Could Bitcoin Price Crash Like Silver? Warning Signs Are Showing

For the second straight week, Bitcoin’s price closed below $83,000, a key support level to confirm a bullish trend. This confirms a fake-out, according to popular analyst Benjamin Cowen. The analyst now fears Bitcoin could trace silver’s slow post-2011 collapse, when the precious metal’s price crashed 73% in 4 years.Was the September Rally a Trap for Bitcoin Buyers?Cowen, a member of BeInCrypto’s Market Intelligence Expert Council, set a simple test in his latest video. One weekly close below $83,000 would favor bears, and a second would confirm it.Bitcoin closed at $82,042 the prior week and at $80,154 on October 25. It still trades around the same level this week, failing to hold the $83,000 support.His next target is the bull market support band (BMSB), a pair of 20-week and 21-week moving averages near $72,000 to $76,000. If Bitcoin price drops to this level, it could be a warning sign for further decline.The S&P 500, Nasdaq, and Ethereum already lost their 50-day averages and slid to that band.Why Silver’s Path Keeps Benjamin Cowen Up at NightSilver offers Cowen the closest precedent. After its 2011 peak near $49, the metal held its lows twice, and its rallies resembled a recovery.One rally even closed above the 50-week moving average in late 2012. Silver still broke down in 2013 and slid to about $14 by 2015.“What keeps me up at night is more so what if it follows like the silver path… I hope it doesn’t and I’m constantly looking for reasons for why it won’t.” For Bitcoin, that means a February low, a July low, and perhaps a fourth-quarter low. Rallies would fade until a breakdown arrives in 2027 or 2028.A drop to $60,000 and a rebound would worry him most, turning September’s breakout buyers into resistance. A new low below the realized price, the average cost basis of all coins, would instead force real capitulation.Silver is living through a similar unwind today. The metal closed Friday at $53.83, nearly 56% below its January record, at its .What Must Break Next for the Bear Case to Hold?Cowen expanded his into an 11-step sequence.Bitcoin posts a second weekly close below $83,000The fake-out is confirmedBTC drops to the BMSBThe Federal Reserve holds rates on Oct. 28Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) inflation comes in hot on Oct. 29The 10-year Treasury yield climbs againBitcoin and stocks fallOil reaches $120The Fed raises rates in DecemberThe US Dollar Index rises into the Fed’s December meetingLong-term yields drop into year-endIf one step fails, he says, the rest becomes doubtful. A weekly close above roughly $84,000 would undercut the thesis.Is Bitcoin’s Downside Already Capped?Charles Edwards, founder of Capriole Investments and a fellow council member, sees a different short-term picture. Bitcoin’s put/call ratio, comparing bearish options bets with bullish ones, has hit 1.46.His chart shows similar spikes near the February and June lows of 2026. In 2022, however, a May spike near $29,000 preceded a slide to about $17,600.The two views may not conflict. A local floor still allows a test of the support band. Cowen’s deeper fear is a silver-style grind lasting years, which no options signal can rule out.