Bitcoin traded at $78,500 on September 8, 2026, after failing — again — to hold above $80,000. The $82,000 resistance level has rejected price action three times in two weeks. Five economic events are now stacking up in a nine-day window that could break the ceiling or crash through the floor.

This isn’t a typical “watch these dates” analysis. The events between September 10 and 18 are sequentially dependent — each changes the probability of what follows. Think of them as dominoes: PPI → CPI → CLARITY Act → Fed → Bank of Japan.

The Setup: Why Bitcoin Can’t Get Past $80,000

Bitcoin rallied roughly 25% in August, climbing from $63,000 to $82,000. Then it stalled. The reason isn’t technical — it’s macro.

August’s…