Bitcoin (BTC) has fallen below the $90,000 mark for the first time in seven months, a drop that has pulled the entire digital asset market deep into negative territory for the week.<\/p>\n
This sharp decline has created what analytics firm Santiment identified as \u201cextreme pain\u201d for traders, potentially setting the stage for a prime buying opportunity for patient investors.<\/p>\n
According to Santiment\u2019s data, the majority of cryptocurrencies are now flashing<\/a> signals of extreme negative returns for traders who have been active over the past month. Its Market Value to Realized Value (MVRV) metric, which helps identify potential buy-low zones, is showing huge losses for major assets.<\/p>\n Cardano (ADA) leads the pack with average trader returns at -19.7%, placing it in an \u201cExtreme Buy Zone.\u201d It is followed closely by Chainlink (LINK) at -16.8% and Ethereum (ETH) at -15.4%, which are also in the same zone.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Bitcoin is in a \u201cGood Buy Zone\u201d despite being down -11.5%, alongside Ripple\u2019s XRP at -10.2%. Santiment explained that in a zero-sum market, buying assets when the average trade returns of other market participants are deeply negative increases the probability of a rapid price recovery.<\/p>\n The analysis comes as the overall crypto market capitalization has fallen<\/a> by 13.5% in the past week, with the mood shifting drastically from just six weeks ago, when the community was celebrating when BTC hit a new all-time high past $126,000.<\/p>\n As of today, the number one cryptocurrency is down<\/a> by about 4.4% since the start of 2025. Market watchers have attributed<\/a> the downturn to a combination of factors, including record outflows from US spot Bitcoin ETFs over three consecutive weeks and institutional selling pressure, as indicated<\/a> by the Coinbase Premium hitting a nine-month low.<\/p>\n The current climate has naturally spawned<\/a> a wave of fear and negative predictions across social media. Santiment\u2019s deep dive into social data from November 18, 2025, noted a clear shift in trader sentiment.<\/p>\n While there are signs that some confidence remains, evidenced by discussions about buying the dip reaching<\/a> an eight-month high, price predictions have become more bearish. Mentions of Bitcoin falling to between $40,000 and $80,000 now dominate conversations, a stark contrast to the calls for $130,000 and above during its October peak.<\/p>\n However, such widespread pessimism has historically been viewed as a contrarian indicator. Furthermore, the Kobeissi Letter provided<\/a> some long-term perspective, reminding investors that since 2017, Bitcoin has experienced over ten declines of 25% or more, with each one eventually being followed by new record highs. They characterize the latest episode as a \u201croutine\u201d crypto downturn that may be closer to its end than its beginning.<\/p>\n The post Santiment: Crypto Bloodbath Is Creating Major Buy Zones for BTC, ETH<\/a> appeared first on CryptoPotato<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Bitcoin (BTC) has fallen below the $90,000 mark for the first time in seven months, a drop that has pulled the entire digital asset market deep into negative territory for the week. This sharp decline has created what analytics firm Santiment identified as \u201cextreme pain\u201d for traders, potentially setting the stage for a prime buying […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":113844,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-113843","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\/113843"}],"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=113843"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113843\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/113844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=113843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=113843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=113843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Navigating the Fear and Identifying the Bottom<\/h2>\n