{"id":1385,"date":"2026-09-18T23:08:36","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T15:08:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/btbitcoin.net\/index.php\/2026\/09\/18\/bitcoin-surges-5-to-top-80000-as-investors-look-past-clarity-acts-failure\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T23:08:36","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T15:08:36","slug":"bitcoin-surges-5-to-top-80000-as-investors-look-past-clarity-acts-failure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/btbitcoin.net\/index.php\/2026\/09\/18\/bitcoin-surges-5-to-top-80000-as-investors-look-past-clarity-acts-failure\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin surges 5% to top $80,000 as investors look past Clarity Act’s failure"},"content":{"rendered":"

What happened:<\/strong> Bitcoin (BTC-USD) surged 5% to hover above $80,000 on Friday. <\/p>\n

What’s behind the move:\u00a0<\/strong>The world’s largest cryptocurrency rose as traders shifted into risk-on mode, looking past the failure of the Clarity Act and a Federal Reserve rate hike this week. <\/p>\n

Crypto derivatives traders were strongly bullish, heavily positioned in call options to bet on a move higher. <\/p>\n

“Once bitcoin broke past the resistance level around $78,000, shorts got liquidated, pushing it toward $80,000,” Nic Puckrin, cross-asset analyst and founder of Coin Bureau, told Yahoo Finance. <\/p>\n

“The real test is now in the $80,000-$82,000 range, where resistance is much stronger,” he added. <\/p>\n

What else you need to know:\u00a0<\/strong>Meanwhile, the a congressional House of Representatives committee advanced the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve bill on Thursday. The measure would lock US government-held tokens in a federal reserve for at least 20 years and require regular audits of the holdings. <\/p>\n

While it cleared the House committee on a strict party-line split, the bill still needs approval from the full House and Senate to become law. <\/p>\n

Bitcoin has remained resilient this week\u00a0despite\u00a0the\u00a0Clarity Act\u00a0failing to clear a cloture vote in the Senate. <\/p>\n

The crypto market had been closely following the bill, which aimed to establish a comprehensive federal framework for digital asset markets. <\/p>\n

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Ines Ferre is a senior business reporter for Yahoo Finance.<\/em> <\/p>\n

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