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Bitcoin posts first golden cross in more than six months as price holds near $80,000

9/8/2026

Bitcoin's first golden cross in more than six months arrived with the cryptocurrency trading near the $80,000 level.

The configuration's return ends an extended period in which the chart's moving-average structure carried a bearish alignment, marking the first bullish flip of that relationship in more than half a year.

What the pattern measures A golden cross forms when a shorter-term moving average crosses above a longer-term one.

Chart traders read the signal as evidence that near-term price momentum has sustained itself long enough to shift the broader trend picture.