Bitcoin Retreats Below $80,000 After Setting a Fresh $81,250 Record

Bitcoin pulled back below the $80,000 level on Tuesday evening, August 25, 2026 Tehran time, after setting a fresh all-time high of $81,250, a roughly 2.5 percent retreat from its daily peak. According to Arzdigital, the Relative Strength Index (RSI) hit 82.44, signalling heavily overbought conditions. SoSoValue data cited in the report showed US spot bitcoin ETFs took in $337.56 million in net inflows on Monday, August 24, led by BlackRock with $208.9 million. CoinGecko data put bitcoin's 24-hour high at $81,160 and low at $78,218, with the coin trading near $78,932 at the time of this report. Bitcoin's 200-day moving average sits around $69,166, still pointing to an intact medium-term uptrend.