Author: tomas.rocchi

Bitcoin opened the week of May 12 2026 at $81,721, briefly threatened $82,000, and was rejected again, by the 200-day moving average at $82,228 before fading back toward $80,860. The session started with a sharp dip to $80,300 that looked more like a stop hunt than real selling, buyers stepped in fast, price ran back to $82,000, and then sellers showed up, which is the same thing that has happened every time BTC has gotten near that level. Then the April CPI print landed, Trump declared the Iran ceasefire is on “massive life support,” and the market’s already-cautious posture hardened…