Bitcoin stays in a bull trend but trades below its 20-day average after a pullback

Bitcoin sits at 82,760, still inside a confirmed bull regime with its 20-day average (83,195) above its 50-day average (79,863) — the slower trend measure remains firmly constructive. Short-term price action has cooled, though: BTC is trading just under its 20-day average, down 2.3% over the past week after swinging between roughly 80,300 and 86,970 over that stretch. The last 24 hours were far calmer, confined to a tight band between about 82,200 and 83,460, with price basically flat to marginally higher on the day. Sentiment has eased slightly too — the Fear & Greed Index reads 64 (Greed), down from 67 a week ago, suggesting some of the froth has come off without flipping the mood negative.

Funding on both BTC and ETH perpetuals is sitting essentially flat, barely positive, showing no meaningful bias toward leveraged longs or shorts right now. Open interest on BTC is holding near 2,288 contracts, a steady reading rather than a sign of fresh positioning building up. The rotation metric reads negative, pointing to capital leaning toward bitcoin over altcoins rather than spreading out into them at the moment. As of this writing, order flow over the past 30 minutes showed buyers taking the more aggressive side of trades (roughly 83% of volume), with whale activity skewed to four buy-side prints worth about $80,000 and no whale sell orders in that window — a short-term snapshot that can flip within the hour, not a standing condition.

Price is working inside a band bounded by a floor that's been tested 32 times and a ceiling tested 15 times, putting the lightly-worn resistance well above current price and the heavily-worn support much closer beneath it. BTC is sitting nearer the floor than the ceiling, meaning the more proven level is the one closer to where price trades right now. The last 24 hours traded in a noticeably tighter range than the past week, suggesting the band has been compressing rather than widening, though with the floor far more tested than the ceiling, neither side can be called firmly settled yet.

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