{"id":42182,"date":"2026-03-17T06:14:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T06:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/?p=42182"},"modified":"2026-03-17T06:14:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T06:14:10","slug":"bitcoin-surges-to-six-week-high-as-bulls-eye-80k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/?p=42182","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Surges to Six-Week High as Bulls Eye $80K"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> \n<br \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBitcoin prices have reached their highest level since early February in a crypto market relief rally as analysts eye $80,000.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Bitcoin prices tapped $76,000 on Coinbase in early trading on Tuesday morning, according to TradingView. It is the highest the asset has traded since the Feb. 6 crash.<\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin did it. It just closed the daily candle above the $74,500 April 2025 low, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Sykodelic_\/status\/2033696199665193163\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a> analyst \u2018Sykodelic\u2019 on Tuesday. \u201cTo me, this daily close is a signal that the market wants higher,\u201d they added.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cHold at these levels for a little longer, and $80k should come in short order. Acceptance back inside the $72k range, and we should expect lower levels again.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2 id=\"positive-signals-from-technical-indicators\">Positive Signals From Technical Indicators<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cWe have lift-off. Breakout move has begun. Early stages,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ColinTCrypto\/status\/2033719906483458098\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a> analyst \u2018Colin.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>He guessed the height of the potential relief rally would be $80,600, which is a retest of the November 2025 lows with a broader range between $79,000 and $86,000 for a relief rally top.<\/p>\n<p>CryptoQuant analyst Julio Moreno <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoquant.com\/insights\/quicktake\/69b810740a88cf4911702d02-A-Structural-Liquidity-Signal-Just-Turned-Positive-for-Bitcoin\" target=\"_blank\">observed<\/a> that Bitcoin\u2019s Inter-Exchange Flow Pulse (IFP) has recently flipped back into bullish territory.<\/p>\n<p>This technical indicator has historically \u201cmarked important transitions in market structure, particularly after prolonged periods of suppressed liquidity rotation between exchanges,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIn practical terms, the signal suggests that liquidity mobility inside the exchange network is increasing again, a condition typically associated with early expansion phases of market cycles.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Meanwhile, \u2018Daan Crypto Trades\u2019 said there was \u201cgood confluence\u201d over at the $83,000 to $84,000 level with both the Bull Market Support band and the big CME gap there. However, the 200-week EMA is still serving as support around $68,000.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"you-may-also-like\" class=\"heading-4\">You may also like:<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24BTC&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">$BTC<\/a> Good confluence over at the ~$83K-$84K level with both the Bull Market Support band and the big CME gap.<\/p>\n<p>Think that\u2019s a good level to watch in the week(s) ahead. To see where price meets the band and how it reacts around it.<\/p>\n<p>On the downside the Weekly 200MA\/EMA have held\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eFa4wvcDxO\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/eFa4wvcDxO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Daan Crypto Trades (@DaanCrypto) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DaanCrypto\/status\/2033648398440513934?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">March 16, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Bitcoin is starting to show signs of being \u201cgoing against the grain of history by successfully weekly closing above the 200-week EMA,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/rektcapital\/status\/2033613366141292771\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a> Rekt Capital. However, there\u2019s also a chance that Bitcoin could \u201csimply meander in and around the 200-week EMA for a while,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"elsewhere-on-crypto-markets\">Elsewhere on Crypto Markets<\/h2>\n<p>Bitcoin had cooled slightly and was trading at $74,300 at the time of writing, up 9% over the past seven days. Ethereum was also getting a long-overdue lift, <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/ethereum-rallies-toward-2300-despite-800m-whale-exodus\/\">surging<\/a> more than 8% on the day to reach $2,380 before a minor pullback. ETH has gained a whopping 17% over the past seven days.<\/p>\n<p>Altcoins were having their best day in weeks with big gains for XRP, Cardano, Stellar, and Zcash.\u00a0Meanwhile, the total market cap had reached $2.65 trillion, its highest level since Feb. 4.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-12\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\">\n<div><center><span style=\"font-size:11px; color: gray;\">SPECIAL OFFER (Exclusive)<\/span><\/center><br \/>\n<b>Binance Free $600 (CryptoPotato Exclusive): <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/binance600f\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Use this link<\/a> to register a new account and receive $600 exclusive welcome offer on Binance<\/b> (<a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/binance600d\/\">full details<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><b>LIMITED OFFER for CryptoPotato readers at Bybit: <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/pl\/bybit24\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Use this link<\/a> to register and open a $500 FREE position on any coin!<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/bitcoin-surges-to-six-week-high-as-bulls-eye-80k\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Bitcoin prices have reached their highest level since early February in a crypto market relief rally as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36197,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-crypto","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42182\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/36197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}