Bitcoin Rips Toward $80,000 as Billions Flood Back

Hundreds of billions have poured back into the crypto market, while bitcoin’s explosive run to nearly $80,000 has been impossible to ignore. At press time, the leading crypto asset bitcoin ($BTC) is consolidating around $77,400 per coin, but it remains 38.5% below its all-time high ($ATH) of $126,080, logged Oct. 6, 2025.

Ethereum (ETH) is coasting around $2,452 per unit, but despite outperforming $BTC lately, it still needs to climb 50.4% to reclaim its $4,946 $ATH. Altcoins have posted even wilder moves compared with $BTC, pushing the Altcoin Season Index to 43 from a low of 25 in May, according to blockchaincenter.net stats. That hasn’t stopped speculators from declaring that…