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Bitcoin (BTC-PKR) appears to be entering a potential recovery phase after a turbulent stretch marked by extreme deleveraging and a volatile macroeconomic backdrop. Fresh data suggests the conditions for a rebound are slowly taking shape as excessive speculative positions have been flushed out and broader economic signals begin shifting in Bitcoin’s favor.
The October liquidation event, now considered the largest in crypto history, saw more than nineteen billion dollars in leveraged positions erased across major derivatives exchanges. Bitcoin futures open interest fell dramatically from roughly ninety four billion dollars to about seventy billion dollars, underscoring the speed and depth of the cleanup.
Market strategists at major institutions note that the ratio of perpetual futures open interest to Bitcoin’s market capitalization has now reset to levels last seen in early twenty twenty four, a sign that speculative excess has cooled. Funding rates across major platforms have also fallen sharply, suggesting that overheated bullish leverage has drained out of the system.
Analysts interpret this unwinding of leverage as a constructive development. With fewer vulnerable positions in the market, it sharply reduces the risk that modest price moves will trigger cascading liquidations. Investors now face a market less susceptible to violent swings driven by forced selling, which historically has been one of Bitcoin’s biggest structural weaknesses.
At the same time, the macroeconomic backdrop is showing the first hints of improvement. Over the past several weeks, Bitcoin has held levels around one hundred five thousand dollars amid signs that global risk appetite is stabilizing. Some analysts have raised their year end forecasts, with projected targets ranging from one hundred twenty thousand dollars to as high as two hundred thousand dollars, depending on how quickly liquidity conditions improve.
Unexpected tightening by central banks, a resurgence in inflation or a liquidity squeeze across global markets could easily slow or reverse Bitcoin’s recovery momentum. Some market observers warn that although the system has purged leverage, liquidity risk still threatens the market if core funding channels weaken again.
On the technical side, Bitcoin’s immediate support zone appears to lie between ninety thousand and ninety five thousand dollars, a range that has held firm through several tests. Bitcoin’s futures open interest has yet to meaningfully rebuild, currently sitting near $315,000 contracts. Market watchers say that until price and open interest rise in tandem, a decisive bullish reversal is unlikely.
In a base case outlook, Bitcoin consolidates around one hundred thousand dollars, gradually rebuilds open interest and advances toward one hundred twenty thousand to one hundred fifty thousand dollars by year end if macro conditions remain steady. In a bullish case marked by faster easing, dollar weakness and strong institutional inflows, upside targets could extend toward $170,000 to $200,000 dollars. A more cautious scenario sees Bitcoin returning to support near seventy five to eighty thousand dollars if global liquidity tightens or if investor sentiment deteriorates.
