BTC/USD 4h, Bitstamp. The 14:00 candle closed at 80,683 after a high of 81,113. Source: TradingView.
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Bitstamp 4h opened 78,002, ran to 81,113, and closed 80,683, up 3.44% on the candle. That is the 79-80k range gone in one bar. The wick is back into the September 3 supply near 82,200. One close through 80k is the break. It is not yet a hold. First level back is 80,000. Lose the next 4h through 80k and this is still a wick. Hold it into the weekend and the shelf is 82,200. The 50-SMA near 77,036 and the 77k shelf are no longer the trade.
The bid started as covering. It went far enough that 78,250 is now the break line, not the setup. Spot ETFs still show a three-day hole: $450 million out Tuesday, $296 million out Wednesday, $159.5 million back Thursday, almost all IBIT. Thursday was a bounce in the flow, not a reset. This candle is running ahead of that bid.
Binance BTC/USDT perpetual liquidations, 24h. The dense cluster near 81,500 sits in the path to 82,200; a fresh band is forming at 80,000. Source: CoinGlass.
The heatmap caught up with the move. The bands overhead that were thin this morning got eaten on the way through 79k, and the map has rebuilt around the new range. A dense liquidation cluster now sits near 81,500, squarely in the path to 82,200. A fresh band is forming at 80,000, the break line. Below 78,250 the map is spent: no fuel left underneath, and nothing dense defending the old level except the level itself.
The Clock
G.17 already printed, and it was soft. August industrial production was unchanged at 0.0% against +0.3% expected. Manufacturing fell 0.3%. Capacity utilization held 76.3% against 76.4% expected. That is the pause read, not another-hike-is-live. Price did not need a hot number. It ran through 80k while the print was coming in easy.
H.R. 8957 is not this candle. The committee passed H.R. 8957 28-21 on Wednesday. Custody, 20-year lockup, annual proof of reserve, no purchase authority. Floor vote and Senate are later. Do not trade 80k off a markup.
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Hold 80,000 on the next 4h and the squeeze can tag 82,200. Fail 80,000 and the break was a wick back toward 78,250.
The last 4h closed at 80,683. High was 81,113.
Sources:
TradingView | BTC/USD 4h chart, Bitstamp prints
Bitstamp | Last 4h close 80,683, high 81,113, +3.44% on the candle
CoinGlass | Liquidation heatmap and 24h liquidation data
SoSoValue | Spot ETF flow data
Federal Reserve | G.17 August: industrial production 0.0% vs +0.3% expected, manufacturing -0.3%, capacity utilization 76.3%
Congress.gov | H.R. 8957, American Reserve Modernization Act, committee vote 28-21
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