Is The Bitcoin Bottom In? Top Analyst Assigns 91.5% Probability
Crypto analyst Miles Deutscher has issued one of the most forceful bottom calls of this cycle, assigning a 91.5% probability that Bitcoinβs low is already in. In a X thread on December 4, he wrote: βF*ck it. Iβm putting my neck on the line here. Iβm 91.5% certain that the BTC bottom is in. And if it is, A LOT of people are about to be caught offside.β
Is The Bitcoin Bottom In?
Deutscher bases his conviction on four βpillarsβ: market reaction to news, the historical behaviour of FUD events, a shift in flows, and an improving global liquidity backdrop. Each pillar is scored in an internal model that culminates in a 91.5/100 bullish reading.
He starts with price behaviour versus headlines. Over recent days, he notes, the market has digested an βinflux of bad newsβ β including renewed Tether FUD, another round of βChina banning crypto,β MicroStrategy scrutiny and concerns around a Bank of Japanβdriven yen carry trade unwind.
βDespite all this bad news, price rallied,β he writes, calling this βthe first time since the major selloff beganβ that Bitcoin has responded positively to a destructive news cycle. He underscores an old trading adage: βThe reaction to news is more important than the news itself. This tells you everything you need to know.β
The second pillar is a systematic look at whether such FUD clusters tend to coincide with local lows. Deutscher says he backtested βevery single time Tether, China, BOJ, and Microstrategy FUD entered the marketβ in a similar way. His conclusion is stark: βEvery single time, these FUD events marked a local bottom. Tether FUD = bottom.
China βbanningβ crypto = bottom. Bank of Japan/carry trade concerns = bottom. Microstrategy FUD = bottom.β On this basis, his AI model assigns the maximum score of 28/28 to this pillar. He cautions that βin isolation, this factor doesnβt matter much,β but argues that, combined with the first pillar, it βstarts to paint a convincing bull case.β
The third pillar is flows, which he calls βthe most critical factor (net buy/sell pressure).β For the past weeks, flows were βaggressively negativeβ with OG whales selling and ETFs dumping. Recently, he argues, this picture has changed. ETF inflows are βstarting to stabilise & uptick,β treasury-company holdings remain stable, and βOG whales have stopped relentlessly dumping (this is clear on the orderbooks).β This earns a 22.5/25 score in his model. He adds one key caveat: as long as DATs exist, βthere are material risks.β
The fourth pillar is the liquidity and macro environment. Deutscher notes that market liquidity had been tightening for months, but now βthings are shifting back toward increased market liquidity,β with global financial conditions βreloosened to near highs.β He highlights βmacro tailwindsβ and adds that a new, potentially more dovish Fed chair is coming and βQT has now officially ended.β This set of factors receives a 9/10 score in his framework.
Aggregating all four pillars leads to the headline figure: βWith all four market pillars taken into account, we arrive at a final score of 91.5/100.β
Deutscher, however, explicitly lists caveats. He points out that US markets βhave been on a massive runβ and may need to cool off, that DATs βare still seeing some short-term pressure,β and that ETF flows βcan flip negative at any time.β His conclusion is probabilistic rather than absolute: βMarkets are a game of probabilities, and I think the odds are in favour of the bottom being in β given the extreme FUD weβve had and the marketβs reaction to it.β
At press time, Bitcoin traded at $91,035.
