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Bitcoin Price Analysis: BTC Fails at $81K Again – Is a Bigger Pullback Coming?

Bitcoin is consolidating near $79K after a sharp breakout from a multi-week consolidation structure. The move has significantly improved the broader technical picture, although momentum is now showing some signs of cooling as BTC…

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Aug 28, 2026 at 3:26 PM UTC · 3 min de lecture

Bitcoin Price Analysis: BTC Fails at $81K Again – Is a Bigger Pullback Coming?
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~$79K Current Bitcoin trading price

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Bitcoin is consolidating near $79K after a sharp breakout from a multi-week consolidation structure. The move has significantly improved the broader technical picture, although momentum is now showing some signs of cooling as BTC approaches a major resistance area around $80K.

Bitcoin Price Analysis: The Daily Chart

The daily chart shows a decisive breakout from the consolidation range below $67K that had contained Bitcoin for the past couple of months. The asset first reclaimed the $67K resistance zone and then accelerated higher, pushing through the $72K-$74K area before reaching the current region near $80K.

The breakout is technically significant because the price has also moved back above both the 100-day (~$67K) and 200-day (~$70K) moving averages shown on the chart. These moving averages are already turning upward, suggesting that the medium-term structure is improving after months of a downtrend.

Bitcoin is now testing the $80K resistance zone. A daily close above this zone would form a long-term higher high and could open the way toward the $95K resistance region.

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On the downside, the $72K-$74K area has become the first major support zone following the breakout. If this zone breaks, a deeper correction could bring BTC back toward $67K, which is another important former resistance area and now a potential support region. As long as the price remains above these zones, the recent breakout structure remains broadly constructive.

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$77,712

-2.65% (24H)

$79,927$78,637$77,348
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$1.56T

24H Volume

$29.3B

24H High

$80,073

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