🔥 Bitcoin Breaks $86,000 – Highest Level in 8 Months!

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💥 Over $650 Million in Short Liquidations!
📅 September 21, 2026
Bitcoin crossed $85,000 for the first time since January 2026 and later surged above $86,000.

📈 It gained approximately 5.5–6.5% in 24 hours.

🔑 Key Reasons:
• 📊 According to CoinGlass, more than $750 million in positions were liquidated in 24 hours, of which $635–648 million were shorts

• 🟠 Bitcoin alone saw over $360 million in short liquidations

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• 🧠 Galaxy Digital’s Alex Thorn noted: BTC closed the week above its 50-week moving average for the first time in 45 weeks — historically a strong confirmation that the bear market bottom is in

• 🏛️ SEC’s temporary approval for tokenized stock trading + CFTC’s new crypto rules proposal + falling oil prices + risk-on market sentiment

🚀 Altcoins Also Rallying:
• 🔷 ETH ≈ $2,700–2,760 (+5%)

• ☀️ SOL ≈ $116–118 (+7%)

• 💧 XRP ≈ $1.49–1.50 (+8%)

• 🟡 BNB, DOGE, HYPE and others also strongly green
💰 Total crypto market cap surpassed $2.8 trillion (highest since January)

⚠️ Not financial advice. DYOR.

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