«Биткоин столкнется с «застоем», предсказывают эксперты, но надежды на восстановление не угасают до 2027 года» Headline: Bitcoin Faces Stagnation, Experts Predict, but Hopes for Recovery Remain Alive Until 2027

Throughout 2026, it seems unlikely that the leading cryptocurrency will set a new historical high, according to Kit Alan, co-founder of the trading platform Material Indicators.

He noted that the current trajectory of Bitcoin is influenced by the struggle between buyers and sellers. The expert believes a return to $87,000 is simply a matter of time.

At the moment, bulls are trying to maintain a defensive position at $92,000, while large holders are focusing on a deeper test of support near the annual opening price of $87,000.

*“Their objective is to wait for the formation of a ‘golden cross’ on the daily chart, which will signal the next stage of growth,”* remarked Alan.

This refers to the crossing of the 21-day and 50-day simple moving averages (SMA). A short-term SMA moving above a long-term SMA is traditionally seen as a resumption of upward momentum on short timescales.

However, before this «inevitable» step can take place, the market must revert to the year’s opening level to reassess its strength.

The longer-term outlook also appears uncertain, the analyst emphasized. A combination of several bearish signals suggests that the BTC/USD pair is unlikely to achieve new historical highs before 2027.

*“A lot can change over the next six months and invalidate this scenario, but at the moment, it’s simpler to construct a rational model where prices decline after the current bullish momentum has exhausted,”* Alan wrote.

For a market reversal to be confirmed, two key conditions must be met:

As of the time of writing, Bitcoin is trading around $90,000, having dropped 2.3% in the last 24 hours.

Earlier, a prolonged sideways trend was predicted by CryptoQuant founder Ki Young Ju. He stated that capital inflow into the leading cryptocurrency has dried up, with liquidity shifting towards stocks and gold.

Several experts anticipate that Bitcoin could reach new all-time highs in 2026. Bitwise’s Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan stated that the crypto market will need to overcome three «checkpoints» to achieve an all-time high.

The first and most crucial checkpoint is the successful passage of the Clarity Act through the U.S. Congress. According to the expert, its approval would create regulatory clarity and lay the foundation for long-term industry growth.

The second condition involves the complete dissipation of the repercussions from the market crash on October 10-11, 2025, when liquidation volumes exceeded $19 billion in a single day. Hougan noted that the market failed to regain upward momentum in the fourth quarter due to community concerns about potential sell-offs from large market makers.

*“The specter of these sales loomed over the market like a thick fog. The good news is that if such a scenario was destined to occur, it likely would have happened by now. […] I believe that one of the factors that allowed the market to* *rise earlier this year** *was that investors have moved past October 10,”* the expert noted.