Merlijn The Trader, a popular crypto analyst on X, indicated that quantitative tightening had just ended, which has historically preceded massive bitcoin rallies.<\/p>\n
He has remained highly bullish on BTC\u2019s mid- to long-term price trajectory, noting that the cryptocurrency is currently in its second phase of manipulation before it heads back above $100,000.<\/p>\n
Although the official QT ending was determined to be December 1, 2025, Merlijn focused on the more macro bitcoin picture, comparing the same scenario from 2019. At the time, the US Fed also pivoted from its monetary strategy, which was among the propellers behind bitcoin\u2019s surge from a $3,000 low to a $69,000 high within a few years.<\/p>\n
He believes the macro trigger and the demand zones are the same now, and noted that if BTC maintains the $70,000 level, the \u201crally begins.\u201d If it drops below $60,000, then the accumulation extends.<\/p>\n
If BTC is to stage such a remarkable rally now of 2,200%, its price tag would skyrocket to over $1.6 million per unit. Needless to say, it sounds rather unimaginable now, but bitcoin has proven in the past that it tends to prove people wrong.<\/p>\n
QUANTITATIVE TIGHTENING JUST ENDED. AGAIN.<\/p>\n
Last time QT ended in 2019, Bitcoin went from $3K to $69K.<\/p>\n
Same macro trigger. Same demand zone. Right now.<\/p>\n
Above $70K: the rally begins.
\nBelow $60K: accumulation extends.<\/p>\n
The Fed just fired the starting gun. \u2014 Merlijn The Trader (@MerlijnTrader) March 10, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n\n In a separate post, the analyst noted that bitcoin\u2019s accumulation phase is done, and the asset is in its second stage of manipulation, which is \u201chappening now.\u201d Phase 3 would be the distribution, where BTC will head into a six-digit price territory. He noted that $65,000 is the \u201clast stop before the final phase.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cHold it: the move begins.\u00a0Lose it: manipulation isn\u2019t finished yet,\u201d he added<\/a>.<\/p>\n As BTC climbed to $71,000 earlier today, Micha\u00ebl van de Poppe commented that $75,000 should be next, followed by $80,000 this month. While focusing on the more short-term price moves of BTC, the analyst warned that this is \u201cnot a V-shape type of recovery, but easily a mean reversion bounce on higher timeframes.\u201d<\/p>\n Interestingly, he argued that the altcoins would perform more impressively during this phase.<\/p>\n There we go.<\/p>\n Markets are breaking upwards, and #Bitcoin<\/a> is already at $71K.<\/p>\n I think that we\u2019ll see $75K and potentially $80K during this month.<\/p>\n Not a V-shape type of recovery, but easily a mean reversion bounce on higher timeframes.<\/p>\n I would assume that #Altcoins<\/a> will be\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/aQXV5Wliej<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Micha\u00ebl van de Poppe (@CryptoMichNL) March 10, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n\n The post Bitcoin Once Surged 2,200% After This Key Signal That Just Flashed: Is History Repeating?<\/a> appeared first on CryptoPotato<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Merlijn The Trader, a popular crypto analyst on X, indicated that quantitative tightening had just ended, which has historically preceded massive bitcoin rallies. He has remained highly bullish on BTC\u2019s mid- to long-term price trajectory, noting that the cryptocurrency is currently in its second phase of manipulation before it heads back above $100,000. QT Ending: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":141060,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-141059","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\/141059"}],"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=141059"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141059\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/141060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=141059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=141059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=141059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nMost people missed it. pic.twitter.com\/7pKUq1sQdG<\/a><\/p>\n$80K Next?<\/h2>\n