Friday 04 September 2026 | 13:15 UTC | London Session Live
The session opened with aggressive bid-side pressure, pushing BTC through the $80,000 handle for the first time in nearly a week before encountering distribution near $81,000. A sharp reversal to $77,100 mid-session confirmed the zone as contested, with macro cross-currents — US-Iran tensions and rate uncertainty ahead of today's payrolls print — driving two-way volatility. All four majors have registered REGIME_FLIP signals, confirming the prior downtrend's structural break rather than a clean continuation. The recovery back toward current levels ($79,238) suggests dip buyers absorbed the geopolitical shock, but the $80,000–$81,000 band is now a defined battleground.