Bitcoin sellers lurk in $88K to $90K zone — Is this week’s BTC rally losing steam?

Multiple Bitcoin price data points show sellers positioning to take profit in the $88,000 to $90,000 zone. Will the bulls be able to overcome the sell pressure?

Many Bitcoin (BTC) traders became bullish this week as prices rallied deep into the $88,000 level, but failure to overcome this level in the short term could be a take-profit signal.

Alphractal, a crypto analytics platform, noted that Bitcoin whales have entered short positions at the $88,000 level. 

In a recent X post, the platform highlighted that the “Whale Position Sentiment” metric exhibited a sharp reversal in the chart, indicating that major players with a bearish bias have stepped. The metric defines the relationship between the aggregated open interest and trades larger than $1 million across multiple exchanges.

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