BTC/USD: Bitcoin mất mốc 74.000 USD khi giá chạm ngưỡng kháng cự trong xu hướng giảm

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Key points:
Bitcoin price ricochets
Descending channel intact
Fundamentals still bearish
OG coin got all the way up to $74,000 before the bears rushed in and tore it down, keeping the price within a sloping channel.

Blockade Headlines Hit Bitcoin

Bitcoin BTCUSD slid toward $70,500 Monday morning after briefly tagging $74,000 over the weekend, as traders reacted to the White House confirming a naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz following failed US–Iran negotiations.
President Donald Trump said the blockade would begin immediately after talks in Islamabad collapsed over Iran’s uranium enrichment stance. Markets interpreted the move as escalation risk — and crypto rarely enjoys surprise geopolitical stress.
Oil jumped to roughly $105 per barrel as the US Navy moved to secure shipping lanes and intercept vessels tied to transit toll disputes. Higher oil often tightens financial conditions globally, which tends to cool appetite for risk assets like Bitcoin.
Channel Resistance Still Holds

Technically, Bitcoin’s rejection near $74,000 marks the third touch of the upper boundary in a descending channel — a structure where price keeps printing lower highs inside a downward slope. Previous rejections occurred on January 14 and October 6.
The drop toward a session low near $70,500 reinforced the idea that sellers remain active at the channel ceiling. Until that upper trendline breaks, rallies risk being treated as temporary relief rather than trend reversals.
Traders often watch repeated resistance tests closely. The more times a level rejects price, the more meaningful the eventual breakout becomes — but until it happens, the structure still belongs to the bears.
🧱 $70K Floor Faces Pressure Test

The $70,000 level remains a major psychological support zone — a round number that traders naturally cluster orders around. Staying above it keeps the broader bullish narrative alive despite recent volatility.
A break below $68,000 could open the door to a deeper correction toward the $62,000 region, where previous demand zones helped stabilize price earlier in the cycle. That would shift momentum from consolidation to retracement territory.
For now, Bitcoin is stuck between geopolitics overhead and technical resistance above. Until one of those clears, the chart looks less like a breakout story and more like a patience test for both bulls and bears.
source: https://www.tradingview.com/news/tradingview:641154bc6094b:0-btc-usd-bitcoin-loses-grip-on-74-000-as-price-hits-resistance-in-descending-channel/