Bitcoin extends slide below $73,500 as $70,000 support comes into focus

Bitcoin extended its pullback under $73,500 and is consolidating after reaching a low at $71,532. The price trades below $75,000 and the 100-hour SMA, with resistance clustered at $72,850, $74,200, and near a bearish trend line at $75,200. A failure to reclaim $75,000 risks tests of $72,000, $71,200, and $70,000.