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Bitcoin slid to $63,030 after US-Israel strikes on Iran triggered a risk-off cascade across markets. From there, BTC rallied to $74,000 intraday on Mar. 4, a roughly 17% rebound.<\/p>\n
As of press time, Bitcoin trades at $73,613, up 7.7% in the past 24 hours. The move recaptured much of the selloff, but whether it holds depends on a handful of levels and liquidity signals that on-chain data identifies as critical.<\/p>\n
To hold the rally, BTC needs to turn the $70,000 weekly-close ceiling into support. Otherwise, $70,000 remains an overhead distribution band, with the $60,000-$69,000 demand zone still the real bid below.<\/p>\n
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Glassnode frames $70,000 as the near-term resistance line that BTC has repeatedly failed to close above on a weekly basis since early February.<\/p>\n
The 1-week to 1-month holder cost basis sits near $70,000, creating what Glassnode calls an overhead distribution zone, a \u00b12% band from $68,500 to $71,500, where recent buyers may become sellers as they reach breakeven or slight profit.<\/p>\n
Above that, $75,000 emerges as the key gamma magnet in options positioning. Negative gamma of roughly $2.3 billion is concentrated at the $75,000 strike across expiries, with $1.8 billion in the Mar. 27 expiry alone.<\/p>\n
The net call premium of $14.5 million has traded at $75,000 across the next three monthly expiries, with two-thirds of that volume accumulated over the past week.<\/p>\n
This isn’t just a round number: options positioning makes $75,000 a liquidity and gravity level. If the price gets pulled there, it needs real spot demand behind it, or it becomes a chop zone.<\/p>\n
Below current levels, support structures are thinner. The intraday low around $67,500 serves as the \u201cbounce failed\u201d line. If BTC breaks below it, the move risks unwinding.<\/p>\n
Glassnode identified last week that the $60,000-$69,000 is the main demand zone underneath, suggesting that’s where real bids sit if the rally fades.<\/p>\n
Using the $63,030 to $74,000 range, retaining 70% of the bounce means holding above $70,709. Retaining 60% means holding $69,612. Those thresholds line up almost perfectly with Glassnode’s $68,500\u2013$71,500 overhead distribution band.<\/p>\n
If BTC holds above $70,700, it’s likely to retain most of the bounce. If it loses $69,600, the market is giving back a meaningful chunk, and $70,000 reverts to acting like supply rather than support.<\/p>\n
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Demand is thinned<\/h2>\n
On-chain metrics show buy-side demand remains weak despite the price recovery.<\/p>\n
The 30-day simple moving average of realized profit fell from over $1 billion per day to roughly $370 million per day, a 63% contraction.<\/p>\nBitcoin’s 30-day moving average of realized profit fell from over $1 billion per day to roughly $370 million by early March 2026.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Glassnode reads this as thinned buy-side liquidity. A \u201chold-the-gains\u201d setup requires realized profit to stop contracting and re-expand, indicating buyers are willing to transact at a premium. Without that, the bounce goes to weak hands.<\/p>\n
The percent of supply in profit sits around 57%, below its minus-one standard deviation threshold near 60%. Glassnode compares this stressed regime to the early stages of the May 2022 and November 2018 bear phases.<\/p>\n
For the rally to hold, the percentage of supply in profit needs to reclaim 60% and trend higher, signaling an exit from the stressed regime.<\/p>\n
Selling pressure has been moderating over the last few days. The Coinbase spot cumulative volume delta has started to rebound, indicating early bid-side activity.<\/p>\n
However, Binance and aggregate exchange flows remain weak, though Glassnode notes they’re \u201cno longer accelerating lower.\u201d<\/p>\nCoinbase spot cumulative volume delta rebounded from deep negative territory in early March 2026, while Binance and aggregate exchange flows remained weak.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
This bounce holds only if bid absorption broadens beyond Coinbase. Otherwise, it’s a localized relief rally, not a market-wide spot reversal. The pattern suggests institutional or US-based buyers are re-engaging, but international or retail flows haven’t followed yet.<\/p>\n
