TL;DR: Glassnode’s October 21 report identifies an overhead Bitcoin supply zone around $85,000–$87,500 after bids returned near $80,000. Its levels describe a market structure, not a guaranteed price path.
Bitcoin’s rebound has brought it back toward a cluster of holders, sell orders and leveraged positions that could make the next leg harder to sustain.
In its latest Week Onchain report, Glassnode places that area at roughly $85,000 to $87,500. The research follows Bitcoin’s October 15 dip toward $80,000 and the subsequent return of bids around that level.
Several Measures Point To The Same Area
Glassnode estimates the cost basis of coins held for six to 12 months at about $86,700. It also identifies sell-side order-book liquidity and modeled liquidation concentrations near the upper part of the trading range.
Below price, the report puts the True Market Mean near $77,600 and the average acquisition cost of the corporate treasuries it tracks at approximately $80,200. These are estimates produced under Glassnode’s methodology, rather than universal break-even prices for all investors.
The overlap is more interesting than any individual line. Holders approaching their acquisition price may become more willing to sell. Resting offers can absorb aggressive buyers. Leveraged positions, meanwhile, can amplify a move once their collateral becomes insufficient.
Those mechanisms do not necessarily work in the same direction. A concentration of short liquidations above the market could accelerate a rise, even while nearby spot selling slows it. Treating every colored band on a chart as resistance would miss that distinction.
An Order Book Can Change Before Price Arrives
Visible orders can be withdrawn. Cost-basis estimates depend on how coins and entities are classified. Liquidation maps model positions rather than expose a complete inventory of every trader’s leverage.
The report is therefore most useful as a map of competing incentives. A sustained move through the identified zone would carry a different message from a brief spike that immediately reverses, but neither outcome is settled by the map itself.
The article’s levels belong to the October 21 research snapshot. They should not be read as a live quotation or a claim that Bitcoin was trading at a particular price when this report was prepared.
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This article was written by the News Desk and edited by Samuel Rae.