Bitcoin drops to $78,000 as rate hike fears trigger massive $550M long flush

The crypto market lost $90B in an hour as PPI hit 6%, BlackRock's IBIT shed $136M, and 154,000 traders were liquidated in 24 hours.

Rap star and hip-hop veteran Drake dropped three surprise solo albums on May 15, 2026, totaling 43 tracks, and buried the crypto world’s most talked-about verse inside a single boastful cut called “Dust.” Drake Releases Triple Album in May 2026 and Plants Bitcoin, FTX Shoutout on Iceman Cut The three projects, “Iceman,” “Habibti,” and “Maid […]

Bitcoin fell below $78,000 (hitting a session low of $77,614), a drop that erased its monthly gains and shaved over $40 billion off its market cap. Bitcoin Slips Below $78,000 as Geopolitical Tensions Rise Bitcoin dipped below $78,000 Saturday morning amid fears that the U.S. and Israel are about to resume bombing Iranian facilities. Bitstamp […]

Lombard Finance migrates $1B+ in Bitcoin assets to Chainlink CCIP after LayerZero’s $292M Kelp DAO security breach. North Korean hackers poisoned LayerZero’s internal RPCs, triggering a mass DeFi exodus toward Chainlink’s infrastructure. Kraken, Solv Protocol, Re, and Kelp DAO have also dropped LayerZero for Chainlink CCIP following the catastrophic hack. Lombard Finance, one of Bitcoin […] The post Bitcoin DeFi Giant Lombard Exits LayerZero Amid Massive Hack Fallout appeared first on Live Bitcoin News.

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Is today's decline just the start of bitcoin's troubles?

STABLE and VVV have dropped the most from the lower-cap alts, while HYPE has plunged by 10%.

Santiment warned that Bitcoin social media euphoria spiked following the CLARITY Act’s Senate Banking Committee vote on May 14. Sentiment analytics platform Santiment posted on X and its community insights platform on May 15, tracking a sharp rise in positive…