{"id":66079,"date":"2026-01-11T12:37:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T12:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/bitcoin-price-risks-falling-below-90k-as-rate-cut-hopes-fade-will-it-crash\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T12:37:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T12:37:21","slug":"bitcoin-price-risks-falling-below-90k-as-rate-cut-hopes-fade-will-it-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/bitcoin-price-risks-falling-below-90k-as-rate-cut-hopes-fade-will-it-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin price risks falling below $90k as rate cut hopes fade, will it crash?"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Originally posted on : Invezz )<\/b>
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After failing to breach the $94,500 resistance zone, Bitcoin price pulled back towards a key support level as macro conditions and a lack of demand have taken their toll on risk appetite, particularly as sticky inflation data dampens hopes for further aggressive rate cuts.<\/p>\n

The shift in sentiment is visible across the Fear and Greed Index chart, which initially returned to a neutral level early in the week, but heightened volatility has once again pushed the metric toward the lower bounds of the scale.<\/p>\n

By late Asian trading hours on Friday, the index was sitting in the lower 40s, close to entering fear territory.<\/p>\n

Typically, when this metric slips into the \u201cfear\u201d zone, major crypto assets like Bitcoin and Ethereum tend to face increased selling pressure as retail investors de-risk, often leading to a period of consolidation until a fresh catalyst reignites buyer confidence.<\/p>\n

Why is Bitcoin price not going up?<\/h2>\n


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Although Bitcoin began the week on a positive note, fueled by nearly $1.2 billion in spot Bitcoin ETF inflows over the first two trading sessions, with bulls attempting to attack $95,000, the rally ultimately played as a fakeout.<\/p>\n

As the week progressed, ETF demand vanished, with flows turning negative for consecutive sessions as the early-year rebalancing trade exhausted itself. By late Friday, the early gains had vanished entirely across the board.<\/p>\n

The mood has been further soured by the Friday Nonfarm Payrolls report, which showed a cooling US labor market with only 50,000 jobs added in December.<\/p>\n

This weak hiring data would usually be bullish for Bitcoin as it supports the case for rate cuts, but it collided with a landmark Supreme Court ruling<\/a> on Presidential tariff powers.<\/p>\n

The legal uncertainty over whether billions in global tariffs will be upheld or suddenly refunded has created a policy cliff, forcing institutional players to freeze their activity until the verdict is clear.<\/p>\n

At the same time, the hawkish shift<\/a> in Federal Reserve commentary has followed this week\u2019s jobs data.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Specifically, while the 50,000 jobs added missed the 66,000 forecast, the sharp drop in the unemployment rate to 4.4% and a 0.3% rise in monthly wages have wiped out any remaining hopes for a January rate cut.<\/p>\n

Because inflation remains stubbornly high, traders now fear a \u201cstagflationary\u201d trap<\/a> where the economy slows down but interest rates stay high, a scenario that has seen the US Dollar Index spike, adding heavy pressure to risk assets.<\/p>\n

Market weakness was further exacerbated by a brutal washout in the derivatives market.\u00a0<\/p>\n

As Bitcoin repeatedly failed to reclaim the $93,000 to $94,500 resistance zone, a cascade of long liquidations hit the market<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

By late Friday, total crypto liquidations surged over $449 million, with long positions accounting for the vast majority of the Rekt volume as the price slid back toward the $90,000 psychological floor.<\/p>\n

Current macroeconomic headwinds have forced investors to take a wait-and-see approach that is starving the market of the momentum needed to clear heavy overhead supply.<\/p>\n

Bitcoin price at risk below $90,000<\/h2>\n


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When gauging the 7-day Bitcoin liquidation heatmap, a dense cluster of liquidity can be seen concentrated between the $94,000 and $98,000 levels, which could act as a powerful magnet for price action if buyers manage to defend $90,000 with conviction into next week\u2019s open.<\/p>\n

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Bitcoin liquidation heatmap. Source: Coinglass.<\/p>\n

A short squeeze above $95,000 would be a possibility if institutional demand via ETFs makes a return to absorb the heavy overhead supply, and the macro environment cools.<\/p>\n

On the downside, however, there is a significant pocket of high-leverage long positions extending down toward the $88,000 mark, which could spell further trouble for the market if the psychological floor at $90,000 is decisively breached.<\/p>\n

If this support fails, the heatmap reveals a potential liquidity vacuum that could quickly pull the price toward the mid-eighties, near $84,000 to $85,000, where a massive concentration of margined longs currently sits waiting to be flushed.<\/p>\n

All eyes are now on Tuesday, January 13, 2026, when the December CPI report is scheduled for release at 8:30 AM ET.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Analysts are expecting headline inflation to land around 2.7% to 3.0%, and a reading higher than this would likely cement fears of a hawkish Fed pause, potentially keeping Bitcoin price suppressed within its current range between $85,000 \u2013 $95,000.<\/p>\n

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BTC\/USD monthly price chart. Source: CoinMarketCap.<\/p>\n

Analysts eye $105,000 in coming weeks<\/h2>\n


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Despite the current weakness, most analysts were bullish on Bitcoin\u2019s outlook for the coming weeks.<\/p>\n

According to well-followed market commentator Ted Pillows, the Bitcoin price has been shaping up an ascending triangle pattern on the daily chart.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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BTC\/USDT 1-day price chart. Source: Ted Pillows on X.<\/p>\n

An ascending triangle pattern is a bullish reversal pattern that is formed of rising higher lows and typically signals a continuation of the uptrend once a breakout occurs.<\/p>\n

Based on his analysis, a breakout from the pattern could push Bitcoin to as high as 98,000 to 100,000 dollars before facing any major pullback.<\/p>\n

Fellow analysts at Crypto GEMs also echoed a similar bullish forecast for Bitcoin.\u00a0<\/p>\n

On a shorter time-framed chart, they noted that it has formed a bullish Adam and Eve pattern, a bullish formation that supports the potential for more upside.<\/p>\n

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BTC\/USDC 8-hour price chart. Source: Crypto GEMs on X.<\/p>\n

\u201cBTC is going to new ATHs sooner than you think,\u201d they noted.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, BitBull drew attention to the weekly RSI chart, where an important breakout from Bitcoin\u2019s RSI trendline was already in motion.<\/p>\n

Per his analysis, while the Bitcoin price is stuck moving sideways, the RSI has broken out of a bearish trend in December that had been in play since September 2025.<\/p>\n

\u201cBTC weekly RSI is calling for more upside here. Broke out of its 3-month downtrend and holding above the breakout line,\u201d BitBull said, while sharing the chart below.<\/p>\n

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BTC\/USDT 1-week price chart. Source: BitBull on X.<\/p>\n

As highlighted in the chart, last time, a similar breakout followed months of upside for Bitcoin from local lows. This time, he believes Bitcoin could target $103,000-$105,000 over the next 3-4 weeks.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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