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Bitcoin (<a href="https://cointelegraph.com/bitcoin-price" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">BTC</a>) started a new week in fighting form as bulls staged a rebound past $111,000. 
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 <li>BTC price action improved around the weekly close as hodlers get some well-earned relief.&nbsp;Is a short squeeze next?</li>
 <li>Downside price targets remain popular, with longer time frames raising questions about the strength of the bull market.</li>
 <li>US CPI will sidestep the government shutdown on Friday to provide precious inflation data for the Federal Reserve.</li>
 <li>Risk-taking is slowly returning to crypto markets as leverage recovers, but traders are not betting on major price increases.</li>
 <li>Bitcoin dominance hangs in the balance as altcoins stay sidelined.</li>
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<h2 id="br-spotlight-on-btc-price-upside-imbalances"> Spotlight on BTC price “upside imbalances”</h2>
Bitcoin flipped volatile into Sunday’s weekly close, capping the week at $108,600 before briefly retracing.
Data from <a href="https://subscription.cointelegraph.com/?_gl=1*enpnlb*_ga*MTE3NDE3MjgzMC4xNzE1NjcwODE1*_ga_53R24TEEB1*MTc0NDcyNDI2NS40MS4xLjE3NDQ3MjQyNjkuNTYuMC45MTY3MzAwMzI." rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Cointelegraph Markets Pro</a> and <a href="https://www.tradingview.com/symbols/BTCUSD/?exchange=BITSTAMP" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">TradingView</a> showed buyer strength resurfacing into the week’s first Asia trading session, allowing a jump to $111,000.
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 BTC/USD one-hour chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingView
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Traders now see volatility as all but guaranteed to continue in the coming days.
In a dedicated <a href="https://x.com/CrypNuevo/status/1979948247872667996" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">outlook post</a> on X, trader CrypNuevo suggested that a short squeeze may characterize the rest of October.
“Now, we can see a big cluster of short liquidations between $116k-$117k. Short squeeze coming?” he queried alongside a chart of exchange order-book liquidity.
CrypNuevo said that “upside imbalances” were the target to watch going forward.
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 BTC/USDT four-hour chart. Source: CrypNuevo/X
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Crypto investor and entrepreneur Ted Pillows earmarked $112,000 as an important reclaim level.
“With US-China trade tensions easing, I think BTC could rally more from here,” he <a href="https://x.com/TedPillows/status/1980191507563847945" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">told</a> X followers.
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 BTC/USDT one-day chart. Source: Ted Pillows/X
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As ever, attention was on gold and Bitcoin’s potential to follow it to new all-time highs. XAU/USD consolidated on the day after hitting a record $4,380 per ounce on Friday.
“Gold has been on an absolute tear this year. BTC has been lackluster,” trader Daan Crypto Trades <a href="https://x.com/DaanCrypto/status/1979991122555392084" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">wrote</a> while looking at the Bitcoin to gold ratio.
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 “Especially if Gold cools off for some time, we could see some of that capital flow back into more riskier assets. Equities would be the main beneficiary. Bitcoin &amp; Crypto would likely take a small piece of the pie as well.”
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 BTC/USD vs. gold ratio. Source: Daan Crypto Trades/X
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<h2 id="br-bitcoin-s-102-000-binance-wick-stays-unfilled"> Bitcoin’s $102,000 Binance wick stays unfilled</h2>
Bitcoin still has plenty of bearish predictions following it as the Oct. 10 meltdown casts a long shadow over some traders’ market view.
Among them is trader Roman, who has been vocal about Bitcoin’s <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/dip-buyers-stopped-the-train-5-things-bitcoin-this-week" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_self">fundamental lack of strength</a> in recent months.
BTC/USD, he argued, faces declining volume despite rising to new all-time highs. Relative strength index (<a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/here-s-3-ways-the-relative-strength-index-rsi-can-be-used-as-a-sell-signal" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_self">RSI</a>) values on longer time frames also indicate a bearish divergence is unfolding.
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 <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%24BTC&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">$BTC</a> 1M - Record high MACD - Bear divs RSI/MACD - Low volume + price up (bullish Price action exhaustion) - Momentum loss - Record high Profit taking Better to be safe than sorry here and take profits on long term positions. The bull run won’t last much longer. <a href="https://t.co/bKbdDydjG6" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">pic.twitter.com/bKbdDydjG6</a>— Roman (@Roman_Trading) <a href="https://twitter.com/Roman_Trading/status/1977713431571579193?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">October 13, 2025</a>
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Now, a potential rebound —&nbsp;even as high as $118,000 —&nbsp;could end up as a head and shoulders trend reversal pattern.
“A break of this level would invalidate the possibility &amp; there's also a chance that this is just consolidation,” he <a href="https://x.com/Roman_Trading/status/1977855139231785131" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">told</a> X followers last week.
As <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-price-lines-up-nicely-for-95k-drop-next-despite-bullish-rsi-data" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Cointelegraph reported</a>, four-hour RSI produced a bullish divergence following the dive to $102,000 on Binance.&nbsp;
Despite this, expectations remain that the market will ultimately drop to “fill” that daily candle wick.
“All I see is a bearish retest and volume going down on this small move up proves that theory,” Roman <a href="https://x.com/Roman_Trading/status/1980025865598816720" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">wrote</a> about the latest price move above $111,000.
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 “Still need to fill that wick!”
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 Binance BTC/USDT one-day chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingView
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<h2 id="cpi-due-despite-us-gov-t-shutdown">CPI due despite US gov’t shutdown</h2>
The coming week features a rare macroeconomic event that is already sparking excitement among commentators.
