Bitcoin remains around $71,000 with fluctuations, mid- to short-term implied volatility drops over 5%, and over 40% of options expire this Friday.

Greeks.live indicates that Bitcoin is maintaining oscillations around $71,000 with implied volatility showing a significant decline; Ethereum's mid-to-short-term implied volatility has also decreased notably. As the quarterly expiration date approaches, $75,000 has become the primary strong resistance level.

Bernstein Calls "Bitcoin Has Bottomed"! Reiterates Year-End Price Target of 150,000: This Is the Weakest Bear Market in History

Wall Street investment bank Bernstein stated that Bitcoin has bottomed out, predicting end-of-year prices will reach $150,000. They believe that unlike past bear markets, this pullback lacks systemic pressure, with institutional demand and financial instruments providing strong support. Analysts pointed out that Bitcoin is preparing for an upward rebound, and looking ahead, institutional demand will be an important factor driving prices.

BTC drops below 70,000 USDT

Gate News bot message: Gate market data shows BTC breaking below 70000 USDT, current price 69996.8 USDT.

Bitcoin may have already bottomed out near $60,000. Here’s why.

Some worry bitcoin BTC$70,639.39 could still see a deeper sell-off, but one key indicator suggests the bottom may already be behind us. That indicator is the 30-day implied volatility, which is an options-based measure of expected price turbulence over four weeks. The widely-tracked 30-day implie

Strategy Acquires 1,031 BTC in Smaller Weekly Purchase

Strategy, led by Michael Saylor, purchased 1,031 BTC for $76.6M, bringing total holdings to 762,099 BTC. This more measured acquisition follows previous larger buys and is funded through common stock sales. Current holdings are valued around $54B, about 7% below acquisition cost.

# Gold and BTC Diverge: A Battle Over the Definition of Safe-Haven Assets

# Woke up, and BTC pulled back to 70k. On the drive this morning, the radio was reporting that gold came under pressure as the Fed's March FOMC meeting failed to meet rate cut expectations, erasing all gains for the year so far. Recently, geopolitical tensions in the Middle East have escalated, causing global capital markets to shake. According to classical narratives in traditional finance, geopolitical conflicts should push up gold prices—a logic rooted in gold's thousands of years of safe-haven attributes, long since becoming the instinctive reaction of market participants. Yet the market performance in March 2026 has shattered this stereotype: gold prices continued to decline, breaking through the critical support level of $4,500, while Bitcoin's decline was far smaller than traditional risk assets like stocks, displaying a certain characteristic of "relative safe-haven." This anomalous divergence, on the surface is a difference in asset price movements, but at a deeper level reflects a structural change long overlooked by the market: the investor base for gold and Bitcoin is undergoing a fundamental shift