Bitcoin price started another decline below the $83,500 zone. BTC is now consolidating and might struggle to recover above the $83,850 zone.

• Bitcoin started a fresh decline below the $83,200 support zone.
• The price is trading below $83,000 and the 100 hourly Simple moving average.
• There is a connecting bullish trend line forming with support at $82,550 on the hourly chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Kraken).
• The pair could start another decline if it stays below the $83,850 resistance zone.

Bitcoin Price Faces Resistance

Bitcoin price failed to start a recovery wave and remained below the $85,500 level. BTC started another decline and traded below the support area at $83,500. The bears gained strength for a move below the $82,500 support zone.

The price even declined below the $82,000 level. A low was formed at $81,320 before there was a recovery wave. There was a move above the $82,500 level, but the bears were active near $83,850. The price is now consolidating and there was a drop below the 50% Fib retracement level of the upward move from the $81,320 swing low to the $83,870 high.

Bitcoin price is now trading below $83,250 and the 100 hourly Simple moving average. There is also a connecting bullish trend line forming with support at $82,550 on the hourly chart of the BTC/USD pair. On the upside, immediate resistance is near the $83,250 level. The first key resistance is near the $83,850 level.

The next key resistance could be $84,200. A close above the $84,200 resistance might send the price further higher. In the stated case, the price could rise and test the $84,800 resistance level. Any more gains might send the price toward the $85,000 level or even $85,500.

Another Decline In BTC?

If Bitcoin fails to rise above the $83,850 resistance zone, it could start a fresh decline. Immediate support on the downside is near the $82,550 level. The first major support is near the $82,250 level and the 61.8% Fib retracement level of the upward move from the $81,320 swing low to the $83,870 high.

The next support is now near the $81,250 zone. Any more losses might send the price toward the $80,000 support in the near term. The main support sits at $78,500.

Technical indicators:

Hourly MACD – The MACD is now losing pace in the bearish zone.

Hourly RSI (Relative Strength Index) – The RSI for BTC/USD is now below the 50 level.

Major Support Levels – $82,250, followed by $81,250.

Major Resistance Levels – $83,250 and $83,850.

On April 1, Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ) shared an amusing hypothetical on social media platform X (Twitter).

He posed the hypothetical scenario of a user generating a cryptocurrency wallet address commonly used for token burns, which permanently remove tokens from circulation.

Binance’s CZ Shares Cryptic Hypothetical on April Fools Day

Changpeng Zhao’s April Fools’ joke about generating a token burn address sparked discussions. However, the chances of it happening are astronomically low. CZ shared the post during the early hours of the Asian session, kickstarting an interesting discourse.

“Imagine downloading Trust Wallet and finding your newly generated address is: 0x000000000000000000000000000000000000dead. Theoretically speaking, it has the same chance as any other address. Alright, enough imagining. Not gonna happen. Get back to building. Happy Apr 1!” Changpeng Zhao wrote.

It comes in time for April Fools’ Day, celebrated annually on April 1, dedicated to practical jokes, hoaxes, and playful deception. Trust Wallet, integrated as Binance’s non-custodial wallet provider, played along with the joke.

“Happy April Fool’s Day,” wrote Trust Wallet.

While the idea seems far-fetched, CZ was not technically wrong. Theoretically, there is an infinitesimally small probability that someone could randomly generate a wallet address matching “0x000…dead” using software like Trust Wallet.

However, the chances are comparable to winning the lottery multiple times. To put things into perspective, one can generate blockchain addresses using cryptographic hashing functions that produce 160-bit outputs.

This means there are 2¹⁶⁰ possible Ethereum addresses—a number so vast that generating any specific address, such as “0x000…dead,” is practically impossible.

“Haha, imagine the odds! That is a 1 in 2^160 type of vibe. Good one, CZ—back to work now, no distractions from the code,” Synergy Media wrote, putting the rarity into context.

While CZ’s April Fool’s joke entertained the crypto community, the reality remains unchanged. The likelihood of generating a wallet address identical to “0x000…dead” is close to zero. This means the post was a fun thought experiment but nothing more.

“Imagine that you can randomly generate a Bitcoin private key every second, and suddenly one day the private key you generated happens to correspond to Satoshi Nakamoto’s wallet or Binance’s wallet. That’s terrifying,” another user quipped.

However, the joke does highlight the fascinating cryptographic underpinnings of blockchain technology. While every address is technically possible, some are rare and might as well be myths. Crypto users will have to keep burning their tokens the old-fashioned way.