
{"id":113574,"date":"2025-11-17T10:44:06","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T10:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=113574"},"modified":"2025-11-17T10:44:06","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T10:44:06","slug":"now-that-bitcoin-is-facing-a-real-test-whats-the-next-big-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=113574","title":{"rendered":"Now That Bitcoin is Facing a Real Test, What\u2019s The Next Big Thing?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin USD slid to $93,029 over the weekend, erasing every inch of this year\u2019s progress and dragging the market back to where it stood on January 1. Three cheers for Donald Trump, the \u201cCrypto President!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, it\u2019s recently been found out that <a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/cryptocurrency\/crypto-presales\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">massive bitcoin developers<\/a> like Jeremy Rubin were chatting with serial pedophile and political blackmailer Jeffrey Epstein. What the hell\u2019s going on here?<\/p>\n<p>(Source: <a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">X<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Even Monday\u2019s weak bounce into the mid-$95,000s did little to steady BTC; everything. This was not the year traders were promised.<\/p>\n<p>Trump pledged a crypto-friendly renaissance, a national Bitcoin USD reserve, and, inevitably, corporations shoving BTC onto balance sheets. Instead, the landscape has been carved up by tariff fights, a 43-day government shutdown, and a series of violent pullbacks that have threatened a <a class=\"general-link\" title=\"MicroStrategy Stock Death Spiral: MSTR Stock Slips Below Its Bitcoin Value as Traders Favor Pure BTC Exposure\" href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/news\/bitcoin-btc\/microstrategy-stock-death-spiral-mstr-stock-slips-below-its-bitcoin-value-as-traders-favor-pure-btc-exposure\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MicroStrategy death spiral<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>So what\u2019s next for Bitcoin USD?<\/p>\n<h2>Bitcoin USD Whale Selling Meets Macro Headwinds, What\u2019s Next?<\/h2>\n<div class=\"chart crypto-chart-instance\">\n<div class=\"chart__header\">\n<div class=\"chart__info\">\n<div class=\"chart__info-icon\">\n<div class=\"chart__info-name\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"chart__info-symbol\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"chart__info-current\">\n<div class=\"chart__info-price\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"chart__info-change\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"chart__info-extra\">\n<div class=\"chart__info-label\">Market Cap<\/div>\n<div class=\"chart__info-marketcap\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"chart__controls\">\n<div class=\"chart__controls-group\">\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"chart__button chart__button--24h\">24h<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"chart__button chart__button--7d\">7d<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"chart__button chart__button--30d\">30d<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"chart__button chart__button--1y\">1y<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"chart__button chart__button--all-time\">All Time<\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"chart__container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>99Bitcoins analysts have pointed to heavy profit-taking from early <a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/cryptocurrency\/best-meme-coins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bitcoin holders<\/a> as another drag on momentum. According to analysis from Capriole Investments, activity from wallets untouched for more than seven years, with several transfers in the $100 Mn to $500 Mn range coming out of pre-2018 addresses.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DISCOVER: <a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/cryptocurrency\/next-crypto-to-explode\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">20+ Next Crypto to Explode in 2025<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The pattern spooked traders who took the moves as proof that early holders were cashing out.<\/p>\n<p> BREAKING <\/p>\n<p>A whale is shorting <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24BTC&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$BTC<\/a> right now.<\/p>\n<p>Position Size: $143.6 Million<br \/>Liquidation Price: $98,347 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GHu7ruq3fB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/GHu7ruq3fB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Max Crypto (@MaxCrypto) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MaxCrypto\/status\/1989733634518257985?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 15, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p>Altcoins are even deeper in the red. Ethereum and Solana are down 7.9 percent and 28.3 percent, respectively, since the start of the year.<\/p>\n<p>A look across major data dashboards paints the same picture:<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coingecko.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CoinGecko<\/a>: BTC down 25 percent from ATH<br \/>\n<a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/studio.glassnode.com\/charts\/supply.LthSum?a=BTC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Glassnode<\/a>: Long-term holder distribution rising, but within historical norms<br \/>\nFRED: 10-year yields remain elevated, pressuring risk assets<br \/>\nCrypto Fear &amp; Greed Index: Back in extreme fear territory<\/p>\n<p><strong>DISCOVER: <a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/cryptocurrency\/best-crypto-to-buy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Top 20 Crypto to Buy in 2025<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Are We Getting a 2026 Boom or Not?<\/h2>\n<div class=\"cfg-chart-container\">\n<div class=\"cfg-top-content-holder\">\n<h4 class=\"cfg-chart-title\">\n            Crypto Fear and Greed Chart        <\/h4>\n<div class=\"cfg-time-range-selector\">\n            <span class=\"cfg-alltime\">All time<\/span><br \/>\n            <span>1y<\/span><br \/>\n            <span>1m<\/span><br \/>\n            <span>1w<\/span><br \/>\n            <span>24h<\/span>\n        <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cfg-chart-holder\">\n<div class=\"cfg-chart-body\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Despite the turmoil, institutional flows into spot Bitcoin ETFs remain positive on a monthly basis, signaling that traditional investors haven\u2019t abandoned the Q4\/2026 bull market thesis.<\/p>\n<p>The biggest debate now is whether the four-year Bitcoin cycle still applies in a world of ETFs, corporate treasuries, and regulatory clarity. Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan thinks the answer is yes yet shifted forward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the underlying fundamentals are just so sound,\u201d Hougan said. \u201cStablecoins, tokenization, institutional investment\u2026 those forces are too big to keep down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hougan believes the real breakout begins in 2026, not 2025 because the expected late-2025 rally never materialized.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>DISCOVER:\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/cryptocurrency\/next-1000x-crypto\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>Next 1000X Crypto: 10+ Crypto Tokens That Can Hit 1000x in 2025<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Meanwhile, Zcash Breaks From the Top Rope: Is ZEC The Best Q4 Altcoin?<\/h2>\n<p>While Bitcoin was bleeding, <\/p>\n<p>\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-widget-container\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<!