Bitcoin traded around $64,500 on the morning of Aug. 19 after climbing from below $64,000 over the previous 24 hours, even as macro and geopolitical headlines stayed tense. The immediate focus for traders is a White House crypto policy meeting scheduled for 2:30 p.m. Eastern on Aug. 19, where Donald Trump, SEC Chair Atkins and CFTC Chair Selig are set to appear. Against that backdrop, U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs posted a net inflow of $297.56 million on Aug. 18, snapping a three-day streak of outflows, while spot Ether ETFs added another $30.85 million. The source article argues that markets are currently pricing the policy event more heavily than the breakdown in the U.S.-Iran 60-day negotiation window. Trump said there are no current talks and no new talks scheduled with Iran, while Iranian officials described a shift toward a "full offensive" posture and said the Strait of Hormuz would remain closed until conditions tied to a June interim deal are met. Oil reacted sharply, with Brent settling at $91.02 a barrel and WTI at $84.94, both the highest closes since July 24. At the same time, the report points to improving Bitcoin technicals, including a move above the 50-day and 200-day EMAs, a MACD golden cross, and a Fear and Greed Index rebound to 41. The key near-term level highlighted in the piece is $65,000, with the White House meeting seen as the main catalyst for the next directional move.

Crypto markets remained range-bound on Aug. 14 even as U.S. stocks pushed higher after a softer-than-expected inflation reading. Bitcoin traded near $63,500 with its 24-hour range compressed to roughly $1,200, while Ether edged up to around $1,888 and most major altcoins posted slight gains. Derivatives data from CoinGlass showed $211 million in liquidations over the past day, split almost evenly between longs at $111 million and shorts at $100 million, with 68,790 traders liquidated in total. The largest single liquidation order was a $1.98 million BTCUSDT position on Bybit. On the macro side, the U.S. producer price index rose 4.7% year over year in July, slightly below expectations. The report said that added support to the case for the Federal Reserve to pause rate hikes in September. The S&P 500 closed at another record high, while the Nasdaq and Dow Jones Industrial Average also finished higher. Even so, bitcoin did not follow equities upward and continued to move sideways, pointing to a split in price action across risk assets.

Bitcoin stayed under pressure on Aug. 13, trading in a narrow range between $63,310 and $64,500 before settling at $63,537, down 0.33% over 24 hours. Ether also moved lower to $1,879, off 0.16%. The move came even as U.S. inflation data showed some cooling: July CPI rose 3.4% year over year, matching market expectations and reinforcing the view that the Federal Reserve may leave rates unchanged in September. Equities reacted more positively. Earnings beats from AI-linked companies CoreWeave and Super Micro Computer helped lift the Nasdaq 0.54%, while the S&P 500 added 0.24% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped by 22 points. Crypto, however, did not follow stocks higher and continued to trade without a clear direction. Liquidations across the crypto market reached $176 million in the past 24 hours, with $82.43 million from longs and $93.87 million from shorts, affecting 81,070 traders. The largest single liquidation was a $3.22 million ETH perpetual position on Binance. Alternative.me’s Fear and Greed Index rose from 27 to 29, but remained in the fear zone, reflecting only a mild improvement in sentiment.

Bitcoin swung sharply around the $63,000 level in Foresight’s Aug. 3 market wrap after comments attributed to U.S. President Donald Trump briefly pushed prices higher and a denial from Iran quickly reversed the move. According to the report, Trump said the U.S. and Iran would begin talks on Aug. 3 and claimed there was already an agreement related to the Strait of Hormuz, sending BTC up to $63,700. Iranian officials then rejected the claim, calling it false, and Bitcoin fell back toward $62,200. Foresight said BTC was trading around $62,500-$63,000 at the time of writing, while ETH changed hands near $1,850-$1,870 and failed to reclaim $1,900. SOL was seen around $72-$73 after slipping below $73. The report also pointed to a shift in ETF flows: spot Bitcoin ETFs posted a $61.53 million net outflow last week, ending a three-week inflow streak, while spot Ether ETFs logged a $27.4 million net inflow for a fourth straight week. On the technical side, BTC remained below its 50-day, 100-day and 200-day EMAs at $64,676, $67,205 and $73,001, with $62,200 described as a key near-term support level.

Bitcoin has fallen more than 30% from its yearly high, while Bernstein says weakness in crypto-linked stocks may last until first-quarter earnings. On the chart, $65,000 is the key support, and a break lower could reopen the path to $60,000.

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Bitcoin has traded below its adjusted realized price of $72,500 for nearly two months. Rejections near $71,000 and a drop toward $66,000 point to persistent selling pressure, with $66,000 now acting as near-term support.