Bitcoin plunged to a four-month low overnight as leveraged long positions unwound compounded by weeks of ETF fund outflows, expectations of higher interest rates (and surging real yields), and concerns about tighter crypto regulation following the Democratic sweep of Congress. The deepening bear market also comes amid a broader retreat from risk assets as uncertainty surrounds the AI bubble, with Jensen Huang's departure from Nvidia adding to those concerns last week.
Extreme Fear
CoinMarketCap's Fear and Greed Index registered "extreme fear" early Sunday.
Technicals
Since peaking around $87,162 in late September, Bitcoin has tumbled into a bear market, dropping roughly 28% to around $62,577 by early Sunday morning. It subsequently pared some losses as a potential short-term floor emerged, recovering to about $65,250 as of 9:15 a.m. EST, still down roughly 25% from its peak.
Panic into the weekend.
"I think this is a technical move, as Bitcoin broke down through its 200-day moving average of about $73,000, which has caused a slew of liquidations and new shorts to develop," said Rich Rosenblum, co-founder of crypto market maker GSR, as quoted by Bloomberg.
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