{"id":4709,"date":"2026-05-05T15:15:59","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T15:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tradertideinsights.com\/?p=4709"},"modified":"2026-05-05T15:15:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T15:15:59","slug":"bitcoin-breaks-80k-as-asian-markets-rally-and-etf-inflows-signal-strong-demand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tradertideinsights.com\/?p=4709","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Breaks $80K as Asian Markets Rally and ETF Inflows Signal Strong Demand"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>This comes at a time when crypto momentum has been developing in Washington, which might explain the price spike.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Net inflows into US-based spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds have occurred on 11 out of the last 14 trading days.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Monday, when Asian stocks started trading, Bitcoin soared 2.7% in three hours, surpassing $80,000 for the first time since January 31, 2026. According to <a href=\"http:\/\/CoinMarketCap.com\" id=\"CoinMarketCap.com\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"follow noopener\">CMC<\/a>\u00a0data, the Bitcoin surge started at 1:25 am UTC and rose from $78,415 to $80,000 roughly 75 minutes later, then to $80,515 by 4:20 am UTC.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><\/figure>\n<p>During the same time as the rally was taking place, the MSCI AC Asia Index rose 2.3% to 245.2 on Monday morning, surpassing its previous high of 243.6 set on February 22, just one week before to the start of the US-Iran conflict.<\/p>\n<p>An increase in the MSCI AC Asia Index at the beginning of the week shows that global risk sentiment is favorable after the events of the weekend, but it doesn&#8217;t guarantee that US shares will do the same. At the same time, BNB (BNB), Ether (ETH), and XRP (XRP) were also up\u00a0over the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-positive-momentum\">Positive Momentum<\/h3>\n<p>Members of the financial and crypto sectors struck a consensus on stablecoin yield rules in the CLARITY Act, and a Senate markup is likely this month. This comes at a time when crypto momentum has been developing in Washington, which might explain the price spike.<\/p>\n<p>Net inflows into US-based spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds have occurred on 11 out of the last 14 trading days, suggesting that demand from institutions is still high. With $629.8 million flowing into the US Bitcoin ETF market on Friday, it was the best day for the sector in two weeks.<\/p>\n<p>From its 2026 low of over $62,000 set on Feb. 5, <a href=\"https:\/\/thenewscrypto.com\/block-unveils-proof-of-reserves-for-bitcoin-holdings-and-products\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Bitcoin<\/a> has recovered almost 30% to return to $80,000, and according to many industry watchers, there is a way for Bitcoin to reach $100,000.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Highlighted Crypto News Today:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thenewscrypto.com\/strategy-pauses-bitcoin-buying-ahead-of-q1-earnings\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Strategy Pauses Bitcoin Buying Ahead of Q1 Earnings<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This comes at a time when crypto momentum has been developing in Washington, which might explain the price spike. Net inflows into US-based spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds have occurred on 11 out of the last 14 trading days. Monday, when Asian stocks started trading, Bitcoin soared 2.7% in three hours, surpassing $80,000 for the first&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4710,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-investing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tradertideinsights.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tradertideinsights.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tradertideinsights.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tradertideinsights.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tradertideinsights.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4709"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tradertideinsights.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4709\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tradertideinsights.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tradertideinsights.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tradertideinsights.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tradertideinsights.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}