Bitcoin plunged below $100,000 for the first time in five months, hitting an intraday low of $99,980 before rebounding to $101,600.
Total liquidations exceeded $1.3 billion, with longs accounting for $1.113 billion, marking one of the largest single-day deleveraging events since May 2021.
Spot Bitcoin ETFs saw $578 million in outflows, their fifth straight day of redemptions; Ethereum ETFs lost $219 million, while Solana ETFs extended their winning streak with $14.83 million in inflows.
Crypto market capitalization fell 2.5% to $3.39 trillion, erasing $289 billion in value within 24 hours.
Short-term holders (STHs) continue to capitulate, sending 30,300 BTC to exchanges at a loss, while the STH-SOPR hovers near 1, reflecting persistent stress.
Bitcoin futures open interest collapsed by over $10 billion, a washout comparable to May 2021 and the FTX 2022 unwind, a structural reset more than full capitulation.
A misleading 800,000 BTC wallet shuffle is distorting on-chain signals just as Bitcoin struggles below $80,000, leaving traders to parse real demand from accounting noise.
The Georgian government and National Bank are working with Tether to issue a sovereign lari-pegged stablecoin – the first of its kind for any country in the region.
Allman founded Ondo in 2021 and grew it into one of the largest tokenised real-world asset platforms; the company says his successor has been running day-to-day operations for over two years.
Indonesia's Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs classified Polymarket as illegal online gambling after a wager on President Prabowo's political survival drew $46,000 in volume and official scrutiny.
