$BTC is not stalling. It is clearing the road to $78K.

The liquidation heatmap explains what price action alone cannot.

After $200M in short liquidations, the market removed a large portion of immediate downside pressure. Below $66K, liquidity is thinner. Above price, leverage clusters remain stacked between $72K and $78K.

Markets move toward liquidity. That is how positioning resolves.

Each short squeeze forces buy orders into the market. Each forced buy weakens the probability of deeper pullbacks. What remains is unfinished positioning overhead.

Bitcoin is now rotating near $69–70K, exactly where continuation structures usually compress before expansion.

This is how late expansion regimes behave: shallow dips, repeated squeezes, and progressive moves toward higher liquidity shelves.

Next destination is already visible on the map.

Most probable scenario: expansion toward $72K–78K.

Confidence level: ~75%$BTC