$BTC 63,677,64,000 After losing the level, it bounced back twice but couldn’t get back up.

Yesterday it broke through 64,000 into the close; today it tried to pull back. The high was 64,010, but it was pinned back down again.

On the 1-hour chart it’s very clear: BTC is grinding in this box of 63,300–64,000.

On the U.S. side, the Nasdaq is up +0.6% and the S&P is up +0.44%, with a modest rise. But BTC isn’t following.

Gold’s gain has also narrowed to 0.4%, and risk-off sentiment is cooling.

The fear index is 29 and hasn’t moved much from last week to now. Retail isn’t panicking, and it’s not excited either.

This is the most grinding kind of condition: it doesn’t drop deep, and it can’t push up—just back-and-forth range trading.

64,000 has turned from support into resistance—this is a structural change.

But 63,000 has been holding, and the bulls haven’t given up. Both times it was dumped down to 63,300, it was taken back.

The current setup: this 1,000-dollar box from 63,000 to 64,000—bulls and bears are wrestling inside it.

My take: in the short term it’s still range-bound; don’t expect a breakout right away.

If 63,000 breaks, look to 62,000. Only if 64,000 holds can we start looking long again.

Don’t act in the middle of the box—wait for it to choose a direction on its own.

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