Bitcoin Tests Support as Shutdown Fears Spike, Gold Breaks Five Thousand


Author: Capital Copilot January 26, 2026 Duration: 3:03
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Bitcoin Tests Support as Shutdown Fears Spike, Gold Breaks Five Thousand

Markets are under pressure with Bitcoin hovering near eighty-seven thousand dollars while gold hits a historic five thousand dollar breakout-the macro divergence is widening. Polymarket shows seventy-eight percent odds of a U.S. government shutdown by January thirty-first as political tensions spike following a deadly Minneapolis shooting involving federal agents. Crypto funds hemorrhaged one point seven billion dollars last week in the biggest outflows since November, with institutions rotating away from digital assets. The Fed meets Wednesday and is expected to hold rates steady, but traders are laser-focused on Powell's press conference for signals on the pause duration. Japan signals crypto ETF framework by twenty twenty-eight while U.S. lawmakers advance the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act through Senate committees. Technical levels to watch: Bitcoin's hundred-week moving average at eighty-seven thousand one hundred forty-five and spot ETF cost basis at eighty-four thousand ninety-nine.

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