Bitcoin Week in Review: An $82,000 Peak, a Hot Jobs Print, and a $320 Million Breach
Bitcoin rose 1.21% to $79,037.99 after peaking at $82,023.11, as a hot jobs report revived Fed hike bets and spot ETFs posted their strongest week of 2026.
A weekly Bitcoin markets read — price, ETF flows, macro, derivatives, on-chain. Seven days of data, synthesized into one Monday morning brief. No hot takes, no predictions — what actually registered.
Bitcoin rose 1.21% to $79,037.99 after peaking at $82,023.11, as a hot jobs report revived Fed hike bets and spot ETFs posted their strongest week of 2026.
Bitcoin fell 1.60% to $77,861.93 after failing above $81,000, while BlackRock's IBIT drew $729.4 million and the spot ETF inflow streak snapped.
Bitcoin rose 21.81% to $77,502.33 as Treasury buybacks and a $3 billion short squeeze drove the rally, with BlackRock's IBIT alone taking in $1.17 billion.
Bitcoin slipped 0.58% to $63,971.97 as nine of twelve US spot ETFs posted redemptions, network hashrate rose 14.30%, and the macro calendar emptied out.
Bitcoin rose 1.18% to $64,590 as the BIP-110 fork stalled at two blocks, spot ETFs drew $853 million (strongest since mid-April), and CPI lands Wednesday.
Bitcoin fell 3.99% to $62,614 as the Fed's most divided hold in years met a $90 million Coldcard wallet exploit; ETF flows netted slightly negative.