Bitcoin Tests $82K Resistance as ETF Buying Strengthens

Bitcoin is trading above $79,000 after US spot ETFs pulled in a reported $730.9 million in a single day last week, their second-largest daily inflows of the year after the $843.6 million they drew in on January 14.

Crypto analysis platform CryptoRus, in its latest market letter, framed this week as a test of whether that institutional buying can push BTC through the closely watched $82,000 resistance level, something it calls a bullish test rather than a finished breakout.

Three Signals Behind the Breakout Test CryptoRus pointed to three signals worth tracking.

The first is the ETF print itself: Bitcoin held near $80,000 even after a stronger-than-expected US jobs report briefly pressured the market, and the letter reads that resilience as institutional buyers absorbing supply before resistance breaks, though similar spikes have shown up near past market tops.