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Bitcoin Upper Trendline Resistance Is Holding Price Back, Can It Push It Below $60,000? Analyst Answers

Sandra White
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Last Updated: May 22, 2026 7:30 pm
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A recent TradingView technical outlook suggests Bitcoin remains locked beneath a stubborn upper trendline resistance that continues to suppress bullish momentum. Despite several recovery attempts, BTC has repeatedly failed to break through the resistance zone, causing speculations that the price could push below $60,000.

Bitcoin Trapped Beneath A Heavy Ceiling

The TradingView chart highlights how this upper trendline has consistently acted as a ceiling for price action, rejecting Bitcoin each time buyers attempt to push higher. That resistance area also overlaps with key Fibonacci retracement levels, making it an increasingly important barrier within the current market structure.

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Current price action appears to support that outlook. Bitcoin has struggled to sustain upside momentum and recently slipped lower after another rejection near the top of the rising formation. Attention is now shifting toward the $73,000 to $75,000 support region, which analysts view as critical for maintaining the broader bullish structure. 

The setup also shows a narrowing wedge-like recovery structure developing after Bitcoin’s earlier selloff. However, rather than breaking upward decisively, BTC has started rolling over near resistance once again, signaling that the market still lacks the momentum needed to overpower the upper trendline.

This weakness is already becoming visible across broader market performance metrics. Bitcoin remains under pressure on higher timeframes and has recorded losses across the weekly and 14-day charts. For bullish momentum to regain strength, analysts say Bitcoin must finally break above the upper trendline resistance with strong conviction. Until that happens, the current price action continues to reinforce the idea that the trendline ceiling remains firmly in control of the market.

Can Bitcoin Crash Below $60,000?

While the dominant outlook favours Bitcoin breaking the upper trendline to regain bullish momentum, analysts are not dismissing the possibility of a much deeper flush if key supports collapse. The immediate downside focus sits between $69,000 and $66,000, where another major support region intersects with the rising trendline structure from previous swing lows. A move into that range would likely represent an aggressive but technically acceptable retracement within the broader cycle.

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The more concerning scenario emerges if Bitcoin loses the $66,000 threshold entirely. According to the chart, that breakdown would invalidate the current ascending support framework and potentially trigger a broader risk-off reaction across crypto markets.

In that situation, volatility could increase rapidly. Liquidity gaps below current price levels may expose Bitcoin to a sharp capitulation move capable of driving price beneath $60,000 before stronger demand returns. There is also a hint at the possibility of a panic-driven wick stretching toward the low-$50,000 region if market conditions deteriorate aggressively.

For now, however, the market remains at an inflection point rather than in confirmed collapse. The behavior of buyers around the $73,000 to $75,000 area will likely determine whether Bitcoin resumes its climb toward six-figure territory or slides into a much deeper corrective phase.

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BTC price holding above $77,000 | Source: BTCUSD on Tradingview.com
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Sandra White
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My name is Sandra White, a crypto writer at NewsBTC, providing the latest updates on the world of cryptocurrencies. I love listening to music, learning new things, a family-oriented person, I dream of traveling around the world and connecting with nature, experiencing different cultures, and seeing how people around the world live.

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