Bitcoin rallies near $81,000 as Fed comments cap rate-hike bets

Bitcoin jumped nearly 5% on Thursday following comments by Fed Governor Christopher Waller that capped rate hike bets.

Cryptocurrency Ticker Price Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) $81,545 Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) $2,510 Solana (CRYPTO: SOL) $105.01 XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) $1.46 Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) $0.08932 Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB) $0.0 5 542 Notable Statistics: Coinglass data shows 120,343 traders were liquidated in the past 24 hours for $1.83 billion.

SoSoValue data shows net inflows of $101.2 million from spot Bitcoin ETFs on Wednesday.

Spot Ethereum ETFs saw net outflows of $513.71 million.

In the past 24 hours, top gainers include XRP, Hyperliquid and Pepe.

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A strong higher-time frame close above that level could invalidate the bearish lower-high, lower-low structure.

He remains cautious until then, with a break below $60,000 signaling renewed downside risk.

Kevin sees Bitcointwo to three days away from potentially confirming a daily Golden Cross.

He added that every such crossover following a bear trend lasting more than 300 days has historically confirmed a cycle bottom.

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