
{"id":216791,"date":"2026-08-22T12:14:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T12:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=216791"},"modified":"2026-08-22T12:14:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T12:14:10","slug":"bitcoin-shows-first-warning-signs-after-15k-surge-in-2-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=216791","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Shows First Warning Signs After $15K Surge in 2 Days"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin experienced one of its most impressive price increases in recent history since Wednesday afternoon as it skyrocketed by over $15,000 in less than 48 hours to near $80,000 for the first time since mid-May.<\/p>\n<p>The old saying, though, \u2018what goes up must come down,\u2019 has come into focus now after the asset was rejected at $80,000. Here are some additional warning signs that could lead to a more profound correction.<\/p>\n<h2>Whales Are Cashing Out<\/h2>\n<p>Such an unexpected price surge of over 25% in just days in times of market distress and lack of actual major catalysts aside from the US Treasury Department\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/why-did-the-bitcoin-price-suddenly-spike-toward-70k\/\">pivot<\/a> caught many investors off guard, and some of the most prominent ones have decided to secure some profits. Perhaps the most obvious example was reported by Lookonchain earlier today.<\/p>\n<p>A mysterious whale <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/lookonchain\/status\/2091079089692274893\">offloaded<\/a> another 2,700 BTC for $212 million today. In total, they have disposed of 7,700 BTC for $576.6 million in just three days as the cryptocurrency\u2019s rally began and it broke above several notable resistance levels.<\/p>\n<p>The analytics company <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/lookonchain\/status\/2090378775322366146\">outlined<\/a> another such example in which a whale whose address ends with bc1qqt sold 550 BTC for nearly $40 million, securing a profit of $4.5 million.<\/p>\n<h2>RSI and Market Greed<\/h2>\n<p>The second warning signal came from the Fear and Greed Index. As <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/bitcoins-rally-to-80k-sends-investor-greed-to-highest-level-since-the-october-2025-crash\/\">reported<\/a> earlier today, the metric has skyrocketed alongside bitcoin\u2019s major rally, surpassing 70 for the first time since October 2025. If you were in the market at the time, you definitely remember the calamity that took place on October 10; in other words, the last time there was so much greed across the industry.<\/p>\n<p>Too much fear or too much greed typically leads to trend reversals, even if the current landscape is still not within the \u2018extreme\u2019 territory. After all, let\u2019s not forget Warren Buffett\u2019s words that investors should be fearful when others are greedy (and vice versa).<\/p>\n<p>The third factor that could play out in the short-term is the RSI. More specifically, the 4-hour RSI, which, according to Crypto Rover, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/cryptorover\/status\/2090795251904430583\">hit<\/a> an all-time high on Friday after BTC\u2019s surge to $79,700. Perhaps that\u2019s one of the reasons why BTC cooled off immediately and slipped to $77,000 as of press time.<\/p>\n<h2>The Dark Horse<\/h2>\n<p>One cannot simply underestimate the power of this warning sign. His name is Jim Cramer. The famous TV personality, perhaps even more famous for his rather questionable and often wrong investment calls, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=t-4Kd0bNPJA\">advised<\/a> a caller on Thursday to skip buying Bitmine\u2019s stock and accumulate BTC instead.<\/p>\n<p>History shows that when he makes a call, investors should listen. Often, to go in the other direction. Recall that Cramer said he would sell all of his BTC earlier this month \u2013 just a few weeks before bitcoin\u2019s price explosion. We all remember what happened next. In this article, we have <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/the-real-reason-behind-bitcoins-mind-blowing-surge-to-80k-one-word-cramer\/\">published<\/a> a few more similar examples.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/bitcoin-shows-first-warning-signs-after-15k-surge-in-2-days\/\">Bitcoin Shows First Warning Signs After $15K Surge in 2 Days<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/\">CryptoPotato<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin experienced one of its most impressive price increases in recent history since Wednesday afternoon as it skyrocketed by over $15,000 in less than 48 hours to near $80,000 for the first time since mid-May. The old saying, though, \u2018what goes up must come down,\u2019 has come into focus now after the asset was rejected [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-216791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-discovery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216791"}],"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=216791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216791\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=216791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=216791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=216791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}