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Article

Analyst warns Bitcoin could fall 38% to $50,000 as bear flag pattern tightens

Bitcoin.com News May 3, 2026
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TL;DR

Gareth Soloway, chief market strategist at Verified Investing, told The David Lin Report that Bitcoin is forming a bear flag between $80,000 and $85,000, a technical pattern that historically resolves downward with his next target at $50,000 unless price clears $85,000.


Intelligence

For Nigerian crypto traders and P2P market participants, a drop toward $50,000, if it materialises between now and late 2026, would compress naira-denominated Bitcoin values at a time when the naira itself remains under pressure, creating a double-sided squeeze on anyone holding BTC as a dollar hedge. Nigerian retail holders who bought during the 2024–2025 rally above $80,000 would face significant paper losses, and a sharp Bitcoin correction historically triggers a broader altcoin selloff that hits smaller Nigerian Web3 projects and token holders harder.

The more important signal for Nigerian fintech founders and crypto builders is Soloway's point about capital rotating into AI infrastructure instead of crypto. This suggests global institutional appetite for digital assets may stay muted through 2026, making it harder to raise USD-denominated rounds for crypto-native startups on the continent. It is too early to confirm whether this bear flag resolves lower or breaks upward, but the signal to watch is whether Bitcoin closes convincingly above $85,000 in the next four to six weeks.

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