Data shows bullish bets related to Bitcoin have suffered a massive amount of liquidations as the asset’s price has plunged below the $70,000 mark. Bitcoin Falls Below $70,000 For The First Time Since April Following up on the bearish tone set during the second half of May, Bitcoin has opened June with another drawdown as its price has slipped under $70,000 for the first time since April 7th. Related Reading: XRP Sees Biggest Exchange Inflow Of 2026—Shortly Before Even Larger Outflows Below is a chart that shows how the latest bearish action has looked for the cryptocurrency. Over the last 24 hours, Bitcoin has gone down by nearly 5%, hitting the $69,400 mark. Interestingly, while the original digital asset has suffered this blow, Ethereum, the second-largest token by market cap, has managed to hold up relatively well, being down by just 0.7% inside this window. Even many altcoins have seen smaller losses than BTC. The reason behind the disproportionate decline in Bitcoin may lie in the
Bitcoin has lost the $69,000 level as selling pressure and market uncertainty combine to test the resilience of a market that has now given back a significant portion of its recovery from the cycle lows. The breakdown is uncomfortable — and analyst MorenoDV has identified a signal in the supply data that places the current […]
Binance Research says bitcoin’s recent weakness may be driven by capital rotating into a small group of hot U.S. equity themes. The firm argues that without a crypto-native crisis, such pressure has often proved temporary. Cboe Dispersion Index Hits 42 as Bitcoin Competes With AI Stock Rally Bitcoin’s latest pullback may have less to do […]
The broader crypto market has endured one of its toughest weeks of the year, with $1.5 billion in liquidations recorded since Monday alone. The pressure intensified as Bitcoin (BTC) slipped back below the $67,000 level for the first time since April, a move that heightened selling fears and weighed on overall market sentiment. Despite the heavy liquidation numbers, Binance Research argued that the main driver of the recent pullback may have been less about things unique to crypto and more about capital moving into traditional markets. BTC Hit by A ‘Capital Black Hole’? In a report posted on X (formerly Twitter), Binance Research pointed to a sign of unusual strain in equity markets: the CBOE Dispersion Index (DSPX) hit 42, described as the 3rd highest reading ever. The implication is that investors were heavily concentrating their money into a small set of S&P 500 “hot themes,” leaving less liquidity available for other assets—Bitcoin included. Related Reading: Bitcoin Price Falls T
The broader crypto market pulled back as Bitcoin (BTC) briefly slipped below the $67,000 level on Tuesday, and that weakness quickly spread to other major chains. In the weekly timeframe, Solana (SOL) and Cardano (ADA) each recorded a 10% retrace. Against that backdrop, market expert Anders Bylund of The Motley Fool published a fresh comparison […]
Strategy’s 32 BTC sale has turned a small transaction into a larger test for corporate bitcoin treasuries. The issue is no longer only whether public companies hold BTC. Investors are now watching how those companies meet cash obligations while trying to preserve exposure. Bitcoin Treasuries Face a New Borrow-or-Sell Test Strategy’s bitcoin sale drew attention […]
Bitcoin carried nearly all of May’s inflows. Monthly flows into crypto treasury companies dropped to $180 million for the month, the weakest level since October 2024, and Bitcoin-linked firms accounted for almost all of it with $177 million. Smaller additions went to ZCash, Story and Sui, while Litecoin posted a $1.89 million outflow. The fall was steep. May’s total was down 95% from April’s $4.4 billion and about 93% below the monthly average from January through May, after March and April each cleared $4 billion. Related Reading: Bitcoin Faces Prolonged Downtrend Through 2027, Analyst Warns From Election Surge To Slower 2025 The latest drop comes after a sharp burst of buying late last year, when DAT inflows climbed past $12 billion after the 2024 US election results and a friendlier policy backdrop. DefiLlama’s figures show the trend then cooled through 2025, staying below $10 billion a month until late summer before slipping again. That left treasury firms with a tougher pitch. The
