Bitcoin (BTC) Price: Rebounds to $85,000 Following Recovery from $74,500 Low

TLDR

• Bitcoin has rebounded to approximately $85,000 after previously falling to $74,500
• Corporate Bitcoin holdings have surged 16.1% in Q1 2025, reaching a combined value of $56.7 billion
• US Treasury liquidity injections of over $500 billion since February may be fueling Bitcoin’s rise
• Technical analysis suggests Bitcoin could target $90,000 in the near term
• Easing Treasury yields and temporary tariff exemptions are creating a positive environment for Bitcoin

Bitcoin has staged a strong recovery, bouncing back from last week’s decline to $74,500 and now holding steady above the $85,000 level. The world’s largest cryptocurrency has seen a weekly increase of approximately 6.79%, its best weekly performance since January 2025.

The price resurgence comes amid a series of positive developments, including temporary tariff exemptions announced by the Trump administration and Treasury liquidity injections.

As of April 15, 2025, Bitcoin is trading at around $84,545, after briefly touching the $86,000 mark before pulling back slightly.

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Multiple factors appear to be driving this upward momentum, ranging from institutional adoption to favorable macroeconomic conditions.

Corporate Adoption Accelerates

One of the most striking trends in the first quarter of 2025 has been the increased adoption of Bitcoin by publicly traded companies. According to crypto fund issuer Bitwise, Bitcoin held on the books of public companies grew by 16.1% during Q1.

Public companies added 95,431 BTC during the quarter, bringing their total holdings to approximately 689,000 coins. By the end of Q1, these holdings were worth a combined $56.7 billion, representing a 2.2% increase in value at a price of $82,445 per BTC.

The number of public companies owning Bitcoin climbed to 79, with 12 companies making their first Bitcoin acquisitions during Q1. Hong Kong construction company Ming Shing emerged as the largest first-time buyer through its subsidiary Lead Benefit, which purchased 833 BTC in total—500 BTC in January followed by an additional 333 BTC in February.

Video platform Rumble also joined the ranks of corporate Bitcoin holders with a purchase of 188 BTC in March.

Japanese investment company Metaplanet revealed on April 14 that it had bought an extra 319 Bitcoin at an average price of around $82,770 per coin. With total holdings of 4,525 BTC, now valued at $383.2 million, this acquisition confirms Metaplanet’s position as the tenth-largest public corporate Bitcoin holder worldwide.

Treasury Liquidity Boosts Markets

The massive cash infusion from the US Treasury appears to be a major macroeconomic driver behind Bitcoin’s price rise. The Treasury has injected over $500 billion into financial markets since February, drawing from the Treasury General Account (TGA) to support government operations after reaching the $36 trillion debt ceiling on January 2, 2025.

This liquidity explosion has increased the net Federal Reserve liquidity to $6.3 trillion. Financial analyst Lyn Alden claims that as a “Global Liquidity Barometer,” Bitcoin has moved in line with global liquidity 83% of the time over any given 12-month period.

Should the debt ceiling negotiations extend beyond August, as some analysts predict, net liquidity might soar to a multi-year high of $6.6 trillion, potentially providing a strong favorable tailwind for Bitcoin.

Technical Outlook Points Higher

The price behavior of Bitcoin suggests a possible short-term bullish path. BTC recovered 15% to $86,100 during April 9–13, after forming yearly lows at $74,500.

Trading resource material indicators show that Bitcoin has remained bullish above its 50-weekly moving average and quarterly open above $82,500, suggesting a lower probability of revisiting previous weekly lows.

The technical view shows major resistance between the current trend line and the 200-day moving average, with liquidity constraints at $88,000 and $92,000. Should Bitcoin be able to overcome these obstacles, a near-term trend approaching $90,000 seems logical.

On the hourly chart, there is a connecting bullish trend line forming with support at $84,200. Immediate resistance is near the $85,000 level, with the first key resistance around $85,500.

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— Bitcoin (@Bitcoin) April 14, 2025

If Bitcoin fails to rise above the $85,500 resistance zone, it could start another decline. Immediate support on the downside is near the $84,200 level and the trend line, with major support at $84,200, followed by $83,500.

Some experts have set a more ambitious target of $137,000 by July-August 2025, citing a bullish pennant pattern on the daily chart. However, Bitcoin must break and hold above its 200-day exponential moving average (EMA) and overcome resistance from the 50- and 100-day EMAs to validate this view.

Recent changes in US fiscal policy are also providing a positive climate for Bitcoin. On April 14, Treasury yields fell; the 2-year yield dropped 8 basis points to 3.89% and the 10-year yield dropped 8.2 basis points to 4.40%.

These drops coincided with news of likely tariff exemptions on semiconductors, laptops, and smartphones—introduced to allow US businesses time to move manufacturing home.

Lower treasury yields typically reduce the attraction of fixed-income assets and could cause capital flow to be diverted toward risk-on assets like Bitcoin. President Trump emphasized, however, that these exemptions are only temporary, creating some uncertainty that may lead to further price volatility.

Despite the recent rally, traders are showing limited confidence for a move beyond $90,000 in the near future, based on low futures premiums and neutral options skew indicators.

Market participants remain cautiously optimistic about Bitcoin’s short-term prospects as it maintains its position above $85,000, with continued institutional adoption and supportive macroeconomic factors providing a foundation for potential further gains.