Bitcoin Slips Toward $77.5K After Holding Near $78.7K Friday

Bitcoin slipped toward $77,500 in Saturday trading after holding near $78,700 on Friday, a modest weekend pullback that leaves the Bitcoin price roughly $1,200 below its earlier reference level.

Bitcoin price slips toward $77.5K Saturday

Saturday’s move toward $77,500

CryptoSlate’s September 12 report placed Bitcoin around $77,500 during Saturday trading, easing from the prior session. The wording is directional; the price drifted toward that level rather than confirming a break or close there. For related coverage, see Bitcoin Rises to Two-Week High Near $64,000.

A research-time snapshot dated September 13 (UTC) put spot Bitcoin near $77,217, with a 24-hour change of roughly −0.07%. That reading was taken after the weekend session and is separate from any Friday or Saturday close. For related coverage, see Pi Network (PI) Rally Fades as Bitcoin (BTC) Drops Below $63K Again.

The soft weekend tape echoes recent sessions in which Bitcoin dipped during thin weekend trading before finding footing.

How Saturday’s level compares with Friday’s $78.7K

A roughly $1,200 gap between the reference levels

CryptoSlate reported Bitcoin at $78,683, up 2.08% over 24 hours, for its Friday observation. Measured against the roughly $77,500 Saturday reference, the two rounded levels differ by about $1,200.

That $1,200 spread is roughly 1.5% of the higher figure. It is arithmetic on two rounded quotes, not a measured daily or 24-hour trading return.

Friday’s figure is described as holding near $78.7K, with no verified single closing price and no defined trading range. Bitcoin trades continuously, so weekday labels do not correspond to a fixed session close. Similar timing gaps have shaped past sessions where the Coinbase tape diverged from headline quotes.

What the two price references leave unclear

Two price references offer limited context

The two quoted levels alone do not establish the cause or likely duration of the decline. Neither $77,500 nor $78,700 should be read as technical support or resistance on this evidence.

The macro backdrop is the one documented catalyst. Reuters reported that short-term rate futures priced about an 85% chance of a quarter-point hike at the September 15-16 Federal Reserve meeting, up from about 70% before an inflation report that showed August core CPI rising 0.3% month over month and 3.4% headline year over year. Any link between those odds and the pullback remains an unconfirmed interpretation.

Fed Governor Christopher Waller flagged that conditionality in a September 3 speech, before the data landed.

“But if inflation comes in hot, I would consider a rate hike.”

— Christopher J. Waller, Federal Reserve speech, September 3, 2026

Broader sentiment stayed in Greed territory, with a Fear & Greed reading of 61 on September 13, a contextual gauge that does not explain Saturday’s move. Traders now watch the September 15-16 FOMC decision for the rate outcome, much as sellers pressed when Bitcoin held below a round level.

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