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.
Bhutan has hired 3iQ to earn yield on part of its Bitcoin and given Gelephu a central bank that can hold crypto, while disclosing less and less about the coins themselves.
A royal decree turns the Gelephu Financial Services Office into the Gelephu Central Bank, with monetary policy, reserve and payments powers and a path to a city currency. The timetable and its relationship with Bhutan's national central bank are unclear
Withdrawals reopened Sunday with a $3.6 billion net outflow and a proof-of-reserves snapshot is out, but Binance has not published its technical post-mortem or said how attackers got in beyond a compromised laptop
The bank says Hong Kong is the first market in its group to get the product for corporate clients, which settles between banks in central bank money around the clock. Blockhead reported a Singapore launch with Ant International in December
