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Story: Bitcoin Stuck Below $68,700 as 1.79 Million BTC Traps Short-Term Buyers

By Steven Anderson

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The $58K–$68K Cage. Since June, Bitcoin has bounced between $58,000 and $68,000.

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Nearly 1.8 Million Bitcoin Stuck in a Tight Band. Here's where it gets really messy. Bitfinex Alpha — the research arm of crypto exchange Bitfinex —…

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What It Takes to Break Out. The math on a breakout isn't complicated, but it's hard.

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Bitcoin can't catch a break. The price has been grinding sideways for weeks, pinned below $68,000 by a wall of recent buyers who are sitting on losses and refusing to sell cheap…

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The core problem, per crypto analytics platform Glassnode, is pretty simple: short-term holders — people who bought within the past six months — are roughly 7.

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Since June, Bitcoin has bounced between $58,000 and $68,000. That's a roughly $10,000 range, which sounds wide but feels suffocating when you're watching it drag on month after…

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Crypto analyst Rekt Capital flagged the $63,000 level specifically, saying price recovery after each dip to that zone has been getting weaker. Less bounce each time.

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Not exactly encouraging reading for anyone who bought the dip at $65,000 hoping for a fast recovery.

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Here's where it gets really messy. Bitfinex Alpha — the research arm of crypto exchange Bitfinex — dug into the UTXO Realised Price Distribution data and found that the $62,000…

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Think about what that means. Every time Bitcoin dips into that range, nearly 9% of all circulating supply flips from profit to loss.

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More context: Binance Cuts 7 Trading Pairs and 6 Tokens in August Sweep

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And just above all of this sits $69,400. Bitcoin's old all-time high, set back in November 2021. That level isn't just a number on a chart — it carries real psychological weight.

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The math on a breakout isn't complicated, but it's hard. Bitcoin needs to clear $68,700 — the short-term holders' cost basis — with enough force that those same holders stop…

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Stablecoin liquidity and broader macro conditions matter here too, though the source didn't specify what external triggers might shift the balance.

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What's clear is the concentration problem. Nearly 1.8 million BTC locked in a narrow band doesn't just create volatility — it creates inertia.

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