Bitcoin ($BTC) starts a new week at its highest levels in nearly eight months as bulls propel the market to $85,000. Key points: Bitcoin hit $85,248 on Monday, marking its highest levels since Jan. 29. $BTC price action is approaching the breakeven point for US spot Bitcoin ETF investors near $86,000. Markets eyed oil prices
The Number That Didn’t Move $BTC has climbed about 6% over the past day and printed an intraday high of $85,248 just as $260+ million in short positions were liquidated in just 60 minutes. That is a sharp turn from the weekend, when Bitcoin.com News described bitcoin’s price hitting an $82K wall after a $7,000
For the first time in 45 weeks, Bitcoin has closed above its 50-week moving average, following a 29% price increase over the past 35 days. According to data from Galaxy Research, Bitcoin finished the week ending September 20, 2026, at $81,159, compared with a 50-week moving average of $78,786. That placed the weekly close approximately
BlackRock has said Bitcoin ETFs are increasingly serving as financial tools for large holders seeking collateral, options access and portfolio flexibility as Bitcoin volatility has fallen toward the 35–40 range. The Pomp Podcast published a Sept. 17 interview with Jay Jacobs, BlackRock’s U.S. Head of Equity ETFs, covering the growth of the iShares Bitcoin Trust
How Far Has The Bitcoin Price Moved? $Bitcoin is trading at $84,374 after a sharp vertical move that started around 11:30 UTC. Previous close was $81,152, which puts $BTC up roughly 4% on the day and through a ceiling that had rejected buyers repeatedly since spring. Bitcoin peaked above $121,000 earlier in 2026 before grinding
Bitcoin, Ethereum and $XRP extended their recoveries on Monday after recording strong gains during the previous week. Bitcoin traded above $81,300 after rising more than 5% last week. Ethereum gained over 6% during the same period and moved above $2,600, while $XRP held above the key $1.40 level following a weekly advance of more than
Crypto analyst Benjamin Cowen stated that despite Bitcoin rising above the $81,280 level, it is still too early to say that the current bear market is over. Cowen noted that the recent increase may not yet represent a definitive change in the market’s long-term trend. According to Cowen, temporary pullbacks in Bitcoin during a “golden
Bitcoin has closed above its 50-week moving average for the first time in more than 10 months, a development some analysts said could signal the end of Bitcoin’s bear market. Bitcoin closed the week at $81,159 on Coinbase on Sunday, above its 50-week moving average of $78,788, according to TradingView. The last weekly close above
Tushar Jain, co-founder of Multicoin Capital, stated that the current optimism in the cryptocurrency market is somewhat excessive, and that a correction or period of sideways consolidation may occur in the coming period. In his assessment, Jain stated that the current market sentiment has reached a “slightly euphoric” level, emphasizing that a short-term pullback would
Strategy founder Michael Saylor has raised expectations of a possible new $BTC purchase by reposting the “Bitcoin Tracker” chart, which the company uses to track its Bitcoin reserves. Saylor simply added the phrase “More orange” to his post. In Saylor’s past posts, the orange dots on the chart represented Strategy’s Bitcoin purchases, and similar posts