80,000 Threshold, 5 Quick Takes
Quick Take 1: Up 23% in a Week, But the Fuel Is Not Faith
BTC surged from 64,500 to 81,000, gaining 16,000 USD in a week.
On August 19 alone, shorts liquidated $1.37 billion. On August 20, 180,000 people were liquidated, totaling $3.264 billion.
The fuel for this rally is the corpses of shorts, not the faith of bulls.
K33 themselves said—this is the largest single-day short squeeze on record. In plain terms: the rise isn’t because of optimism, but because shorts were brutally squeezed out.
The market is running on corpses.
Quick Take 2: Shorts Were Cleaned Out, Bulls Didn’t Add Leverage Either
Glassnode data shows futures open interest dropped to about 587,584 BTC, the lowest in nearly five months. This is a clear decline from mid-August’s 645,760 BTC.
Shorts have been thoroughly cleaned out.
But bulls haven’t increased leverage either.
The market is now in a vacuum—no positions, no direction. Whoever moves first will be the next to get liquidated.
Quick Take 3: ETFs Are Buying, But the Nature of the Money Is Unclear
Last week, U.S. spot BTC ETFs saw net inflows of about $1.92 billion, a 10-month high. BlackRock’s IBIT bought for five consecutive days, absorbing $209 million on August 24 alone.
Institutions are voting with real money.
But is this money chasing the rally or positioning for the future?
Total inflows in August have reached $2.72 billion so far. The problem is—the higher the price, the stronger the holders’ willingness to take profits. Whether ETF buying can absorb the selling pressure at high levels is the key to whether this rally can continue.
Quick Take 4: $6.44 Billion in Options Expire Today at 4 PM
About 81,700 Bitcoin options on Deribit expire today at 16:00 Beijing time, with a notional value of $6.44 billion.
Call options are concentrated between 75K-80K.
The biggest pain point is 68K.
Translation: Market makers want the price to drop to 68K to render most options worthless.
Thursday afternoon could be the most volatile hours of the week—market makers’ hedging adjustments will amplify price moves. Don’t eat in front of your computer.
Quick Take 5: Just Remember Two Numbers
83K above is the bull market confirmation—Bitget Research Institute says a valid break above 83K targets 85K-90K.
74K-76K below is the bulls’ defense line.
80,000 is a psychological barrier, not a technical endpoint.
After options reset, the true trend direction will become clear.
After 4 PM today, we’ll see the outcome.
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