{"id":12494,"date":"2026-08-28T07:27:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T07:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/?p=12494"},"modified":"2026-08-28T07:27:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T07:27:15","slug":"bitcoin-eyes-81k-mark-while-etf-flows-slow-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/?p=12494","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Eyes $81K Mark While ETF Flows Slow Down"},"content":{"rendered":"

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  • Bitcoin briefly reached a weekly high of US$81,148 before falling back below US$80K.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Analysts are watching the US$80K\u2013US$83K range, which previously capped Bitcoin\u2019s rally in May.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Options positioning suggests a break above US$82K could open the way towards US$85K.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • US spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded US$242.3 million in Thursday inflows, extending their streak to nine trading days.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

    Bitcoin temporarily reached a weekly high of US$81,148 (AU$112,676) in the early hours of trading on Friday, before it fell back down to US$79,812 (AU$110,808) at the time of writing.<\/p>\n

    As we reported yesterday, analysts said this stretch of the market has a habit of turning rallies back. Swyftx Lead Analyst Pav Hundal noted that the same US$80K\u2013US$83K (AU$111.4K-AU$115.3K) range had already capped Bitcoin\u2019s previous upswing in May, and that this week\u2019s close landed in almost the same spot.<\/p>\n

    Hundal framed the question in his latest analysis: Could this level turn into another wall for BTC to bump against, or could it instead become the launchpad for the next leg higher?<\/p>\n

    His take is that the next few days will be telling. If buyers can push through to a fresh weekly high, that would support the bullish case. If they can\u2019t, last week\u2019s rally risks being remembered as a short squeeze that fizzled out rather than the opening move of a bigger trend.<\/p>\n

    Read more:<\/strong> <\/strong>XRP Up 44% as Korean Bank Taps Ripple for Cross-Border Payments<\/strong><\/p>\n

    The options market could offer some clues about where Bitcoin goes next. Trader David Eng said Bitcoin is sitting in a tight range between a key US$80K (AU$111.1K) options level and a major call wall at US$82K (AU$113.9K), effectively putting the price in a compression zone just below resistance.<\/p>\n

    That pressure could soon begin to ease, however, with 25.7% of gross gamma set to expire the following day. Eng also noted that 30-day calls were trading at a premium to puts, suggesting traders remain positioned with a bullish bias. His view is that if Bitcoin can break cleanly above US$82K, the next major target could be US$85K (AU$118K) and potentially higher.<\/p>\n

    Bitcoin ETFs Still Pulling in Positive Numbers, Despite Slowdown<\/h2>\n

    Meanwhile US-listed spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have slowed after a recent surge in net inflows.<\/p>\n

    According to the latest data, they pulled in US$242.3 million (AU$336.5 million) in net inflows on Thursday, picking up from the previous day as their inflow run stretched to nine straight trading days.<\/p>\n

    Thursday\u2019s haul was roughly 4% higher than Wednesday\u2019s US$232.2 million (AU$322.5 million), based on data from Farside.<\/p>\n

    Over that nine-session run \u2013 spanning Aug. 17 through Aug. 27 \u2013 the funds have pulled in a combined total of about US$3.04 billion (AU$4.22 billion), with every session in the stretch posting a net inflow.<\/p>\n

    The biggest day of the current run came on 20 August, last Thursday, when the funds pulled in more than double Wednesday\u2019s figure, with US$606.3 million (AU$842.09 million).<\/p>\n

    Read more:<\/strong> <\/strong>Americans Reject Crypto in Retirement Plans as 77% Call It Risky<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

    Bitcoin,ETFs#Bitcoin #Eyes #81K #Mark #ETF #Flows #Slow1787902035<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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US spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded US$242.3 million in Thursday inflows, extending their streak to nine trading<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12495,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1985,91,231,429,817,649,2345],"class_list":["post-12494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bitcoin","tag-81k","tag-bitcoin","tag-etf","tag-eyes","tag-flows","tag-mark","tag-slow"],"yoast_head":"\nBitcoin Eyes $81K Mark While ETF Flows Slow Down - Crypto News: Latest Cryptocurrency News and Analysis<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/?p=12494\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bitcoin Eyes $81K Mark While ETF Flows Slow Down\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Bitcoin briefly reached a weekly high of US$81,148 before falling back below US$80K. 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