{"id":53537,"date":"2025-10-18T01:01:32","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T01:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=53537"},"modified":"2025-10-18T01:01:32","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T01:01:32","slug":"bitcoin-is-broken-bears-eye-75000-says-placeholder-cofounder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=53537","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Is \u2018Broken,\u2019 Bears Eye $75,000, Says Placeholder Cofounder"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Chris Burniske, cofounder of Placeholder and former crypto lead at Ark Invest, said he is \u201cincreasingly convinced last Friday\u2019s massacre<\/a> broke crypto for a while,\u201d arguing that the post-selloff market will struggle to \u201cquickly develop a sustained bid\u201d and that he will \u201clikely get interested in the market again when I see Bitcoin $75K or lower.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Start Of A New Bitcoin Bear Market?<\/h2>\n

In a X post<\/a> on Friday, October 17, Burniske wrote that this cycle \u201chas been disappointing for most,\u201d which can \u201cparalyze action as people hope for bluer skies, or former ATHs,\u201d and urged investors to think in linear monthly terms rather than \u201cchart minutiae.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cMSTR is slipping, gold is sending a warning, as are credit markets, and stocks will be the last to get the message\u2026 I want to see how $BTC responds to $100K, but will likely get interested in the market again when I see $BTC $75K or lower.\u201d The post had 50.2K views at the time referenced.<\/p>\n

Burniske\u2019s remarks follow the October 10 selloff that knocked Bitcoin as low as the mid-$100Ks in intraday trade and triggered the sharpest reset of leverage ever for the crypto market. Market tone through this week underscores his \u201cbroke the bid\u201d framing. By Friday morning in Europe, Bitcoin was changing hands below $106,000 again, leaving it roughly 15% below its month-to-date peak and dragging the total crypto market capitalization under $3.6 trillion.<\/p>\n

The spot-ETF complex<\/a>\u2014central to this cycle\u2019s marginal demand\u2014mirrored the risk-off turn. Following the liquidation shock, US spot Bitcoin and Ether ETFs posted combined net outflows for the week to date (Monday\u2013Thursday). Bitcoin ETFs registered \u2013$858.7 million, with three of four sessions in the red, while Ether ETFs were \u2013$79.5 million, split evenly with two inflow and two outflow days.<\/p>\n

Responses to Burniske on X captured the debate over whether October 10 marked a cyclical break or a violent, but ultimately constructive, reset. Quant and derivatives-focused trader Shanaka Anslem Perera called it a \u201cVaR shock, not a cycle top<\/a>,\u201d arguing that \u201cbasis\/funding\/OI all got reset \u2192 leverage washed out, new upside will need spot demand, not perps,\u201d and that \u201cthe marginal bid has changed: US spot ETFs + corporate\/sovereign treasuries.\u201d<\/p>\n

Burniske replied, \u201cExcellent breakdown, thank you for sharing.\u201d Another commenter, Magumsy, pushed back that calling the event \u201cbreaking crypto\u201d was \u201coverblown,\u201d citing \u201con-chain flows and institutional liquidity\u201d as buffers; Burniske clarified that he meant it \u201cbroke a lot of peoples\u2019, or institutions\u2019, appetites to bid.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked about altcoins if a bear market starts here, he answered bluntly: \u201cDepends on the alt, some are bottomless \u2014 imo it\u2019s time to consolidate into your highest conviction names + USD, or at least that\u2019s what I\u2019ve done.\u201d<\/p>\n

Whether Bitcoin needs to revisit the mid-$70Ks to entice sidelined capital is now the crux of positioning. Burniske\u2019s tactical map\u2014watch behavior \u201cat $100K\u201d and get \u201cinterested\u2026 at $75K or lower\u201d\u2014implies a broad re-rating of risk premia after a cycle that, in his words, \u201cwas different,\u201d with the next bear \u201cdifferent too.\u201d<\/p>\n

At press time, Bitcoin traded at $104,809.<\/p>\n

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Chris Burniske, cofounder of Placeholder and former crypto lead at Ark Invest, said he is \u201cincreasingly convinced last Friday\u2019s massacre broke crypto for a while,\u201d arguing that the post-selloff market will struggle to \u201cquickly develop a sustained bid\u201d and that he will \u201clikely get interested in the market again when I see Bitcoin $75K or […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-53537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=53537"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53537\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=53537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=53537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=53537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}