
Bitcoin ends week resilient around $78,000 as Trump’s new rhetoric sent oil price back above $100
Bitcoin has demonstrated surprising resilience by holding near $78,000, following a massive derivatives short squeeze.
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After years of framing crypto as a sanctions and crime risk, Washington is increasingly treating Bitcoin’s underlying architecture as strategically useful infrastructure.

Bitcoin’s pullback near $80K mirrors a risk-off move in equities, with oil and Fed expectations still framing the macro backdrop.

Glassnode says the $80,100 threshold is where recent buyers move back into profit and where rallies have historically stalled.

A two-week diplomatic pause and a dovish Federal Reserve nominee are forcing over-leveraged short-sellers into a violent wave of liquidations.

Derivatives traders are still betting against BTC even as spot ETFs pull in fresh capital, setting up either a short squeeze or one more leg lower.

As Tim Cook passes the baton, a sophisticated syndicate of crypto thieves is testing the limits of Apple’s security.



