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I looked at the BTC/STEEM chart and there are two things I can see as a possible reason for the breakout there.

There is a cup & handle pattern:

But I'm not 100% sure if it's clearly defined enough to be a true cup and handle or not.

There's also what appears to be a rising triangle on the BTC pair too:

So either one of these could have helped the breakout too I think.