Bitcoin bias flipped 48 times to bullish on August 20, 2026
Bitcoin jumped past $72,000, its highest price since June, after over $3 billion in short positions were liquidated in a sharp squeeze. The rally coincided with President Trump's push for a Crypto Clarity Act, a record $517 million inflow into Bitcoin ETFs, and a broader crypto bounce that saw Ether rise 18%. A headline threat of US 'Economic D-Day' against Iran also accompanied the price spike, though its direct impact is unclear.
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The reading that day
BullishAt the close of the UTC day.
BearishNeutralBullish
It changed 48 times during the day.
The day on the wire
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The band shows the reading through the day; a mark shows where it changed. Each tick is a headline first seen that day.
The reading through the day
- 00:00Weak bearish
- 02:03Neutral
- 02:37Weak bearish
- 02:55Weak bullish
- 03:11Weak bearish
- 03:28Neutral
- 04:02Bearish
- 04:18Neutral
- 04:34Bearish
- 04:51Bullish
- 05:07Weak bearish
- 05:26Bearish
- 05:44Weak bearish
- 06:00Bullish
- 06:41Neutral
- 06:57Weak bullish
- 07:49Neutral
- 08:07Bullish
- 08:44Weak bullish
- 09:56Bullish
- 10:14Neutral
- 10:35Bullish
- 11:55Neutral
- 12:13Bullish
- 12:30Weak bullish
- 12:46Neutral
- 13:04Bullish
- 13:21Neutral
- 13:37Weak bearish
- 13:57Neutral
- 15:02Bullish
- 15:19Neutral
- 15:38Weak bearish
- 15:57Neutral
- 16:47Bullish
- 17:04Weak bearish
- 18:11Neutral
- 18:27Bullish
- 18:43Bearish
- 18:59Neutral
- 19:32Bullish
- 19:48Neutral
- 20:36Bullish
- 20:52Weak bearish
- 21:08Neutral
- 21:24Weak bearish
- 21:40Weak bullish
- 22:45Neutral
- 23:14Bullish
Headlines (25)
First seen on August 20
- Bitcoin Reclaims $70,000 First Time Since June and Trump Just Hinted at MoreBeInCrypto
- Crypto Prices Explode With Surprise Rally: Is the Bull Market Back?BeInCrypto
- Bitcoin's Sharpest Rally in Five Months Flips Markets From Bearish to Coin Flipdecrypt.co
- Bitcoin Surges Toward $70K as $1.14 Billion in Crypto Shorts Get Rekt in an Hourdecrypt.co
- Bitcoin Blasts Past $68,000 After US Treasury Doubles Debt Buybacksbitcoinmagazine.com
- Bitcoin, Ethereum surge as $1.44B short squeeze shakes crypto marketAMBCrypto
- Bitcoin price hits $69,500 because US just doubled Treasury buybacks to crush long-term yieldsCryptoSlate
- Crypto liquidations near $2 billion as US Treasury debt buyback sparks short squeezeFXStreet
- Ether jumps 18% to $2,250 as bitcoin tops $69,000 in broad crypto rallyCoinDesk
- Live updates: Bitcoin ETFs draw $517 million, ether pulls $189 million in biggest inflows in monthsCoinDesk
- Price of Bitcoin up by more than 10% surpassing $71,000TASS
- Bitcoin ETFs draw $517M in largest one-day inflow since early MayCointelegraph
- Bitcoin blasts past $72,000 as Trump, Treasury buybacks wipe out $3.1B in shortsCryptoSlate
- Bitcoin Rockets Past $72,000 After Trump Pushes For Clarity Actbitcoinmagazine.com
- Bitcoin price reaches $72.5K as US issues ‘Economic D-Day’ threat to IranCointelegraph
- Bitcoin Hits Highest Price Since June as $3 Billion in Shorts Liquidateddecrypt.co
Carried over from earlier days
- EU opens door to country-wide crypto bans over Russia sanctions evasionCrypto.news
- Bitcoin scores a rare win over S&P 500 with 2.6% rise versus 0.5% fallCoinDesk
- Bitcoin (BTC) Hits 20-Month High in Funding: What Caused It?U.Today
- Crypto Today: Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP falter amid escalating US-Iran tensionsFXStreet
- Bitcoin faces its highest Treasury hurdle since 2007 with $22.5B less crypto credit to unwindCryptoSlate
- Tech Futures Drop on Rising Treasury Yields While Bitcoin Holds Near $64KCryptoPotato
- Blackrock, Fidelity Drive $297.5M Bitcoin ETF ReboundBitcoin.com News
- BTC Hits $65,000 as $56M Short Squeeze Punishes Bearish TradersBitcoin.com News
- Viral Altcoin Explodes to New All-Time High, Bitcoin (BTC) Touched $65K: Market WatchCryptoPotato