Expert Observes a Bullish 90-Day Bitcoin Pattern Repeating, BTC Could Hit $145,000 ATH Target

• Expert observes a bullish 90-day Bitcoin pattern repeating.

• He declares accumulation phase complete and expects manipulation phase to start.

• BTC could hit $145,000 ATH target in the final distribution phase.

The crypto market has been moving in an upwards direction after weeks of slow sideways movement. After retesting the same resistance level, Bitcoin has finally broken past the area to turn it into support, leading to a rise in bullish sentiment across the crypto community. Amid this change in the market, one expert observes a bullish 90-day Bitcoin pattern repeating, meaning BTC could hit $145,000 ATH target this year.

Expert Observes a Bullish 90-Day Bitcoin Pattern Repeating

Presently, the price of BTC is trading just under the $78,000 price range, meaning that the weeks of BTC retesting the $76,000 resistance level has finally paid off. Over the past few weeks, the price of BTC has been trading in the $60,000 price range and trying to break past $76,000. Twice, the highest it went was $74,000, before sinking back to $60,000 prices. Now, the asset finally reclaimed $78,000.

This monumental move has brought an end to months of slow sideways movement, where bearish and bullish analysts were engaging in endless debates over bearish or bullish breakouts. The current price action has bought no end to these debates. Even after BTC reclaiming higher targets, bearish analysts remind the market that there are still plenty more resistance barriers in place before the market can turn bullish.

These bearish analysts state that BTC will go as high as $90,000, allowing a final liquidity grab, before the price of BTC will inevitably fall to cycle bottom prices in the $40,000 price range. In contrast, bullish analysts remain tentatively more optimistic and believe that the rise in prices is a steady pattern for BTC to move towards reclaiming its previous ATH price in the 6-digit price range and enter price discovery once again.

BTC Could Hit $145,000 ATH Target

Along this bullish line of thought, those bullish analysts that align the many bullish indicators in the market and the BTC price chart believe that the 5-year supercycle is in play and expect the price of BTC and altcoins to surge accordingly until new ATH records have been set. According to one crypto expert, a highly bullish 90-day pattern is playing up on the Bitcoin price chart.

THE BITCOIN PATTERN THAT TOOK 90 DAYS IS REPEATING.

August to November: accumulate, manipulate, distribute to $126K.

February to now: same three phases. Accumulation complete.

Manipulation is next. $52K target.
Distribution after: $145K.

$80K is where phase 2 begins.

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— Merlijn The Trader (@MerlijnTrader) April 21, 2026

As we can see from the post above, this crypto trader and expert notices a 90-day pattern retreating on the BTC price chart. He says the same pattern printed between August and November 2025, where BTC went through an accumulation, manipulation, and distribution phase to $126,000 played out, is being set up again. This could mean that February completed an accumulation phase, and manipulation will lead to $52,000 only for the next distribution phase to bring $145,000 ATH.