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Price compression near $1.42 comes as analysts point to a repeating bull flag structure and thinning liquidity conditions.

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Bitcoin (BTC) is back above $81,500, trading around $81,585 after touching an intraday high of $81,698, as the world's largest cryptocurrency continues a sharp recovery from the low $60,000s. The move has taken Bitcoin to its highest level since late January and revived a familiar question: is this a short-lived squeeze, or the start of a more durable advance toward the mid-$80,000s? For now, the answer seems to be that the rally has real support, but it is still moving fast enough to make traders nervous. What is fueling the Bitcoin rally? The first and most important driver is institutional money. US spot bitcoin ETFs pulled in $532.

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SoFi Technologies announced the issuance of its stablecoin, SoFiUSD, on the Solana network, following its successful launch in late 2025. Ben Reynolds, SoFi's director of corporate banking, highlighted that the choice of this blockchain responds to its high processing capacity, low costs, and settlement speed—critical factors for the global payments ecosystem.

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Strategy executive chairman Michael Saylor signalling a potential bitcoin sale to cover $1.5 billion in annual dividend obligations sent MSTR down 4% after hours and BTC briefly below $81,000.