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Bitcoin’s short-term price action is still without bullish momentum, and 
according to macroeconomist Henrik Zeberg, the longer-term outlook may be 
deteriorating as well. Henrik Zeberg shared a strongly bearish assessment of 
the market’s current structure in a post on the social media platform X with 
the conclusion that Bitcoin is no longer behaving like an asset in a healthy 
expansion phase. Instead, he described Bitcoin as approaching an important 
peak, warning that the current structure carries an elevated risk of a sharp 
downside move once that peak is in place. Bitcoin’s Expanding Diagonal Points 
To Price Top Zeberg’s Bitcoin outlook is based on the expanding diagonal 
structure on Bitcoin’s monthly candlestick timeframe chart. This long-term 
pattern, which has been playing out since Bitcoin&#8217;s creation, shows increasing 
volatility, with the Bitcoin price making higher highs and lower lows with a 
widening range. Related Reading: People Are Not Ready For Bitcoin; Analyst 
Reveals What’s Coming Next According to the chart he shared, Bitcoin appears 
to be completing the final stages of this structure, and this is expected to 
be characterized by exhaustion. Zeberg labels the current zone as a topping 
area, where upside progress becomes increasingly unstable even if the price 
continues to increase. Interestingly, the chart projected a final surge as a 
blow-off top that could carry Bitcoin to the mid-$150,000 range. However, in 
this framework, that final push is not a sign of strength but a hallmark of 
late-cycle overconfidence. Expanding diagonals tend to resolve violently once 
the structure breaks, and Zeberg views the current setup as looking like where 
optimism peaked just before a reversal. From Euphoria To A Deep Crash Scenario 
Zeberg’s most controversial claims are in his projected downside targets. 
According to him, once the final euphoric rally plays out and Bitcoin reaches 
above $150,000, it could enter into a collapse on a scale that most Bitcoin 
investors currently consider unthinkable. Related Reading: Analyst Predicts 
When The Bitcoin Supercycle Will Actually Begin He compared the setup to the 
dot-com era, when the Nasdaq fell by more than 80%, and noted that Bitcoin has 
historically amplified both upside and downside moves. Based on that logic, he 
predicted a scenario where a broader AI and crypto bubble unwinds, leading to 
a Bitcoin price crash of about 97% or 98% from the eventual peak. This 
translates into a technical minimum target between $3,000 and $4,000, with the 
possibility of even deeper declines. Although the final rally may be dramatic, 
holding through the subsequent crash could be devastating for unprepared 
investors. Zeberg also highlighted momentum indicators that he believes 
support the bearish outlook. Bitcoin is showing what he describes as massive 
bearish divergence on the monthly timeframe. This is a situation where price 
continues to grind higher but momentum indicators such as the RSI fail to 
confirm those highs. Another indicator is the monthly MACD, which is also 
approaching, or already printing, a bearish crossover on the long-term chart. 
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