Bitcoin spot ETFs had sustained outflows leading into the selloff, but flows have stabilized with early inflows reappearing. Mar. 2 saw $458.2 million in net inflows, followed by $225.2 million on Mar. 3, according to Farside Investors data.<\/p>\n
Glassnode stresses it’s too early to confirm a durable reversal, but continued recovery in inflows would provide meaningful spot-side support.<\/p>\n
Supportive conditions include multiple days of net inflows and the 7-day average shifting up from negative. Reversal risk remains if flows slip back negative while price is stuck below or around the $70,000 overhead band.<\/p>\n
The stabilization is encouraging, but persistence matters more than the initial turnaround.<\/p>\n
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Glassnode frames this as leverage being flushed, but also as a signal that leveraged bulls remain hesitant.<\/p>\n
A healthy hold would see premiums stabilize, while spot conditions improve.<\/p>\n
A fragile hold would show price rising mainly on derivatives, while spot remains weak. So far, the setup leans toward the former, with leverage unwinding rather than re-accumulating aggressively.<\/p>\n
Options positioning has shifted dramatically since the Feb. 28 lows. The put\/call ratio moved from 1.89 to 0.4, reflecting hedges unwinding and increased call activity. Skew compressed from the mid-20s to the low-10s, indicating downside fear has faded.<\/p>\n
The $75,000 strike concentration is the key detail. Roughly $2.3 billion in negative gamma sits at that strike across expiries, with $1.8 billion concentrated in the Mar. 27 expiry.<\/p>\n
The net call premium of $14.5 million has been traded at $75,000 across the next three monthly expiries, with two-thirds of the premium accumulated over the past week.<\/p>\n
If the price approaches $75,000, the gamma concentration creates a liquidity and gravity effect. Without real spot demand backing it, that level could become a chop zone rather than a breakout point.<\/p>\n
What holds, what breaks<\/h2>\n
Three scenarios frame the possibilities.<\/p>\n
The first scenario occurs if BTC holds above $70,700 and starts to post stronger spot and ETF support. In this case, the $70,000 level can flip to support, and $75,000 becomes the next magnet test. Weekly closes above $70,000 would confirm the flip.<\/p>\n
For the second scenario to play out, BTC churns between $68,500 and $71,500 and can’t get weekly closes above $70,000, the move risks being a relief rally into overhead distribution. Realized profit needs to re-expand, and spot bid absorption needs to broaden beyond Coinbase for this range to resolve higher.<\/p>\n
Lastly, a third scenario arises if BTC loses the local bounce structure around $67,500 and $70,000 stays overhead. The market is likely to revisit the $60,000-$69,000 demand zone as the real bid. That would mark a failed bounce rather than a hold.<\/p>\n
The data points to a fragile recovery with pockets of strength, such as Coinbase flows improving, ETF inflows stabilizing, and options skew normalizing.<\/p>\n
However, the broader tape remains unconvinced.<\/p>\n
The $70,000 level isn’t just a number, it is also where recent buyers sit on cost basis, where weekly closes have failed repeatedly, and where the market will test whether this bounce has follow-through or fades into overhead supply.<\/p>\n
Weekly closes and spot flow breadth will answer that question over the next several days.<\/p>\n
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Bitcoin slid to $63,030 after US-Israel strikes on Iran triggered a risk-off cascade across markets. From there, BTC rallied to $74,000 intraday on Mar. 4, a roughly 17% rebound. As of press time, Bitcoin trades at $73,613, up 7.7% in the past 24 hours. The move recaptured much of the selloff, but whether it holds<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7225,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[2253,2971,3065,91,114,2796,2566],"class_list":{"0":"post-7224","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ethereum","8":"tag-60k","9":"tag-70k","10":"tag-74k","11":"tag-bitcoin","12":"tag-hit","13":"tag-losing","14":"tag-send"},"yoast_head":"\n
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