Bitcoin Holds $80K as Solana Hits 7-Month High
Bitcoin (BTC)
Editor:
Eugene Serbin
Cryptopotato.com reports that Bitcoin has surged over $2,000 from yesterday's low to approach the $80,000 resistance level. The asset broke out of $65,000 resistance over a week ago and climbed to $70,000 within hours. Bulls pushed the price to $75,000 on Thursday and near $80,000 on Friday morning.
After slipping to $75,500 over the weekend, bulls defended the level and drove BTC past $80,000 and $81,000 on Tuesday. Bitcoin added over $16,000 in value in less than a week before dipping to just under $78,000. It has since reacted to jump back to $80,000 at press time.
Bitcoin's market capitalization has risen past $1.6 trillion with dominance over 58%. Solana emerged as the top performer, surging 8% to $105, its highest since late January. Ethereum reclaimed $2,500 to trade over $2,550, while BNB stayed above $710. The total crypto market cap added around $50 billion in a day to reach $2.780 trillion.
How the market reacted
Whalio's own Binance spot order flow for BTC, measured when this story was written up on 27 August 2026. Not the outlet's figures.
Bitcoin is trading at $79,023.75 with a 1-hour buy ratio of 40.7% and a 4-hour buy ratio of 43.0%. These short-term ratios are lower than the 24-hour buy ratio of 49.9%, indicating that buying pressure is fading in the immediate term. The 1-hour volume delta is -$10,177,635 and the 4-hour delta is -$13,495,762, showing that sellers have been more aggressive than buyers recently. The 24-hour volume delta is -$903,088, suggesting that net selling pressure has eased over the full day compared to the shorter intervals. CVD at the 24-hour close stands at -$60,135,024, reflecting cumulative selling dominance over the period. Spot volume for the day was $1,148,236,056 across 4,284,527 trades.
The latest daily buy ratio of 46.7% sits at the 18th percentile of the last 322 days, against a median of 49.2% - weaker buying than most days.
Twenty-four hours later
What BTC did over the 24 hours after the story broke. The market moves for its own reasons; this is what happened, not what the story caused.
Was that an ordinary day?
The same Binance spot measurements for BTC, averaged over the days leading up to the story.
Over the preceding week, the average buy ratio was 51.6%, which is higher than the current 24-hour ratio of 49.9%. This represents a 1.7 point drop in buying sentiment compared to the weekly average. Volume over the last day was 0.54x the weekly average, indicating significantly lower trading activity than usual. Bitcoin gained 14.0% over eight days, accumulating a total volume delta of +$465,688,281. Six out of seven days saw net buying, marking this as an unusual period of sustained accumulation compared to the current day's lower volume and ratio.