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The crowd that screamed “wait for the dip” is now watching the dip fill up with whale bids — and the dip is almost gone. Bitcoin has spent the weekend coiling between $77,400 and $79,000, and every quiet candle is smart money loading up before the window slams shut. This is the calm before a breakout, and hesitation is the only thing standing between you and the move everyone is about to watch without you. ...

Bitcoin crossed $80,000 on August 24 for the first time since late 2025, capping a week that will go down in the history books: a 23% weekly gain — the largest weekly dollar gain in the asset’s history — powered not by retail FOMO but by the machinery of US fiscal and monetary policy. Ethereum traded back above $2,500, roughly $1.2 billion in leveraged shorts were liquidated in 24 hours, and XRP just posted its best week in 21 months. ...