{"id":437304,"date":"2026-09-01T18:00:07","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T11:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/market-news\/bitcoin-at-crossroads-after-hawkish-warsh-traders-waiting-for-77k-80k-range-break-437304\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T18:00:07","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T11:00:07","slug":"bitcoin-at-crossroads-after-hawkish-warsh-traders-waiting-for-77k-80k-range-break","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/market-news\/bitcoin-at-crossroads-after-hawkish-warsh-traders-waiting-for-77k-80k-range-break-437304\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin at crossroads after hawkish Warsh: traders waiting for 77K-80K range break"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0 0 11px; line-height: 106%; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 15px\">FUNDAMENTAL ANALYSIS<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0 0 11px; line-height: 106%; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 15px\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0 0 11px; line-height: 106%; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 15px\">Bitcoin dropped on<br \/>\n        Friday after <a href=\"https:\/\/investinglive.com\/central-banks\/fed-s-warsh-numbers-on-price-stability-are-more-concerning\/\" style=\"color: rgba(70, 120, 134, 1); text-decoration: underline\" rel=\"follow\">Fed<br \/>\n            Chair Warsh delivered a hawkish speech<\/a> at the Jackson Hole Symposium. The<br \/>\n        key passage was him saying &#8220;I would be hard pressed to describe broad<br \/>\n        financial conditions as restrictive&#8221;. The market interpreted that as him<br \/>\n        leaning against the recent easing in financial conditions and, therefore,<br \/>\n        retightened them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0 0 11px; line-height: 106%; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 15px\">As you<br \/>\n        recall, Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, rallied strongly on \u201cdebasement\u201d<br \/>\n        fears following the <a href=\"https:\/\/investinglive.com\/news\/us-treasury-is-increasing-the-size-of-liquidity-support-buyback-operations-for-longer-dated-securities\/\" style=\"color: rgba(70, 120, 134, 1); text-decoration: underline\" rel=\"follow\">US<br \/>\n            Treasury buyback announcement<\/a> to suppress long-term yields. Warsh\u2019s speech has<br \/>\n        triggered a reversal in the &#8220;debasement&#8221; trades, with gold and the US<br \/>\n        dollar returning to pre-US Treasury announcement levels. Bitcoin, on the other<br \/>\n        hand, showed notable resilience, as it just extended the consolidation process<br \/>\n        near recent highs. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0 0 11px; line-height: 106%; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 15px\">The technicals<br \/>\n        might be more helpful going forward, as a break above Warsh\u2019s speech level around<br \/>\n        79,887 could point to an extension of the uptrend, while a break below the post-speech<br \/>\n        level could lead to a bigger selloff. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0 0 11px; line-height: 106%; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 15px\">Warsh has also reiterated that<br \/>\n        the Fed is focused solely on inflation now and mentioned that the progress has<br \/>\n        been slow. For this reason, I think only a soft US<br \/>\n            CPI report could bring the probabilities below 50% (currently at 67%) and deter<br \/>\n            the Fed from hiking at the upcoming meeting. If the<br \/>\n        probabilities stay at or above 50%, the Fed might be forced to hike regardless<br \/>\n        because failure to do so would send a dovish message and ease financial<br \/>\n        conditions again. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0 0 11px; line-height: 106%; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 15px\">For Bitcoin, easing<br \/>\n        in financial conditions and dovish repricing in interest rate expectations<br \/>\n        would be positive drivers and extend the upward momentum. Conversely, a hot CPI<br \/>\n        report or hawkish surprises should weigh on the cryptocurrency and trigger<br \/>\n        selloffs. <\/p>\n<p style='margin-right: 0; margin-left: 0; font-family: \"Times New Roman\", serif; font-size: 16px'>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0 0 11px; line-height: 106%; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 15px\">BITCOIN TECHNICAL<br \/>\n        ANALYSIS \u2013 DAILY TIMEFRAME<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p style='margin-right: 0; margin-left: 0; font-family: \"Times New Roman\", serif; font-size: 16px'>On the daily chart, we can<br \/>\n        see that Bitcoin is consolidating just below the major swing high around the<br \/>\n        82,500 level. That swing high will likely act as resistance. If the price<br \/>\n        rallies into the resistance, we can expect the sellers to step in with a<br \/>\n        defined risk above it to position for a drop into the 67,000 level. The buyers,<br \/>\n        on the other hand, will want to see the price breaking higher to increase the<br \/>\n        bullish bets into the 98,000 level next. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0 0 11px; line-height: 106%; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 15px\">BITCOIN TECHNICAL<br \/>\n        ANALYSIS \u2013 4 HOUR TIMEFRAME<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p style='margin-right: 0; margin-left: 0; font-family: \"Times New Roman\", serif; font-size: 16px'>On the 4 hour chart, we can<br \/>\n        see that the recent price action might have formed a head and shoulders pattern.<br \/>\n        The buyers will likely continue to lean on the neckline with a defined risk<br \/>\n        below the left shoulder\u2019s low to keep targeting new highs. The sellers, on the<br \/>\n        other hand, will want to see the price breaking lower to pile in for a drop<br \/>\n        back into the 67,000 support next.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0 0 11px; line-height: 106%; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 15px\">BITCOIN TECHNICAL<br \/>\n        ANALYSIS \u2013 1 HOUR TIMEFRAME<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p style='margin-right: 0; margin-left: 0; font-family: \"Times New Roman\", serif; font-size: 16px'>On the 1 hour chart, we can<br \/>\n        see more clearly the rangebound price action after the Warsh-induced drop. The<br \/>\n        market participants will likely continue to play the range by buying at support<br \/>\n        and selling at resistance until we get a breakout on either side. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0 0 11px; line-height: 106%; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 15px\">UPCOMING CATALYSTS<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0 0 8px; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; line-height: 110%; font-size: 15px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/investinglive.com\/EconomicCalendar\" rel=\"follow\">Today<\/a>, we have the<br \/>\n        US ISM Manufacturing PMI and the US Job Openings data. Tomorrow, we get the US<br \/>\n        ADP report. On Thursday, we have Fed\u2019s Waller, the US Jobless Claims and the US<br \/>\n        ISM Services PMI. On Friday, we conclude the week with the US NFP report.<\/p>\n<p>                            This article was written by Giuseppe Dellamotta at investinglive.com.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FUNDAMENTAL ANALYSIS \u00a0 Bitcoin dropped on Friday after Fed Chair Warsh delivered a hawkish speech at the Jackson Hole Symposium. 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