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Data from monitoring resource <a href="https://www.coinglass.com/pro/futures/LiquidationHeatMap" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">CoinGlass</a> showed the largest band of sell-side liquidity sitting at just above $64,000.
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<h2 data-ct-non-breakable="true" id="bitcoin-avoid-selling-post-all-time-high">Bitcoin avoid selling post all-time high</h2>
At the same time, whales appeared uninterested in selling into falling markets.
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Examining accumulation by the largest BTC wallet cohorts, research firm Santiment revealed ongoing increases in exposure from March onward.
“Bitcoin key stakeholders aren't budging on their holdings, despite the concerning volatility that brought the top market cap cryptocurrency’s market value as low as $61.5K over the weekend,” part of X commentary <a href="https://twitter.com/santimentfeed/status/1780006438968209414/photo/1" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">stated</a>.
Since March 1, wallets holding between 100 BTC and 1,000 BTC have accumulated nearly 44,000 coins. Larger wallet classes added more than double that tally — despite Bitcoin’s latest all-time high coming on March 14.
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Bitcoin whales refuse to sell while BTC price ditches $70K ‘euphoria’

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