{"id":75112,"date":"2026-03-05T17:32:04","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T17:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=75112"},"modified":"2026-03-05T17:32:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T17:32:04","slug":"bitcoin-surges-7-but-the-march-rally-may-just-be-a-textbook-bull-trap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=75112","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Surges 7%, But The March Rally May Just Be A Textbook Bull Trap"},"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>)<strong> <\/strong>has surged 7% since the start of the month as macro analyst <strong>Benjamin Cowen<\/strong> warned this mirrors the \u201cbull trap\u201d pattern that preceded massive sell-offs in every prior midterm cycle.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Midterm Bear Market Playbook<\/h3>\n<p>Bitcoin is trading roughly 15% below its $87,500 yearly open, hitting the exact <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=R9yYJXpYYzg\">mathematical target<\/a> for an early March relief rally.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Cowen argues Bitcoin\u2019s 2026 price action identically mirrors the post-halving patterns of 2014, 2018, and 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The structural pattern repeats across cycles: Bitcoin peaks in Q4 of the post-halving year (late 2025 this cycle).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The asset grinds down to establish local lows in early and late February. This cycle, BTC printed lower lows at $80,000 and $60,000.<\/p>\n<p>Then comes the March bull trap. A sharp, FOMO-inducing counter-trend rally spikes the price between &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/26\/03\/51074762\/bitcoin-surges-7-but-the-march-rally-may-just-be-a-textbook-bull-trap?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"Bitcoin\" surges but the march rally may just be a textbook bull trap>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) has surged 7% since the start of the month as macro analyst Benjamin Cowen warned this mirrors the \u201cbull trap\u201d pattern that preceded massive sell-offs in every prior midterm cycle. The Midterm Bear Market Playbook Bitcoin is trading roughly 15% below its $87,500 yearly open, hitting the exact mathematical target for an [&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-75112","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\/75112","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=75112"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75112\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=75112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=75112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=75112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}