Amid the ongoing <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/us-government-shutdown-delays-crypto-etf-approvals" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">US government shutdown</a>, Friday’s release of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) —&nbsp;a key inflation gauge —&nbsp;will go ahead.
“Something unusual is happening this week: On Friday, we are receiving CPI inflation data DURING the US government shutdown,” trading resource The Kobeissi Letter <a href="https://x.com/KobeissiLetter/status/1979951174628376982" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">wrote</a> in an X post on the topic.
Kobeissi noted that this would be the first Friday CPI release since 2018.&nbsp;
The timing is significant for another reason: Just five days later, the Federal Reserve will meet to decide on interest-rate changes.
Macro data prints leading up to each meeting are particularly important to officials. On this occasion, the stakes are higher than ever; the shutdown has delayed the publication of the vast majority of inflation data.
“The Labor Department has said that NO OTHER releases will be rescheduled or produced until the shutdown ends,” Kobeissi added.&nbsp;
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 “This comes during a highly pivotal time for the Fed as they debate whether to continue rate cuts or not. This is drawing speculation of a ‘bullish’ September CPI report.”
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 Fed target rate probabilities for Oct. 29 meeting (screenshot). Source: CME Group
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A lower-than-expected CPI print would boost risk assets, as it increases the odds of a rate cut, something that would, in turn, boost liquidity inflows later. The latest data from CME Group’s <a href="https://www.cmegroup.com/markets/interest-rates/cme-fedwatch-tool.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">FedWatch Tool</a> shows that markets already expect a 0.25% cut on Oct. 29.
A potential disruptive force is the US-China trade war. Markets remain <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/what-happened-in-crypto-today" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">especially sensitive</a> to comments from President Donald Trump regarding a possible trade deal, or lack thereof, with Beijing.&nbsp;
<h2 id="br-crypto-risk-taking-gradually-returns"> Crypto risk-taking gradually returns</h2>
Leverage is creeping back into the crypto market, new data shows, as traders digest the impact of the <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/19b-crypto-market-crash-leverage-china-tariffs" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">earlier $19 billion rout</a>.
The latest figures from onchain analytics platform CryptoQuant shows that leverage on Bitcoin began rebounding almost immediately after the Oct. 10 liquidation cascade.
“After a sharp decline in mid-October, the index began to rise again last week, from lows near 0.148 to around 0.166 by the end of the period,” contributor Arab Chain wrote in one of CryptoQuant’s <a href="https://cryptoquant.com/insights/quicktake/68f5c487c23a4132441a99b1-Leverage-Activity-Returns-to-Binance-as-Bitcoin-Tests-Confidence-Around-110K" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Quicktake</a> blog posts on Monday.&nbsp;
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 “This gradual increase indicates a return of leveraged activity in the market. The slight uptick suggests that some traders have started reopening their leveraged positions amid a modest improvement in overall sentiment, especially following the halt of the large liquidation wave that occurred earlier.”
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 Bitcoin estimated leverage ratio. Source: CyptoQuant
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Arab Chain said that the slow addition of leverage reflects a more “cautious” trader mentality, but also that expectations of significant price increases are limited.&nbsp;
“A continuation of this trend in the coming days could signal a gradual restoration of confidence—especially if the price continues to hold above the $110,000 support level,” it concluded.
As <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/james-wynn-liquidated-4-8-million" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Cointelegraph continues to report</a>, leveraged trading has produced many high-profile casualties, including the now infamous trader James Wynn, who scored his latest $4.8 million losing bet last week. 
<h2 id="make-or-break-moment-for-bitcoin-dominance">Make or break moment for Bitcoin dominance</h2>
Bitcoin’s share of the overall crypto market cap is back in focus as traders grow increasingly impatient.&nbsp;
Related: <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-ogs-selling-tradfi-remains-resistance-analyst" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Bitcoin’s next rally will start once OGs finish selling: Analysts</a>
After October’s volatility, which cost altcoins significantly, Bitcoin market dominance has steadied, but trouble looms overhead.
“Bitcoin Dominance has fully confirmed a loss of its Macro Uptrend, validating a new Macro Downtrend,” trader and analyst Rekt Capital <a href="https://x.com/rektcapital/status/1978802363675689318" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">wrote</a> alongside an accompanying chart Thursday.
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 “Bitcoin Dominance has indeed turned both the Uptrend (light blue) and 60% (black) into new resistances. In fact, the ~64% level is also figuring as new resistance.”
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 Bitcoin crypto market cap dominance one-month chart. Source: Rekt Capital/X
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Dominance measured 59.6% at the time of writing, having spiked to 63.5% on Oct. 10. As <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/btc-dominance-due-to-collapse-5-things-bitcoin-this-week" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Cointelegraph reported</a>, market analyst Rekt Capital sees the area around 70% as classic trend reversal territory.
“Having turned these old supports into new resistance, it looks like Bitcoin Dominance is ready to embark on a new Macro Downtrend over time. The condition for this is that those levels continue to act as resistance on any limited upside that BTCDOM may muster in the interim,” he explained.
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 “And going forward, it is likely that losing the green 57.68% level as support is what would kickstart a major Altseason.”
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 Binance Futures: Top 50Altcoins” Aggregate Performance. Source: Luke Martin/X
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As a testament to the severity of the altcoin drawdown, a <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-weekly-close-must-hit-108k-level-to-rescue-key-demand-area" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">basket of Binance’s top 50 altcoin futures</a> remains below levels seen before the 2022 crypto bear market bottom.
This article does not contain investment advice or recommendations. Every investment and trading move involves risk, and readers should conduct their own research when making a decision.

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