Bitcoin climbed back above $84,000 on Oct. 21, 2026, briefly nearing $84,739 before trading around $84,376 on Bitstamp. The move did not confirm a breakout: the source says the $84,000 to $85,000 range has repeatedly drawn selling pressure.
Coinglass figures captured at 11:20 a.m. showed $243.04 million in crypto positions liquidated over the previous 24 hours, including $188.14 million in shorts. Bitcoin accounted for $78.42 million of the liquidations, while Binance accounted for about 44% of liquidated positions across leveraged crypto markets.
