Bitcoin Needs Only A Minor Push To Reach $175K: Analyst

Bitcoin traded just above $121,000 on Wednesday, holding onto gains after a drop from a recent peak above $126,000. According to analyst Egrag Crypto, a small market move could trigger a much larger rally, building on a pattern he says has repeated across past ￰0￱ Reading: XRP Fear Index Spikes To 6-Month High, And That Could Spark Its Next Breakout Historic Channel Breakouts Egrag’s view is based on a three-month look at price channels that, he argues, have preceded major ￰1￱ on reports, similar channel breakouts were visible before the 2013 surge to about $1,163, the 2017 rise past $19,000, and the 2020–2021 rally that pushed prices above $69,000.

He says the current channel began forming in April 2022, and that a modest “blip” upward could push Bitcoin to $175,000. That target would require roughly a nearly 43% rise from $122,620. Short-term swings have ranged from $115,000 to $125,000 this week, while the present price sits near $121,900. #BTC – $175K Is Just a Blip: If we look at the historical behavior of #BTC on a 3-month time frame, we can see a clear channel ￰2￱ the past three cycles, we’ve consistently seen a breakout at the end of these ￰3￱ diminishing returns are evident, they are… ￰4￱ — EGRAG CRYPTO (@egragcrypto) October 8, 2025 Targets And Risks To Watch Egrag outlined a range of possible ￰5￱ placed $175,000 as his primary ￰6￱ also suggested a midpoint near $250,000 and an upper scenario around $400,000.

Those are ambitious ￰7￱ are presented as part of a longer-term view rather than promises of an immediate ￰8￱ analyst compared his Bitcoin call to a past gold forecast—he set a $3,500 target for gold that later saw prices near $4,000—using that as a reference for his forecasting ￰9￱ the same time, on-chain data offer a mixed ￰10￱ analytics firm Glassnode reported that 97% of Bitcoin’s supply is now in profit following the recent ￰11￱ high level of realized profit suggests many holders sit above their purchase ￰12￱ analysts interpret elevated profit as a sign that markets may pause so investors can take ￰13￱ Reading: XRP Open Interest Nears $3B As CEO Sees $10B ETF Inflows Ahead Others point to crowded positions and rising leverage as signs that short-term volatility could ￰14￱ have disclosed concern about what some call a “Suckers Rally,” a spike that tempts late buyers and is followed by a ￰15￱ Behavior And Investor Moves Accumulation has been visible in many ￰16￱ investors reallocated gains rather than selling out entirely, which, according to reports, can indicate a controlled rotation of capital rather than a panic ￰17￱ image from Pixabay, chart from TradingView