Bitcoin trades near $64,000. Will BTC close above $68,000 before Aug 21?
100% of users predicted NO — the community missed this one. 1 predictions cast.
Bitcoin closed above $68,000 well before the August 21, 2026 deadline, extending a rally that began in early August. After trading near $64,000 in the first week of the month, bitcoin pushed steadily higher through mid-August. By August 20, 2026, it opened at $69,289 and climbed intraday to roughly $71,970-$71,980, a surge attributed to President Trump's push for Congress to pass the Clarity Act, legislation intended to clarify whether cryptocurrencies are regulated as securities or commodities, along with falling long-term Treasury yields. The rally continued into August 21, when bitcoin opened at $73,013 and reached as high as $77,692 intraday, driven further by a Treasury announcement about buying back long-term debt. Ethereum rose in tandem, trading above $2,400 by August 21. The single community vote on this question predicted no, anticipating bitcoin would fail to reach $68,000, but the cryptocurrency's sustained rally through mid-to-late August proved that prediction wrong.