{"id":604377,"date":"2026-05-25T13:52:45","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T13:52:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/05\/25\/bitcoin-risks-drop-to-72k-as-demand-metric-hits-2026-lows\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T13:52:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T13:52:45","slug":"bitcoin-risks-drop-to-72k-as-demand-metric-hits-2026-lows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/05\/25\/bitcoin-risks-drop-to-72k-as-demand-metric-hits-2026-lows\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin risks drop to $72K as demand metric hits 2026 lows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy1pbWFnZXMuY3RtZWRpYS5pby9tZWRpYS9hcnRpY2xlLWNvdmVycy9idGMtY292ZXItbW9uZGF5LW1heS0yNS5qcGc=.jpg\" alt=\"Bitcoin risks drop to $72K as demand metric hits 2026 lows\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin\u2019s weakening demand failed to absorb increased selling pressure, raising risks of a further BTC price drop toward $72,000. <\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin (BTC) has fallen 6.5% from its recent high above $82,000, as a bearish technical structure, weakening demand, and increasing sell pressure now point to the risk of further losses ahead.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key takeaways:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin\u2019s failure to hold above key support levels suggested buyers were unable to <a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/markets\/bitcoins-momentum-is-fading-traders-have-these-support-levels-in-mind\">sustain the upward momentum<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/bitcoin-risks-drop-to-72k-as-demand-metric-hits-2026-lows\">Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin\u2019s weakening demand failed to absorb increased selling pressure, raising risks of a further BTC price drop toward $72,000. Bitcoin (BTC) has fallen 6.5% from its recent high above $82,000, as a bearish technical structure, weakening demand, and increasing sell pressure now point to the risk of further losses ahead. Key takeaways: Bitcoin\u2019s failure to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":604378,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-604377","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\/604377","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=604377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604377\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/604378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=604377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=604377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=604377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}