Bitcoin is trading almost exactly at $80,000 this morning. CoinMarketCap’s fresh snapshot shows approximately $79,962, up 1.48% over 24 hours, with a 24-hour range of $78,744.85–$81,346.96. CoinDesk independently reports BTC reached roughly $81,455 overnight, its highest level since May, before pulling back below $80K.

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The most important change from Thursday evening is mixed but overall constructive: BTC made a higher high above $81.3K–$81.4K, but still has not established durable acceptance above $80K–$81K. The market is therefore continuing to absorb the major supply zone rather than decisively escaping it.

The strongest new fundamental confirmation is ETF demand. August 27 finalized at +$242.3M, creating a ninth consecutive positive U.S. spot-BTC ETF session. The streak from August 17 through August 27 now totals approximately:

+$3.044 BILLION

Farside shows BlackRock IBIT at +$277.6M Thursday, offset partly by Fidelity FBTC at −$83.6M and GBTC at −$27.2M.

That means institutional demand continues even while BTC struggles with $80K–$82K resistance.

ETF / Institutional Demand

The verified streak is now:

Session

Net BTC ETF flow

Aug. 17

+$297.5M

Aug. 18

+$189.3M

Aug. 19

+$517.2M

Aug. 20

+$606.3M

Aug. 21

+$307.5M

Aug. 24

+$337.6M

Aug. 25

+$314.3M

Aug. 26

+$232.2M

Aug. 27

+$242.3M

9-session total

+$3.044B

Thursday’s flow is particularly interesting because it was not uniformly positive across issuers:

IBIT +$277.6M ARKB +$29.7M BITB +$21.7M FBTC −$83.6M GBTC −$27.2M.

So the institutional bid remains powerful, but it is increasingly concentrated in BlackRock IBIT.

That is still bullish, but broad participation would be healthier than one product supplying most of the net demand.

August 28 flows are not available yet. Any “Friday ETF total” circulating this morning is necessarily incomplete.