After the BTC crash, it rebounded and traded around $81,600. A key reference level nearby: the 50-day average (the average closing price over the last 50 days, used to gauge the medium-term trend) runs at $81,781 - buyers tried to reclaim it on a daily close.
The trigger for the move was oil. Brent gained on fears that the US will resume strikes on Iran closer to the midterm elections. WTI on Friday passed $102 a barrel - the highest since September 16.
The stock market fell unevenly: S&P 500 -0.6%, Nasdaq Composite -0.2%, Dow Jones -1.4%. The yield on 10-year US Treasuries held below 5%; on Thursday it reached 4.939% - the lowest since September 23.
The $80,000-81,500 zone matters not just technically: it is the average purchase price for investors in spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (funds through which BTC is bought like a regular stock). In other words, this is exactly where the breakeven point of a large institutional layer lies.
What's next: Keith Alan, co-founder of Material Indicators, warned that if buyers do not reclaim the 50-day average on a daily close, he expects a test of support in the $78,000-80,000 range. Economist Robin Brooks separately noted a "huge risk premium" in oil: Persian Gulf supplies for most countries are already close to pre-war levels, while Saudi Arabia has exceeded its average before the war began.
Did you watch BTC break through $81,000?
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