Bitcoin preps highest weekly close since January as BTC price nears $79K

Written by William Suberg⁠, Staff Writer. Reviewed by Allen Scott⁠, Staff Editor. Written by William Suberg⁠, Staff Writer. Reviewed by Allen Scott⁠, Staff Editor. Bitcoin preps highest weekly close since January as BTC price nears $79KMarketsPublishedMay 3, 2026

Bitcoin canceled out the week's earlier losses to tease the highest BTC price weekly candle close since the end of January near $79,000.

Bitcoin (BTC) eyed $79,000 into Sunday’s weekly close as crypto markets continued to be guided by the US-Iran war.

Key points:

• Bitcoin circles a key weekly level into the weekly close, with the highest close in several months on the table.
• Analysis sees the mid-$80,000 zone and higher coming back into play.
• Liquidity grabs form the basis for caution among some traders.

BTC price nears highest weekly close in over three months

Data from TradingView showed BTC/USD attempting to hold higher after cancelling out losses from earlier in the week.

Finishing the week above $78,670 would deliver the pair’s highest weekly close since late January.

BTC/USD one-week chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingView

Friday delivered a boost to risk assets as hopes of a fresh peace agreement between the US and Iran accelerated. On Sunday, however, US President Donald Trump appeared skeptical of ratifying Iran’s latest peace proposals.

In a post on Truth Social, Trump wrote that he “can’t imagine that it would be acceptable.”

Source: Truth Social

Despite this, some crypto market commentators remained optimistic about the short-term outlook.

“Strong consolidation on $BTC , and Friday gave us a slight insight in what's likely to come,” trader and analyst Michaël van de Poppe wrote on X.

Van de Poppe referenced Friday’s strong inflows to the US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs), which totaled nearly $630 million.

“I don't think this will slow down in the coming week and that's probably why we're seeing a relatively shallow consolidation taking place,” he continued. 

“The $79K area is a crucial zone. That needs to break. If this breaks, I'm assuming we'll see more upwards momentum and I've got $86-88K as first resistance area and $92-94K as the crucial one.”

BTC/USDT one-day chart. Source: Michaël van de Poppe/X

Bitcoin traders warn of liquidity games

Caution was also visible, with traders watching for liquidity grabs to the upside before a subsequent price reversal.

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“Starting to see a build of liquidity form below, but a take of the high liquidity and using that to dump,” Crypto Tony commented on data from CoinGlass on the day.

BTC liquidation heatmap. Source: CoinGlass

Trading account JDK Analysis described the liquidity setup as “typically bearish.”

“We can clearly see fresh longs opening into the highs, while price continues to show signs of absorption - unable to push meaningfully higher despite increasingly aggressive market buying for now,” it summarized in posts on X.

BTC/USDT 15-minute chart. Source: JDK Analysis/X

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