Andrew Tate Blames Overconfident Traders for Bitcoin’s Fall — Schiff Sees “Staggering Losses” Ahead

“The price can always go lower,” said controversial influencer Andrew Tate, whose recent commentary has gone viral among traders trying to make sense of the ongoing decline of the Bitcoin price. 

Tate argues that the crypto market continues to drop not because of external shocks, but because “everyone believes it won’t.” 

According to him, traders’ overconfidence — borrowing money to “max long” in hopes of making it all back in one trade — is precisely what drives the market lower. “It will continue to get worse until all optimism is gone,” he said. “Once everyone’s lost all their money — then we go to all-time high.”

This harsh psychological framing mirrors the mood of a market caught in exhaustion. Bitcoin is struggling to hold key support levels near $106,000, with most technical indicators suggesting that sellers are still firmly in control.

Adding to the pessimism, Peter Schiff warned that “the losses that are about to hit the crypto industry will be staggering.” 

Schiff, a long-time Bitcoin critic, predicted a “wave of bankruptcies, defaults, and layoffs” as a crash in both Bitcoin and Ether “obliterates the rest of the altcoin market,” even suggesting that the fallout could create systemic risk across the broader financial system. 

While Schiff’s apocalyptic tone is nothing new, his remarks amplify the sense of fragility that Tate’s commentary described — a cycle of hope, leverage, and destruction that may not yet be finished.

Bitcoin’s Technical Outlook Turns Bleaker

Bitcoin’s daily chart confirms the struggle. 

The price has remained below both its short-term and medium-term EMAs, signaling persistent weakness. The 9-day EMA has crossed beneath the 20-day EMA — a configuration that typically marks a bearish continuation phase. 

Daily chart for WBTC/USD (Source: GeckoTerminal)

Momentum indicators echo this story: the MACD shows widening bearish momentum, while the RSI remains in neutral-to-weak territory, indicating that sellers maintain control even as the market nears potential oversold conditions.

Key Levels and Order Book Analysis

Immediate resistance stands around $109,584 to $111,696, marking areas where prior rebounds failed. Without a close above these zones, upward momentum will remain limited. 

On the downside, critical supports at $105,681, $103,985, and $101,508 act as potential short-term floors — but if these levels fail, the next leg lower could accelerate rapidly, validating Schiff’s grim outlook.

Order book data reflects the battlefield between buyers and sellers. A bid wall at $106,876 (~6 BTC / $676K) provides temporary cushioning, but if it breaks, the Bitcoin price could slip by 0.05% before testing deeper supports. Smaller bid walls at $106,693 and $106,926 show faint buyer interest, while ask walls between $106,926 and $106,950 highlight strong selling pressure that could cap any short-lived recovery. 

The Bitcoin order book, in short, mirrors Tate’s thesis — the market is saturated with traders betting it “can’t go lower,” but sellers remain one step ahead.

Strategic Outlook

The path forward remains treacherous. For bullish traders, a sustained close above $110,000 would be required to invalidate the short-term bearish trend and hint at a reversal. Until then, short positions near resistance remain more favorable, with potential targets around $105,000 to $104,000. 

For long traders, patience will be critical — waiting for capitulation signals such as volume spikes, bullish divergences, or retests of deeper supports near $101,000 may offer better entries.

In essence, Tate’s warning — that “it will continue to get worse until everyone’s out of money” — and Schiff’s forecast of “staggering losses” may describe two sides of the same coin: the brutal psychological and systemic cleansing that often precedes the next bull run.

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