--- title: "Key facts: BTCUSD $81k/$74k outlook; 15 shorts cost $4.56M; 20% odds" type: "News" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/296786489.md" description: "BTCUSD faces resistance near $81,000 with a potential dip to $74,000 as a buy zone. Traders priced in 20% odds ahead of the Senate Clarity Act vote. Significant short losses were recorded by entities like Abraxas Capital and Peter Schiff criticized Bitcoin's long-term value. MicroStrategy utilized Bitcoin for collateral in its Digital Credit program, while investor Jordi Visser shifted exposure from AI to BTC spot CFDs." datetime: "2026-08-24T12:13:56.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/296786489.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/296786489.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/296786489.md) generator: "portal-rs" --- # Key facts: BTCUSD $81k/$74k outlook; 15 shorts cost $4.56M; 20% odds - BTCUSD: two near-term scenarios — clear short-term resistance toward ~$81,000, or dip to ~$74,000 as a buy zone before resuming move to ~81,000; upside target ~$82,700. 2 sources - One on-chain address placed 15 consecutive shorts on BTCUSD spot CFD in five days; first 14 lost about $4.56M. The 15th was a 300 BTC short at 40x leverage. Binance News - Traders priced about 20% odds into BTCUSD ahead of the Senate Clarity Act vote Sept. 15; markets also noted ongoing CFTC and SEC rulemaking affecting Bitcoin trading. Coinpedia - Active Bitcoin addresses ~543,000; recent BTCUSD spot CFD rally lacked a sustained rise in active addresses and open interest stayed below prior highs. Stocktwits - Abraxas Capital holds biggest unrealized BTCUSD short losses from entries near $65,312 and $67,026; Fasanara shows about $16.6M loss; Wintermute posts slight profit on BTCUSD positions. Stocktwits - MicroStrategy used Bitcoin as collateral in its Digital Credit program, issued tokenized obligations (STRC) and repurchased them with fiat after a dip, restoring STRC to $96.22. U.Today - Investor Jordi Visser increased BTCUSD spot CFD exposure, reallocating from AI trades. He cited yield-control policies and an AI-led economy as factors behind the shift. Stocktwits - Study shows households fully invested in BTCUSD were likelier to buy durable goods after BTCUSD price rises; gains treated as gambling income, not lasting wealth; effect limited to durables. Binance News - Peter Schiff said holders who didn't sell missed gains, believes he'd have been better off not owning BTCUSD over five years, and claimed AI competes for capital, power and data-center space. Binance News **Disclaimer** This is an AI-generated summary and may contain inaccuracies. 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