Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) has broken above the True Market Mean at $78,100 for the first time since mid-January, but Glassnode data shows profit-taking spiked to levels that marked every local top this year.

The $80,000 Resistance Wall

The Short-Term Holder Cost Basis at $80,100 represents the average acquisition price of investors who purchased within the last 155 days. 

A recovery toward $80,000 would push more than 54% of recent buyers into profit, historically the threshold where distribution pressure has exhausted bear market rallies.

“This is the second instance of this structure forming,” Glassnode analysts wrote. “Repeated encounters with this threshold reinforce its reliability…

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