{"id":76308,"date":"2026-03-14T14:03:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T14:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=76308"},"modified":"2026-03-14T14:03:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T14:03:17","slug":"bitcoins-price-is-running-the-same-playbook-that-led-to-a-400-surge-but-theres-a-catch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=76308","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin\u2019s Price Is Running the Same Playbook That Led to a 400% Surge But There\u2019s a Catch"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Popular analyst Merlijn The Trader outlined in a recent post on X that bitcoin\u2019s current setup resembles, to a large extent, its market behavior in late 2022 when the asset actually skyrocketed by triple digits from bottom to top.<\/p>\n<p>To even have the theoretical chance of doing so, though, Merlijn outlined the key level BTC has to hold.<\/p>\n<h2>385% Surge in the Making?<\/h2>\n<p>His analysis noted that bitcoin had already run this playbook over three years ago, which is evident from the descending compression and sweep buy liquidity. He believes this setup will trap late sellers and BTC\u2019s price will eventually reverse upon its conclusion.<\/p>\n<p>Merlijn explained that the last time this happened, BTC\u2019s price skyrocketed from $15,000 to $73,000. A similar price surge of 385% would send the cryptocurrency flying to well over $300,000.<\/p>\n<p>Obviously, such a scenario is hard to envision now and might sound like a stretch, but Merlijn indicated that BTC could reignite a highly impressive rally as long as it holds the key $65,000 level. If it doesn\u2019t, then it would continue the liquidity sweep phase.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BITCOIN RAN THE SAME PLAYBOOK AS NOVEMBER 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Descending compression. Sweep buy liquidity.<br \/>\nTrap late sellers. Then reverse.<\/p>\n<p>Last time this resolved: BTC went from $15K to $73K.<\/p>\n<p>Hold $65K: base is complete.<br \/>\nLose it: liquidity sweep continues.<\/p>\n<p>The market hunts liquidity\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BDPICGhWYS\">pic.twitter.com\/BDPICGhWYS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Merlijn The Trader (@MerlijnTrader) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MerlijnTrader\/status\/2032758640021504231?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 14, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>He <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MerlijnTrader\/status\/2032788844647514500\">doubled down<\/a> in a subsequent post that every major BTC cycle had started with a bear trap. In previous examples, such as the massive runs in 2013, 2016, and 2020, the price gains were quite spectacular \u2013 24,000%, 6,300%, and 842%, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>The analyst noted that the pattern doesn\u2019t change as fear is always the first phase of the rally. And, as <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/bitcoin-fear-and-greed-index-plummets-to-6-year-low-is-the-worst-over\/\">reported<\/a> recently, fear has dominated the crypto market for a few consecutive months.<\/p>\n<h2>Still Bear Cycle<\/h2>\n<p>In the meantime, Doctor Profit, among the most well-known crypto analysts who have been calling for this correction for months, acknowledged BTC\u2019s recent pump to $74,000. However, he argued that this is likely to be a short-term upside move, before \u201cwe see another downturn\u201d to new lows.<\/p>\n<p>The cryptocurrency was indeed <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/bitcoin-btc-halted-at-74k-analysts-speculate-where-the-price-could-go-next\/\">rejected<\/a> at $74,000 for the second time in the past 10 days or so, and now struggles to remain above $70,000.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bitcoin?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Bitcoin<\/a> is rising fast and strong, exactly as predicted. Expect more upside move before we see another downturn move to new lows. In the meantime, let\u2019s enjoy the fake pump together that will last for some weeks!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Doctor Profit <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/16.0.1\/72x72\/1f1e8-1f1ed.png\" alt=\"\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udded\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\"> (@DrProfitCrypto) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrProfitCrypto\/status\/2032442269773787252?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 13, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/bitcoins-price-is-running-the-same-playbook-that-led-to-a-400-surge-but-theres-a-catch\/\">Bitcoin\u2019s Price Is Running the Same Playbook That Led to a 400% Surge But There\u2019s a Catch<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">CryptoPotato<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Popular analyst Merlijn The Trader outlined in a recent post on X that bitcoin\u2019s current setup resembles, to a large extent, its market behavior in late 2022 when the asset actually skyrocketed by triple digits from bottom to top. To even have the theoretical chance of doing so, though, Merlijn outlined the key level BTC [&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-76308","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\/76308","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=76308"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76308\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=76308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=76308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=76308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}