-- name of the coin in the text --><br \/>\n\t\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-widget-wrapper\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-widget-holder \"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-name\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-icon \"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-label \">Dogecoin<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-symbol hidden\">DOGE<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-trend-holder\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-price hidden\">$0.1626<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-trend-holder\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-trend  negative\">1.73%<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<br \/>\n\t\t\t<br \/>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<!-- popup with basic info about the coin --><br \/>\n\t\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-popup-wrapper \"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-popup-holder\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-name\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-icon\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-popup-name\">Dogecoin<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-popup-symbol\">DOGE<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-price\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-price-title\">Price<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-price-holder\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-price-value\">$0.1626<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-trend-holder\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-trend negative\">1.73% \/24h<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-volume\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-price-holder\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-volume-title\">Volume in 24h<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-volume-value\">$2.03B<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t&lt;!&#8211; <span class=\"cwp-coin-trend-holder\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-trend\">?<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>                     &#8211;&gt;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-chart\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cwp-graph-title\">Price 7d<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cwp-graph-container negative\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-link\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/goto\/bestwallet\" target=\"_self\" class=\"cwp-coin-custom-link\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBuy with Best Wallet\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<br \/>\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-widget-container\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<!-- name of the coin in the text --><br \/>\n\t\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-widget-wrapper\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-widget-holder \"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-name\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-icon \"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-label \">Zcash<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-symbol hidden\">ZEC<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-trend-holder\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-price hidden\">$677.75<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-trend-holder\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-trend  positive\">4.01%<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<br \/>\n\t\t\t<br \/>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<!-- popup with basic info about the coin --><br \/>\n\t\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-popup-wrapper \"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-popup-holder\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-name\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-icon\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-popup-name\">Zcash<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-popup-symbol\">ZEC<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-price\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-price-title\">Price<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-price-holder\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-price-value\">$677.75<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-trend-holder\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-trend positive\">4.01% \/24h<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-volume\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-price-holder\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-volume-title\">Volume in 24h<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-volume-value\">$4.34B<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t&lt;!&#8211; <span class=\"cwp-coin-trend-holder\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-trend\">?<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>                     &#8211;&gt;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-chart\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cwp-graph-title\">Price 7d<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cwp-graph-container positive\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cwp-coin-link\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/goto\/bestwallet\" target=\"_self\" class=\"cwp-coin-custom-link\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLearn more\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<br \/>\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t was one of the only assets climbing. ZEC is up 21 percent in the past week and remains one of the best-performing coins of 2025, helped by the Winklevoss-backed Cypherpunk Technologies beginning to aggressively accumulate supply.<\/p>\n<p>ZEC has a lot of things going for it and looks to be one of the standout altcoins in Q4:<\/p>\n<p>Minor resistance: $688<br \/>\nCritical breakout level: $748<\/p>\n<p>A daily close above $748 sends Zcash toward $1,010, then $1,332, matching Fibonacci extensions and its three-month trend, up more than 250 percent.<\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin will come back. But the irrationality among altcoins has finally caught up and that\u2019s why this market is failing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>EXPLORE:\u00a0<a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/news\/xrp-price-jumps-11-after-sec-crypto-unit-tease-xrp-etf-progress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">XRP Price Jumps 11% After SEC Crypto Unit Tease XRP ETF Progress<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"nnbtc-key-takeaways\">\n<h2 class=\"nnbtc-key-takeaways__title\">Key Takeaways<\/h2>\n<p>         Bitcoin USD slid to $93,029 over the weekend, erasing every inch of this year\u2019s progress and dragging the market back.     <\/p>\n<p>         The irrationality among altcoins has finally caught up and that\u2019s why this market is failing.    <\/p><\/div>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/news\/bitcoin-btc\/now-that-bitcoin-is-facing-a-real-test-whats-the-next-big-thing\/\">Now That Bitcoin is Facing a Real Test, What\u2019s The Next Big Thing?<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/\">99Bitcoins<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin USD slid to $93,029 over the weekend, erasing every inch of this year\u2019s progress and dragging the market back to where it stood on January 1. Three cheers for Donald Trump, the \u201cCrypto President!\u201d Meanwhile, it\u2019s recently been found out that massive bitcoin developers like Jeremy Rubin were chatting with serial pedophile and political [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":113575,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-113574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-discovery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113574"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=113574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113574\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/113575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=113574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=113574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=113574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}