{"id":64010,"date":"2025-12-17T14:01:32","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T14:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=64010"},"modified":"2025-12-17T14:01:32","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T14:01:32","slug":"bitcoins-death-cross-looks-scary-until-you-realize-what-happened-last-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=64010","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin&#8217;s Death Cross Looks Scary Until You Realize What Happened Last Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Bitcoin <\/strong><a class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"BTC\" data-exchange=\"CRYPTO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/BTC-USD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(CRYPTO: <\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/btc\/usd\">BTC<\/a>) has flashed another death cross, but historical data suggests the signal has more often appeared near market lows than the start <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/25\/12\/49424232\/why-the-bitcoin-santa-rally-could-begin-with-a-flush-to-80000\">of prolonged declines<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why This Death Cross Is Triggering Anxiety<\/h3>\n<p>The latest signal comes from Bitcoin&#8217;s 50-day moving average slipping below its 200-day moving average, a technical pattern widely labeled a &#8220;death cross.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The setup has resurfaced at a time when price momentum has cooled and macro uncertainty remains elevated.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Matthew Sigel<\/strong>, head of digital assets research at VanEck, said he has been fielding growing concern from clients about the signal and responded by <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/matthew_sigel\/status\/2001000058985308356?s=20\">laying<\/a> out historical context in a post on X.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">History Shows Death Crosses Are Lagging<\/h3>\n<p>Sigel reviewed every Bitcoin death cross dating back to 2011 and described the indicator as a lagging signal rather than a forward-looking warning.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to his analysis, the median return following &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/25\/12\/49447424\/bitcoins-death-cross-looks-scary-until-you-realize-what-happened-last-time?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"Bitcoin's\" death cross looks scary until you realize what happened last time>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) has flashed another death cross, but historical data suggests the signal has more often appeared near market lows than the start of prolonged declines. Why This Death Cross Is Triggering Anxiety The latest signal comes from Bitcoin&#8217;s 50-day moving average slipping below its 200-day moving average, a technical pattern widely labeled a [&hellip;]<\/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-64010","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\/64010","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=64010"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64010\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=64010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=64010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=64010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}