January 21, 2026, BTC overall shows a deep correction combined with a weak rebound, with the core drivers being geopolitical/macro risks suppression and insufficient bullish confidence:
Core price data (USD)
- Intraday low: 87,800–87,950, high: 90,100–90,700, close near 88,900–89,100, 24-hour decline of about 2%–3% - Key levels: losing the 90,000 psychological threshold, below 87,500–88,000 as a vital support line, above 90,000 as the primary resistance
Trend stages and drivers
1. Morning acceleration downward: impacted by US-EU tariffs, Japanese bond market fluctuations, and other risk shocks, prices quickly broke multiple short-term moving averages, reaching the intraday low; widespread long liquidation on the network, market sentiment turning to panic 2. Midday weak rebound: after overselling, technical correction occurred, temporarily rising near 90,000, but lacked sustained buying interest, and the rebound was quickly resisted and fell back 3. Evening sideways weak movement: narrow consolidation in the 88,500–89,000 range, with daily candles closing lower consecutively, indicating a clear bearish pattern
Technical and sentiment points
- Daily chart: broke below the 50-day EMA and other short-term moving averages, RSI entered oversold territory, showing rebound potential but macro pressure remains strong - Four-hour chart: forming a descending channel, with lower highs and lower lows, clearly weak - Market sentiment: fear and greed index falling into panic zone, open interest in derivatives increasing, traders mainly hedging
Short-term outlook
- If effectively breaking below 87,500–88,000, further decline to 86,000–85,000 may occur - If a rebound can stabilize above 90,000, then testing the previous breakout level near 92,000 is possible
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January 21, 2026, BTC overall shows a deep correction combined with a weak rebound, with the core drivers being geopolitical/macro risks suppression and insufficient bullish confidence:
Core price data (USD)
- Intraday low: 87,800–87,950, high: 90,100–90,700, close near 88,900–89,100, 24-hour decline of about 2%–3%
- Key levels: losing the 90,000 psychological threshold, below 87,500–88,000 as a vital support line, above 90,000 as the primary resistance
Trend stages and drivers
1. Morning acceleration downward: impacted by US-EU tariffs, Japanese bond market fluctuations, and other risk shocks, prices quickly broke multiple short-term moving averages, reaching the intraday low; widespread long liquidation on the network, market sentiment turning to panic
2. Midday weak rebound: after overselling, technical correction occurred, temporarily rising near 90,000, but lacked sustained buying interest, and the rebound was quickly resisted and fell back
3. Evening sideways weak movement: narrow consolidation in the 88,500–89,000 range, with daily candles closing lower consecutively, indicating a clear bearish pattern
Technical and sentiment points
- Daily chart: broke below the 50-day EMA and other short-term moving averages, RSI entered oversold territory, showing rebound potential but macro pressure remains strong
- Four-hour chart: forming a descending channel, with lower highs and lower lows, clearly weak
- Market sentiment: fear and greed index falling into panic zone, open interest in derivatives increasing, traders mainly hedging
Short-term outlook
- If effectively breaking below 87,500–88,000, further decline to 86,000–85,000 may occur
- If a rebound can stabilize above 90,000, then testing the previous breakout level near 92,000 is possible