Let me tell you what I'm actually seeing from my desk right now because the retail crowd is still not reading this setup correctly.
Bitcoin has broken above two key cost basis levels that on-chain analysts consider the most important in the market the True Market Mean and the short-term holder cost basis. When both crack simultaneously with volume behind them, that's not a retail move That's institutional repositioning.
Exchange reserves just dropped to a 7-year low last seen in December 2017 right before BTC broke $20k for the first time. Whales accumulated 270kBTC over the past 30 days. That's supply being pulled off the market at scale. I've seen this pattern before. It doesn't end quietly.
Funding rates flipped from negative to neutral shorts are no longer paying a premium to stay short. Dealers are sitting short gamma around $82K, which forces hedging that mechanically adds buying pressure as price rises.
That's a squeeze setup. Plain and simple.
Tom Lee called it at Consensus in Miami three consecutive positive monthly closes confirms the bear market is over. March. April. May is on track.
My targets $85K by end of May. 100k by Q3 if the Iran situation resolves and oil drops back below $90. Macro is the only real risk here.
The structure is clean. Don't fight it. 👀
NFA, DYOR
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