{"id":561389,"date":"2026-02-26T20:52:40","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T20:52:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/02\/26\/bitcoin-bear-market-may-end-if-bulls-reclaim-74-5k-heres-why\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T20:52:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T20:52:40","slug":"bitcoin-bear-market-may-end-if-bulls-reclaim-74-5k-heres-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/02\/26\/bitcoin-bear-market-may-end-if-bulls-reclaim-74-5k-heres-why\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin bear market may end if bulls reclaim $74.5K: Here\u2019s why"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjYtMDIvMDE5Yzk4OTAtZDA3Ni03Mzg2LTgyZTEtYmY1NzIxZmU2MjY0LmpwZw==.jpg\" alt=\"Bitcoin bear market may end if bulls reclaim $74.5K: Here\u2019s why\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin trades below most holders\u2019 cost basis, but a rally above $74,500 could change everything. Can the bulls pull it off?<\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin (<a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/bitcoin-price\">BTC<\/a>) has rebounded 7.45% over the past two days after dropping to $62,400 on Tuesday, below a key onchain price support. Despite the bounce, holders who bought between six months and two years ago remain at an average cost of $74,500, a level that now stands as a potential inflection level.<\/p>\n<p>As BTC moves higher, the concentration of supply around $74,500 stands as a key test for the current trend; a decisive reclaim of that level may signal demand and a shift in short-term market structure.<\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin\u2019s realized price tracks the average onchain acquisition cost for a given UTXO age band. For coins aged 18 to 24 months, that level stands near $64,200. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/bitcoin-bear-market-may-end-if-bulls-reclaim-dollar74-5k-here-s-why\">Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin trades below most holders\u2019 cost basis, but a rally above $74,500 could change everything. Can the bulls pull it off? Bitcoin (BTC) has rebounded 7.45% over the past two days after dropping to $62,400 on Tuesday, below a key onchain price support. Despite the bounce, holders who bought between six months and two years [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":561390,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-561389","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blockchain"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=561389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561389\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/561390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=561389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=561389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=561389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}