Bitcoin's wild days are over — and Trace Mayer says that's a good thing
The creator of the Mayer Multiple argues bitcoin’s growing economic substance is compressing volatility and attracting deeper capital.
Bitcoin is showing early signs of stabilization after several weeks of corrective price action, with technical indicators suggesting that selling pressure may be easing near a critical support zone.
Headline PCE inflation rose 3.8% in April from a year earlier, its hottest pace in two years and nearly double the Federal Reserve's 2% goal, while core PCE held at 3.3%, its highest reading since October 2023. The monthly numbers ran cooler, with core easing to 0.2% against the 0.3% economists had expected.
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Bitcoin’s bounce from a key holder cost-basis level has improved the case for further upside, with historical data pointing to $101,000 as a potential best-case target.
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Prominent crypto analysis page XWIN Research Japan reports that Bitcoin has reached a new milestone: 15.8 million long-term holders. Interestingly, this record has come amid a bearish period for the leading cryptocurrency, whose value has dropped by 9% since May 6, when prices first peaked around $82,000.
Nine-day U.S. spot BTC ETF outflows and a dense $74k–$83k supply band keep $83k a key ceiling into June.
Crypto sentiment platform Santiment warned that the two biggest spikes in social media bullishness around Bitcoin have previously been followed by short-term price pullbacks.
Bitcoin dip buyers are present near range lows, and new leveraged longs opened in the zone but the volumes lack the size needed to reverse the downtrend.
Bitcoin’s market cap has dropped to roughly $1.46 trillion, pushing it below several major technology companies and commodities in global asset rankings.
Bitcoin’s return to $100,000 is still a popular target across the market for 2026, but one bearish outlook argues that the move is becoming less realistic with the price action weakening below the $80,000 price level.