3 reasons why a Bitcoin rally to $125K could be delayed

Key takeaways: Bitcoin's resilience after Friday's $19 billion flash crash shows long-term demand remains strong despite short-term risk aversion. Derivatives traders remain cautious, with arbitrage opportunities and negative funding rates signaling heightened counterparty risk. Bitcoin (BTC) reclaimed the $114,000 mark less than 48 hours after Friday's flash crash, which wiped out $15 billion from BTC futures open interest. While Bitcoin showed resilience after such a major liquidity event, several factors could still delay a retest of the $125,000 level. As long as investors continue to view Bitcoin as a risk asset and maintain its partial correlation with tech stocks, sustained…