Bitcoin Tops $80K as ETF Inflows Hit 10-Month High

Bitcoin traded above $80,000 on Tuesday, up 2.12% on the day to $80,658.21, after spot Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs logged their strongest weekly inflow in roughly ten months. Crypto Briefing and CryptoSlate both flagged the window as the biggest of 2026 for the two ETF categories combined, and the move held even as equities slipped: SPY fell 0.29% and QQQ fell 1.00% the same session, according to Yahoo Finance data.

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The divergence from equities is the notable part. Nasdaq beta has explained most of Bitcoin's swings this year, so a rally that holds while tech stocks soften points to a crypto-specific driver rather than a broad risk-on trade. Ether is riding the same wave, up 1.02% to $2,507.65, while Solana outpaced both majors at 3.17% to $101.77. Total crypto market capitalization rose 1.74% to $2.727 trillion, and Bitcoin's share ticked up to 59.3% even as the rally broadened into altcoins.

The CLARITY Act, the Senate's pending crypto market-structure bill, remains the biggest near-term regulatory catalyst, but it is now a two-sided one. Senator Lummis has publicly accused banks of obstructing the bill's progress, and World Liberty Financial's preliminary national bank trust charter approval could complicate rather than speed up negotiations by introducing a competing precedent. Some of this week's move also traces to over $1 billion in short liquidations rather than pure spot demand, so the fiscal-hedge narrative attached to the rally deserves scrutiny before it gets treated as confirmed.

Stablecoin supply growth is steady rather than euphoric, which argues against a blow-off top for now. The next real test is whether ETF inflows carry through another full week and whether the CLARITY Act clears its current friction.

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