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May 17, 2026 at 12:40 •
Analysis
Over the past few weeks, Bitcoin has struggled to break above the $82,000 price resistance and now trades near $78,000. While the integrity of either of these zones carries significant yet different implications for the flagship cryptocurrency’s growth, a crypto research and education group has revealed that several factors indicate a growing fragility in the market. Leveraged Risks On The Rise As ETF Outflows Surge In a recent Quicktake post on CryptoQuant, XWIN Research Japan delved into multiple on-chain signals that collectively flashed a signal of uncertainty for the Bitcoin market. The crypto research group began by citing Axel Adler Jr.’s Estimated Leverage Ratio (ELR). For context, the ELR measures the amount of leverage traders are using in the Bitcoin futur...