Analysts Bullish: Crypto Rally Defies Market Fear, Set to Continue Surge

Market sentiment screams extreme fear—yet crypto analysts remain steadfast in their bullish conviction.

Defying the Fear Gauge

While fear dominates retail sentiment, institutional analysts spot the classic contrarian opportunity. Historical patterns suggest extreme fear often precedes major upward breaks.

The Confidence Catalyst

Multiple technical indicators align with fundamental growth drivers. Adoption metrics continue climbing despite short-term volatility concerns.

Another case of Wall Street telling you to panic while quietly loading up—some things never change in finance.

Don’t Panic Yet

Markets have yet to recover from last week’s crash, and total cap remains at a three-month low of $3.72 trillion. Nevertheless, most experienced analysts and traders remain unconcerned, having witnessed these types of bull market corrections numerous times before.

Bitcoin has been in an “incredibly steady and solid up trend this cycle,” said ‘Daan Crypto Trades.’ “Even with this recent decline, there’s no big change in market structure yet. But we are at a critical area,” he added.

“For me, a move back below $100K WOULD mean this is due for a larger and longer correction. At that point, there will be many doubts about whether the cycle is done or not.”

BTC needs to “rise from the ashes of last week’s events” to get momentum going again, he said.

Analyst ‘Sykodelic’ said markets are still in an uptrend, observing that every decline has hit the 50-week simple moving average, and bounced back as it did last week.

“There has been mass fear in the market, with the majority panic selling and everyone saying it is over,” they observed.

Meanwhile, analyst ‘Crypto₿irb’ noted that extreme fear has struck for the fourth time this cycle as ETFs were rushing to sell, and October is deep in the red.

“In short, pressure builds at the bottom. BTC trades NEAR $107K, fear peaking, volatility rising. ETF liquidity still strong, miners steady […] The market’s coiling up for an even larger wave. When fear peaks, volatility wins.”

Is bull run over?

Extreme fear strikes for the 4th time this cycle. ETFs rushing to sell big, and October is deep in red. Is $90k next?

Here’s my extremely honest take.

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— CRYPTO₿IRB (@crypto_birb) October 18, 2025

Analyst ‘Mr Anderson’ was also confident that the bull market wasn’t over, predicting a cycle peak of $148,000.

Crypto Market Outlook

There has been little change in crypto markets over the past 24 hours. Bitcoin has been trading in a very tight range between $106,000 and $107,000 and has failed to break support turned resistance at $108,000.

Ethereum spiked above $3,900 on Saturday but couldn’t hold it and fell back to the $3,850 level, also failing to break resistance above $4,000. The altcoins remained battered and bruised with very little movement in either direction this weekend.