{"id":90739,"date":"2026-02-19T04:53:38","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T04:53:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/freakcryptos.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/19\/bitcoin-price-slips-in-choppy-trade-as-bears-tighten-grip\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T04:53:39","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T04:53:39","slug":"bitcoin-price-slips-in-choppy-trade-as-bears-tighten-grip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freakcryptos.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/19\/bitcoin-price-slips-in-choppy-trade-as-bears-tighten-grip\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Price Slips In Choppy Trade As Bears Tighten Grip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"ftwp-postcontent\">\n<p><em>Bitcoin value corrected positive factors and examined the $66,000 assist. BTC is now consolidating losses and may decline additional beneath the $65,500 zone.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bitcoin is struggling to get well losses and transferring decrease beneath $67,200.<\/li>\n<li>The value is buying and selling beneath $67,200 and the 100 hourly easy transferring common.<\/li>\n<li>There is a declining channel forming with resistance at $68,000 on the hourly chart of the BTC\/USD pair (information feed from Kraken).<\/li>\n<li>The pair may dip once more if it trades beneath the $66,000 and $65,500 ranges.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"ftoc-heading-1\" class=\"ftwp-heading\">Bitcoin Price Dips Again<\/h2>\n<p>Bitcoin value failed to stay steady above the $68,000 zone. BTC began a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/analysis\/btc\/bitcoin-price-dips-toward-66500\/\" target=\"_blank\">fresh decline<\/a> and traded beneath the $67,500 assist zone. There was a push beneath $67,000.<\/p>\n<p>The value dipped beneath the 76.4% Fib retracement stage of the upward transfer from the $65,072 swing low to the $70,935 excessive. Finally, the worth discovered some assist close to the $66,000 zone. It is now consolidating losses and there&#8217;s a declining channel forming with resistance at $68,000 on the hourly chart of the BTC\/USD pair.<\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin is now buying and selling beneath $67,200 and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/analysis\/btc\/bitcoin-price-holds-the-line-70k\/\" target=\"_blank\">100 hourly simple moving average<\/a>. If the worth stays steady above $66,000, it may try a recent improve. Immediate resistance is close to the $67,350 stage.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_882681\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-882681\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Bitcoin_d81a1f.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-882681\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Bitcoin_d81a1f.png?resize=1024%2C509\" alt=\"Bitcoin Price \" width=\"1024\" height=\"509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Bitcoin_d81a1f.png?w=1835 1835w, https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Bitcoin_d81a1f.png?w=750 750w, https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Bitcoin_d81a1f.png?w=768 768w, https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Bitcoin_d81a1f.png?w=860 860w, https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Bitcoin_d81a1f.png?w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Bitcoin_d81a1f.png?w=360 360w, https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Bitcoin_d81a1f.png?w=1140 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-882681\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/symbols\/BTCUSD\/\" target=\"_blank\">BTCUSD on TradingView.com<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The first key resistance is close to the $68,000 stage. An in depth above the $68,000 resistance may ship the worth additional greater. In the said case, the worth may rise and check the $68,800 resistance. Any extra positive factors may ship the worth towards the $69,500 stage. The subsequent barrier for the bulls could possibly be $70,000 and $70,500.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"ftoc-heading-2\" class=\"ftwp-heading\">More Losses In BTC?<\/h2>\n<p>If Bitcoin fails to rise above the $68,000 resistance zone, it may begin one other decline. Immediate assist is close to the $66,000 stage or the 83.2% Fib retracement stage of the upward transfer from the $65,072 swing low to the $70,935 excessive. The first main assist is close to the $65,500 stage.<\/p>\n<p>The subsequent assist is now close to the $65,000 zone. Any extra losses may ship the worth towards the $64,200 assist within the close to time period. The fundamental assist now sits at $63,500, beneath which BTC may battle to get well within the close to time period.<\/p>\n<p>Technical indicators:<\/p>\n<p>Hourly MACD \u2013 The MACD is now gaining tempo within the bearish zone.<\/p>\n<p>Hourly RSI (Relative Strength Index) \u2013 The RSI for BTC\/USD is now beneath the 50 stage.<\/p>\n<p>Major Support Levels \u2013 $66,000, adopted by $65,000.<\/p>\n<p>Major Resistance Levels \u2013 $67,350 and $68,000.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/analysis\/btc\/bitcoin-price-slips-66k\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin value corrected positive factors and examined the $66,000 assist. BTC is now consolidating losses and may decline additional beneath the $65,500 zone. Bitcoin is struggling to get well losses and transferring decrease beneath $67,200. The value is buying and selling beneath $67,200 and the 100 hourly easy transferring common. There is a declining channel [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":77864,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1356,20,4577,3549,110,2102,7838,416],"class_list":{"0":"post-90739","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-market","8":"tag-bears","9":"tag-bitcoin","10":"tag-choppy","11":"tag-grip","12":"tag-price","13":"tag-slips","14":"tag-tighten","15":"tag-trade"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/freakcryptos.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/freakcryptos.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/freakcryptos.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freakcryptos.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freakcryptos.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90739"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/freakcryptos.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90739\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90740,"href":"https:\/\/freakcryptos.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90739\/revisions\/90740"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freakcryptos.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/freakcryptos.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freakcryptos.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freakcryptos.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}