Bitcoin's recovery from the mid-$70,000 range stalled below $82,000 after the cryptocurrency reached roughly $81,700 on September 19, its strongest level since early September. Sellers repeatedly defended the $82,000 area during September, while renewed fighting between Saudi Arabia and Iran-backed Houthi forces in Yemen added geopolitical uncertainty. Houthi fighters claimed missile and drone attacks on Riyadh and Yanbu, and the Saudi-led coalition said it intercepted a ballistic missile aimed at the capital. Saudi authorities also said attacks on Yanbu, Taif, Bisha, and Farasan had been thwarted. The U.S. State Department warned that the conflict "has the potential to escalate rapidly" and urged Americans to seriously reconsider travel through the region. President Donald Trump shortened his Camp David weekend and returned to the White House, without the administration publicly explaining the change. Technical analyst Ali Martinez said the TD Sequential indicator, a price-pattern timing tool, had shifted from a buy signal near $75,000 to a sell signal after Bitcoin approached $81,500, indicating stretched short-term momentum and a need to monitor profit-taking. The signal does not make a decline inevitable, but it adds pressure as traders assess geopolitical risks. Bitcoin had recovered despite the Senate's failure to advance the CLARITY Act and the Federal Reserve's 25-basis-point interest-rate increase, climbing back above $80,000 and showing continued dip-buying demand. However, the cryptocurrency also failed to hold above $82,000 earlier in the month: it reached an intraday high near $82,178 on September 3 before closing lower. Whether Bitcoin can sustain a break above $82,000 is likely to shape the next move, with the market weighing a possible broadening of the Saudi-Houthi conflict against the technical warning. Bitcoin was holding above $81,000 as traders monitored the resistance zone.