{"id":18487,"date":"2025-12-22T19:05:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T19:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/will-crypto-crash-in-2026-908b-private-equity-giant-issues-warning\/"},"modified":"2025-12-22T19:06:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T19:06:22","slug":"will-crypto-crash-in-2026-908b-private-equity-giant-issues-warning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/will-crypto-crash-in-2026-908b-private-equity-giant-issues-warning\/","title":{"rendered":"Will crypto crash in 2026? $908b private equity giant issues warning"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-detail__content blocks\">\n<p class=\"is-style-lead\">A crypto crash could be imminent as Bitcoin forms a risky pattern, gold prices jump to a record high, and Apollo Management warns of market turmoil.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div id=\"cn-block-summary-block_14a5ab42e73a98595a47fbfeb8214140\" class=\"cn-block-summary\">\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__nav tabs\">\n        <span class=\"tabs__item is-selected\">Summary<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Bitcoin price has formed a rising wedge pattern on the weekly chart.<\/li>\n<li>Apollo Global, a $908 billion company, expects turbulence in the market.<\/li>\n<li>Gold and the Swiss franc have soared to a record high.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .cn-block-summary --><\/p>\n<p>One of the potential signs of turmoil in the financial market is the ongoing gold price surge<strong>. <\/strong>Gold jumped to a record high of $4,438, much higher than the year-to-date low of $2,500. This surge helped to propel silver to an all-time high of $68.50.<\/p>\n<p>Gold, a precious metal that has been used for centuries, is often seen as a safe-haven asset. Historically, investors and central banks pile in the metal when they expect substantial risks in the market.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8 THIS IS VERY, VERY BAD!!!<\/p>\n<p>When gold starts ripping like this, it\u2019s usually not a good sign for risk markets.<\/p>\n<p>Listen to me, gold NEVER moves like this when everyone feels safe.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any money invested, you should be paying attention.<\/p>\n<p>Let me explain what\u2019s happening:\u2026 <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0ZE1yZGrQz\">pic.twitter.com\/0ZE1yZGrQz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NoLimit (@NoLimitGains) <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NoLimitGains\/status\/2002976412471378089?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">December 22, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Meanwhile, Apollo Global Management, one of the biggest players in the private equity and credit industries, is bracing for market turmoil in 2026.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to the Financial Times, the company, which has $908 billion in assets, is moving to cash, cutting leverage, and selling assets in riskier corners of the market as it anticipates turbulence.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\u2018Something bad happens\u2019<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The FT quoted Marc Rowan, the company\u2019s chief executive, who told his investors that he was amassing cash to position the company well when \u201csomething bad happens.\u201d He <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/b315e80e-9e8a-4693-b860-bf87574cfa36\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">added<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cWe believe that prices are high, that rates \u2014 long rates \u2014 are not likely to plummet, and that we have enhanced geopolitical risk. As a firm, we are in risk reduction mode. We preach risk reduction. Our balance sheet is in risk reduction mode.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>One potential signal for market turbulence is the performance in the bond market. Data shows that the 30-year bond yield rose to 4.840%, its highest point since Sept. 5, even as the Federal Reserve delivered three rate cuts.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Swiss franc<strong> <\/strong>jumped to 1.260 against the US dollar. It has jumped by 16% this year, a sign that market participants are moving to safe havens as they anticipate potential turmoil in 2026.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bitcoin price weekly chart points to a crash<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">BTC price chart | Source: crypto.news<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The weekly logarithmic chart indicates that Bitcoin\u2019s (BTC) price slumped over the past few months. It has dropped from a high of $126,200 in October to the current $89,300.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The coin has formed a large rising wedge pattern. It has already moved below the lower boundary of this pattern, indicating further downside.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin is also forming a bearish pennant pattern. Therefore, it will likely drop further, with the initial target being at the April low of $74,120.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A crypto crash could be imminent as Bitcoin forms a risky pattern, gold prices jump to a record high, and Apollo Management warns of market turmoil.\u00a0 Summary Bitcoin price has&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":339,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cryptocurrency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18487"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18487\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18488,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18487\/revisions\/18488"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}