Bitcoin’s next breakout will depend on whether investors treat $80K as relief, resistance, or the start of a new recovery

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crypto" class="cross-link" data-cross="1">Bitcoin headed into the Federal Reserve's rate decision this week after failing to cleanly reclaim $80,000, with the institutional bid that fueled its April recovery now visibly softening. Spot ETF flows have been volatile, the price is sitting below the on-chain levels that define whether recent buyers are profitable, and Jerome Powell's press conference was [ ] The post Bitcoin’s next breakout w
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