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Coinbase says Bitcoin’s near-term path may hinge on two price zones: roughly 
$82,000 on the upside and $60,000 on the downside. In a new X post outlining 
its BTC “practical playbook,” the exchange argues that combining structural 
support/resistance bands with options gamma exposure sharpens the trading map 
for whether BTC is more likely to mean-revert, break out, or accelerate lower. 
The core framework starts with Coinbase’s previously shared heatmap of “real 
supply and demand levels,” built by aggregating market structure pivot points 
and volume into price bands. In that setup, the densest support cluster sits 
near $60,000, while the first dense resistance band sits around $82,000. 
Coinbase describes those areas as zones where market interest has already been 
established and where “significant pools of resting liquidity typically 
gather.” Why Bitcoin Gamma Changes The Read This week’s addition is gamma 
exposure (GEX), which Coinbase frames as a way to map how options dealers’ 
hedging flows may either absorb volatility or amplify it. The firm calls the 
options market a “hidden liquidity provider” and says GEX helps investors 
decide whether conditions favor range trades or breakout trades. Related 
Reading: Bitcoin Nears Death Cross That Preceded Final Bear Market Legs 
Coinbase explains the mechanism in practical terms: when dealers are long 
gamma, their hedging tends to lean against price moves; when they are short 
gamma, hedging can reinforce the move. “In positive gamma regions, the 
dominant hedging behavior often looks like a shock absorber because if BTC 
rises, dealers sell spot (or sell futures) to stay hedged. If BTC falls, they 
buy to rebalance. That ‘sell strength / buy weakness’ pattern reduces realized 
volatility and increases the odds of consolidation and ‘pinning’ around nearby 
strike clusters.” It then contrasts that with the negative-gamma regime. “In 
negative gamma regions, the dominant hedging behavior can flip into a trend 
amplifier. Rising BTC prices force hedgers to buy more while falling prices 
force hedgers to sell more. That ‘buy strength / sell weakness’ loop can turn 
ordinary breaks into fast repricing and liquidation-style cascades.” After 
layering GEX onto its pivot map, Coinbase’s conclusion is straightforward but 
consequential. “$82k remains the first gate to unlock further upside, while 
$60k appears to be the shelf that must hold to prevent accelerated downside,” 
the post says. It ties that to a “pronounced negative gamma band” in the 
$60,000–$70,000 region and “meaningful positive gamma pockets” around $85,000 
and $90,000. Related Reading: Bitcoin COT Data: Smart Money Goes Net Long With 
‘Urgency’ That combination shapes the regime expectations. Coinbase says 
downside into $60,000 can accelerate because negative gamma may amplify 
selling pressure, while upside toward $90,000 may be more prone to grinding 
and pinning as positive gamma hedging dampens momentum. How Coinbase Frames 
The Setups The playbook’s scenario analysis reflects that asymmetry. Around 
$82,000, Coinbase treats first-touch rejection as a credible risk in a dense 
supply zone, especially without a clear macro catalyst. If BTC fails there, it 
says mean reversion becomes the higher-probability expression and warns 
breakout chasers can get trapped. By contrast, a clean break above $82,000 is 
not defined by a brief spike but by “acceptance” — reclaiming the level, 
holding it, and using it as support. Coinbase argues that would suggest supply 
has been absorbed and raise continuation odds into higher liquidity bands, 
while still acknowledging the positive gamma pocket above could increase chop 
risk. The $60,000 zone is framed even more carefully. Coinbase says it prefers 
long exposure only after a reclaim signal if BTC flushes into that area, 
rather than trying to catch the initial move lower, because negative gamma can 
make the path “violent and prone to overshooting.” If $60,000 fails and BTC 
cannot reclaim it, Coinbase says the break could mark another “regime change” 
where downside extends faster than discretionary dip buyers expect. At press 
time, Bitcoin traded at $65,026. Featured image created with DALL.E, chart 
from TradingView.com

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