Bitcoin has posted its strongest weekly return since its rise to a 2025 high, Cointelegraph reported on March 13.

Bitcoin surged around $74,000 and rose 10.42 percent on the week, its biggest one-week return since September 2025. Spot market activity, exchange-traded fund (ETF) flows and corporate bitcoin buying all pointed to a positive shift in demand, and analysts are watching whether the latest buying pressure can lift prices further.

An IT tech analyst cited by Cointelegraph said the Coinbase premium gap is now at +35.4 points, turning positive for the first time in 10 weeks. That contrasts with a plunge to -175 points on Feb. 2. While the premium stayed in negative territory for most of 2026, this uptick aligns with bitcoin’s rise.

Net inflows into spot bitcoin ETFs have topped $1.9 billion over the past three weeks, alongside the recent rebound and an increase in institutional investment. Strategy, formerly MicroStrategy, bought 11,420 bitcoin this week through its STRC financing programme, adding to sustained buying pressure that supported the surge in bitcoin.

On the daily chart, bitcoin is again testing its 100-day moving average for the first major retest since it turned into resistance on Jan. 20. A break above $74,000 would put it into a liquidity-rich zone. About $1.9 billion in leveraged positions is concentrated near $75,000, which could pull price into an upside area. Above $75,000, there is $2.0 billion in sell-side liquidity between $76,000 and $80,000, spread across a $4,000 range.

If bitcoin breaks through these zones, a technical area emerges between $79,400 and $81,400, where a one-hour fair value gap formed during the previous decline. The gap signals an imbalance between buyers and sellers and acts as a key point for trend reversals.

Crypto trader Ardi (아르디) stressed that a long-term uptrend can be re-established only if bitcoin turns $74,000 into support and recovers the $85,000 zone. MN Capital founder Michael van de Poppe (Michaël van de Poppe) pointed to $76,000 to $79,000 as a resistance area where additional momentum could flow into the altcoin market, and said a monthly candle pattern forming in that band suggests the possibility of offsetting February’s decline, the outlet reported.