{
  "id": 8228899,
  "title": "Bitcoin adds to bull-market hopes as price metric prints fourth-ever bullish cross",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/bitcoin-adds-to-bull-market-hopes-as-price-metric-prints-fourth-ever",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-18T10:46:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Cointelegraph",
    "slug": "cointelegraph",
    "url": "https://cointelegraph.com/markets/bitcoin-adds-to-bull-market-hopes-as-price-metric-prints-fourth-ever-bullish-cross"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Bitcoin has demonstrated strong bullish signs with the Fisher Transform indicator reaching its fourth-ever bullish cross in its history. Willy Woo, an analyst, flagged key readings from the indicator, which smooths price action to create a trend-strength chart. The Fisher Transform uses two trend lines, the Fisher line and trigger line, that fluctuate around zero. When these lines cross over, it typically signals a bear-market bottom. However, in the case of Bitcoin, this crossing has corresponded to bear-market bottoms on monthly time frames four times, with the latest occurrence in July at -2.26.\n\nThe indicator's reliability is attributed to the absence of speculative traders during bear-market phases, making bottoms easier to define and less prone to \"fake outs.\" The weekly chart also shows a bullish divergence pattern, with Fisher delivering higher lows while BTC/USD sees lower lows, suggesting a potential macro uptrend. Despite bear-market signals on onchain metrics, doubts persist over whether Bitcoin's 21-month lows near $57,000 truly marked a new cycle bottom.",
  "summary": "The Fisher Transform indicator produced a rare crossover for only the fourth time in Bitcoin’s history.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}