Bitcoin's failed breakout above $83,000 is looking increasingly like a bear market signal, even as S&P 500 and Nasdaq futures notch gains and approach all-time highs.

Bitcoin is forming a potential lower high while ether languishes in a months-old range, even as S&P 500 and Nasdaq futures push higher on Tuesday.

Bitcoin fails to match US stocks as a trip to $78,000 becomes one in a series of liquidity hunts within a well-defined BTC price range.