Bitcoin dips below $83,000 to start the week as Asia markets sell, extending last week’s retreat

Bitcoin slipped below $83,000 during Monday's Asia session, moving beneath the lower edge of the $83,000 to $85,000 range reported late last week. BTC price sits around $82,953 at press time, down 1.79% over the preceding 24 hours. The intraday breach adds a fresh lower price to last week's retreat from the $87,000 level.

CryptoSlate's Friday market analysis discussed Bitcoin's battle between roughly $83,000 and $85,000 after pulling back from near $87,000. A price around $83,400 would still have sat inside Friday's reported band. Early Monday trading took Bitcoin below its lower edge.

Oil and yields rise alongside Bitcoin's slide

The wider market began Monday under pressure from oil and bonds. In early Asia trading, Reuters reported Brent crude futures rising 1.6% to $106 a barrel and the yield on 30-year U.S. Treasuries edging up to about 5.51%. Asian shares made a cautious start. Reuters linked the oil rise to doubts over a U.S.-Iran truce, a development that renewed inflation concerns. Higher yields raise the return available on government debt, adding to the pressure that risk-sensitive markets were navigating. Those shifts coincided with Bitcoin's decline.

U.S. spot Bitcoin ETF flows give a narrower view of demand. Farside Investors' live table showed $134.5 million in net inflows for Friday, Sept. 25, compared with $190.7 million on Thursday when checked Monday. Both readings were positive, even as the daily amount declined. Friday's fund data describe the final U.S. trading session before the weekend; the sub-83,000 USDT Binance quote came during a later Asian session. The figures show that ETF demand had not turned into a net outflow on Friday, while leaving Monday's order flow open.

A recovery into Friday's reported range would make Monday's breach a short-lived dip. More trading below its lower edge would make the new price territory harder to dismiss.

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