{"id":92043,"date":"2026-05-13T11:46:32","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T11:46:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=92043"},"modified":"2026-05-13T11:46:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T11:46:32","slug":"bitcoins-rally-80000-has-one-glaring-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=92043","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin&#8217;s Rally $80,000 Has One Glaring Problem"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The <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>) rally to $82,000 is raising red flags that a short squeeze rather than organic buying may be the underlying fundamental driver.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Open Interest Jumped $10 Billion In A Month<\/h3>\n<p>According to a Wintermute report, open interest <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/wintermute_t\/status\/2054147356304789667\">jumped<\/a> from $48 billion to $58 billion in a month as Bitcoin started rising above $70,000.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Short sellers piled in, got liquidated, and then bought back positions to cover. Funding is still predominantly short, meaning more squeeze could be coming.<\/p>\n<p>The problem is that leverage, not spot demand, fueled this move. Spot buying confirms bull markets. Perpetual futures are driving this rally, and short covering does not reflect real conviction.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Spot Volumes Hit Two-Year Lows<\/h3>\n<p>Bitcoin &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/26\/05\/52518632\/bitcoins-rally-80000-has-one-glaring-problem?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"Bitcoin's\" rally has one glaring problem>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) rally to $82,000 is raising red flags that a short squeeze rather than organic buying may be the underlying fundamental driver. Open Interest Jumped $10 Billion In A Month According to a Wintermute report, open interest jumped from $48 billion to $58 billion in a month as Bitcoin started rising above [&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-92043","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\/92043","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=92043"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92043\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=92043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=92043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=92043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}