Why Bitcoin and top cryptos are falling: Bitwise Bitwise estimates that long-term crypto investors sold over $100 billion worth of Bitcoin last year in anticipation of a potential cyclical market crash.The firm also outlined a surge in AI stocks and metals, quantum fears, the October 10 leverage flush and concerns over Fed Chair nominee Kevin Warsh as potential reasons for the market crash.Bitwise says the current pullback could prove a good buying opportunity.
$BTC HISTORY MADE (AGAIN): $2.59B ERASED IN 24 HOURS
The crypto market just printed another historic liquidation event. In the last 24 hours, a staggering $2.59 BILLION was wiped out, leaving 578,873 traders completely rekt.
The damage was brutally one-sided. Longs took the hit, accounting for $2.14B in liquidations, while shorts lost $453M. Leverage was stacked the wrong way — and the market showed zero mercy. The single largest blow came from Binance, where a BTCUSDT position worth $12.02M was liquidated in one shot.
This wasn’t random volatility. It was a full-scale leverage purge, forcing out overconfident positioning and resetting the board in record time.