After the collapse of the price below $31,000, the continuation of the price below this level means more selling pressure, especially since some miners and companies need to pay off loan debts, which means that they are forced to sell instead of waiting for a longer time. all of these things make the price stable below $26,000 with the possibility that The decline continues for a longer before the price begins to easily rebound above $42,000.
One thing to point out that not many aren't acknowledging is that for now (as of writing) price remains in a parallel / bullish channel. Granted it's at the very bottom support level of this channel without showing much (or any) signs or a rebound, and no doubt if the support breaks we can see lower prices, but otherwise this 5.5 month consolidation at the top of a trend (from $15K to $25K/$30K) remains a bullish structure.
If we compare this to early 2022, Bitcoin had been in a downtrend for a few months prior to a bear flag style consolidation at the lows for another few months that led to another leg down. Currently Bitcoin has been in an uptrend now for a few months with consolidation at the highs for a few months, that if broken to the upside could quite easily lead to around $50K prices,as a continuation of the uptrend following months of consolidation.
Either that or we'll see a re-test of liquidating around $20K to $23K and effectively a "reset" to a more neutral market, as admittedly between $23K and $25K there is very little volume to support price, even below $26K there is a notable decline. But otherwise to think that miners/companies haven't had months to pay off debts above $25K isn't quite true, with even a fair amount of time above $30K as well.
Personally my main scepticism for further upside remains reclaiming around $28K and $30K where there was a lot of distribution as can be seen by volume profile. I guess either way I'm keeping open minded until $25K breaks, as there remains some bullish structure in the market especially with price reaching considerably oversold levels, even more so than FTX crash that marked a low in the market.