Bitcoin Hits $81,300 as Ethereum and XRP Show Strength
Ethereum (ETH)
Editor:
Eugene Serbin
trendkia.com reported that Bitcoin advanced beyond the $81,300 threshold on Monday, following a rally of more than 5% in the preceding week. Ethereum pushed past $2,600 after securing an advance of nearly 7% in the prior week, while XRP preserved its position above the critical $1.355 support level. Bitcoin’s 50-day EMA remains above the 100-day and 200-day EMAs, signaling that the broader upward trend remains intact.
The Relative Strength Index for Bitcoin hovers around 64, maintaining placement within bullish territory while remaining below the overbought threshold. Ethereum changed hands around $2,663 on Monday, preserving a distinct short-term bullish bias above its clustered moving averages. XRP registered trades near $1.415 on Monday while maintaining its ground above an established band of moving averages.
Bitcoin faces its first significant test at the horizontal resistance barrier positioned near $85,000. A decisive breakout above this mark would create the technical conditions necessary to challenge fresh historical highs.
How the market reacted
Whalio's own Binance spot order flow for ETH, measured when this story was written up on 21 September 2026. Not the outlet's figures.
Ethereum is trading at $2,645.21 with a 1-hour buy ratio of 56.5% and a 4-hour buy ratio of 54.6%, indicating that buying pressure is currently building on shorter timeframes. This contrasts with the 24-hour buy ratio of 46.1%, suggesting that the intensity of buying has faded over the full day. The 1-hour volume delta is positive at +$3,074,838, showing that buyers are actively absorbing sell orders in the short term. However, the 24-hour volume delta is negative at -$44,432,228, indicating that sellers have dominated the total volume over the last day. The Cumulative Volume Delta closed at +$23,807,719, reflecting that net buying pressure was stronger than net selling pressure by the end of the period.
The latest daily buy ratio of 46.8% sits at the 16th percentile of the last 322 days, against a median of 49.5% - weaker buying than most days.
Was that an ordinary day?
The same Binance spot measurements for ETH, averaged over the days leading up to the story.
Over the preceding week, the 7-day average buy ratio was 49.1%, compared to the latest day's 46.1%, showing a slight decrease in buying dominance. Volume over the last day was 0.71x the average, indicating that trading activity was below normal levels for this period. The 8-day volume delta total was -$84,538,006, contrasting with the 24-hour net positive CVD, which suggests that the recent positive flow is a reversal of a longer-term selling trend. This represents an unusual day for the coin, as volume was significantly lower than average while the price changed by +6.8% over eight days.