As traders run away from global risks, selling bitcoins can reach up to $65K.

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Bitcoin came under pressure as rising oil prices and weak US data fueled risk fears and sent investors into gold.

An increase in redemptions from private credit funds from BlackRock and Blackstone reflects growing anxiety among retail investors.

Bitcoin (BTC) saw a 7% correction between Thursday and Friday following a failed attempt to return to the $74,000 level. The rally followed weak US macroeconomic data and rising oil prices as the US-Israeli-Iran war entered its seventh day. Traders are now questioning whether Bitcoin can hold support above $65,000.

Typically, declining economic conditions pave the way for monetary stimulus, often boosting the stock market in anticipation of increased liquidity. However, the overall risk-off sentiment that saw the S&P 500 retreat this cycle erased all of Bitcoin's gains from Wednesday.

US retail sales fell 0.2% in January from a month earlier, as the US economy shed 92,000 jobs in February. Despite the cooling labor market, investors are not confident that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates further, as rising energy costs typically drive inflation.

US Treasury markets are currently pricing in a 78% chance that interest rates will remain between 3.5% and 3.75% until the end of April. A flight to safety pattern emerged as gold rose, with the Russell 2000 small-cap index hitting a two-month low. Bitcoin's fall below $85,000 in late January has prevented it from being called a non-correlated asset, especially as silver has risen to become the second most valuable asset.

Marketers fear corporate layoffs driven by artificial intelligence automation. Jeff Schmid, president of the Kansas City Federation, said AI is increasingly taking on roles that once required manual labor. “Older Americans are retiring,” Schmid added, causing real-time structural change in the labor market, according to Yahoo Finance.

War and credit stress weigh on Bitcoin outlook.

A prolonged war would mean increased U.S. government spending, reducing fiscal capacity for stimulus aimed at economic expansion. Investors fear rising logistics costs beyond the commodity sector. The shipping giant announced on Friday that two routes connecting the Middle East with Asia and Europe have been temporarily suspended.

Bitcoin's retest of the $68,000 level on Friday suggests that technical resistance levels identified by analysts may be secondary to geopolitical events affecting the oil and energy industries and, in addition, global growth prospects. The current risk asset weakness appears to be a reflection of poor macroeconomic visibility rather than structural failure.

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The deterioration expected by traders may come from the US private credit market. BlackRock has limited withdrawals from the giant debt fund following an increase in redemption requests, Bloomberg reported on Friday. Earlier this week, Blackstone's flagship private credit fund met a request to offer a record 7.9% of its shares, fueling retail anxiety.

Currently, the 3% option-adjusted spread for riskier companies is hovering within the normal range seen over the past six months. Periods of significant economic turmoil will increase this indicator to more than 5.0%, this level was observed at the end of March 2023. As a result, there is no clear indication that Bitcoin will break below $65,000 even with the ongoing uncertainty over global economic growth.