Bitcoin Obituaries Keep Coming—CZ Isn’t Buying It
Bitcoin fell to its lowest weekly close since the second half of 2024 last week, capping a stretch that has now stripped more than 8% of its value in seven days and pulled the broader crypto market to levels not seen since early in the year. Related Reading: Security Milestone: XRP Lending Protocol Completes Military-Grade Assessment A Pattern Worth Watching The weekly relative strength index is holding higher lows even as price prints lower ones — a divergence that last appeared in the lead-up to Bitcoin’s recovery from the 2022 bear market bottom. Whether that parallel plays out the same way remains to be seen, but it is the detail technical traders are watching most closely right now. On Monday, with Bitcoin trading below $62,000, Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, a.k.a. CZ, posted two lines on X. Bitcoin won’t be dead for too long, he wrote, signing off with a reference to the Douglas Adams line — don’t panic, in large friendly letters. The message was short, deliberate, and timed to