{"id":93391,"date":"2026-05-18T17:46:41","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T17:46:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=93391"},"modified":"2026-05-18T17:46:41","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T17:46:41","slug":"is-this-bitcoin-bear-market-rally-different-from-the-rest-the-answer-may-surprise-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=93391","title":{"rendered":"Is This Bitcoin Bear Market Rally Different From The Rest? The Answer May Surprise You"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Bitcoin<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/BTC-USD\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"BTC\" data-exchange=\"CRYPTO\" rel=\"noopener\">(CRYPTO: <\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/btc\/usd\">BTC<\/a>) is trading below the key $78,000 level as analysts debate whether the latest rally is a recovery, or another classic bear market trap.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Why Analysts Say This Isn&#8217;t &#8220;Different&#8221;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>In a May 18 podcast, Benjamin Cowen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WHK1S6MrlCA\">argued<\/a> that bear markets rarely move in straight lines. Instead, they often produce sharp countertrend rallies that make bulls feel right for months before the market eventually breaks lower again.<\/p>\n<p>The comparison many traders are making is to Bitcoin&#8217;s prior bear cycles:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In 2018, Bitcoin bottomed in February, rallied for months and didn&#8217;t break those lows until June.<\/li>\n<li>In 2022, Bitcoin also spent roughly 21 weeks before making a new cycle low.<\/li>\n<li>Historical bear markets have often taken 19 to 25 weeks before the &#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/26\/05\/52631258\/is-this-bitcoin-bear-market-rally-different-from-the-rest-the-answer-may-surprise-you?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"Is\" this bitcoin bear market rally different from the rest answer may surprise you>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) is trading below the key $78,000 level as analysts debate whether the latest rally is a recovery, or another classic bear market trap. Why Analysts Say This Isn&#8217;t &#8220;Different&#8221; In a May 18 podcast, Benjamin Cowen argued that bear markets rarely move in straight lines. Instead, they often produce sharp countertrend rallies [&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-93391","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\/93391","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=93391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93391\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=93391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=93391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=93391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}