Bitcoin Slides Below $60K as Traders Trigger $1.57B Liquidation Wave Across Crypto

Crypto markets endured further pressure this week as the sell-off spread to some of the industry’s largest digital asset treasuries (DATs). As of Friday, Bitcoin (BTC) had slipped back below $60,000 for the first time since 2024, Ethereum (ETH) was trading around $1,550, and Hyperliquid (HYPE) was near $57.  While the declines weighed on the broader market, the impact has been most visible in the large treasury companies associated with BTC and ETH—specifically Strategy (MSTR) and Bitmine (BMNR).  Hyperliquid Strategies (PURR), however, has continued to post gains on an unrealized basis, highlighting how its performance still outpaces the market’s major benchmarks. Hyperliquid Strategies Avoids The Worst With $1.2B Gains According to Artemis data, Strategy and Bitmine are carrying significant unrealized losses of about $12.8 billion and $10.3 billion, respectively. In contrast, Hyperliquid Strategies is positioned differently.  Artemis data further indicates that Hyperliquid Strategies

Bitcoin (BTC) accelerated its decline on Friday, falling to roughly $59,685—the lowest level seen since October 2024, when US voters were preparing for the November presidential elections of that year.  The sell-off has now spilled beyond BTC itself, dragging the wider crypto market lower and wiping out more than $2 trillion of value since the […]

Strategy shares tumbled alongside Bitcoin on Friday as the firm's flagship preferred stock also came under pressure.

Bitcoin price has fallen below $60,000 after a stronger-than-expected U.S. jobs report prompted traders to scale back expectations for Federal Reserve rate cuts and price in a higher probability of policy tightening later this year. According to data from crypto.news,…

Bitcoin dropped to around $61,500 in recent days, its weakest level in roughly four months, and Peter Schiff wasted no time connecting that slide to a broader argument he has been making about stablecoins. Related Reading: Bitcoin Faces Pressure As Investors Rotate Capital Into AI Buildout: Saylor A Stablecoin On The Move Tether’s USDT has already climbed to a market capitalization of nearly $188 billion, according to data from DeFiLlama, closing the gap with Ethereum to just under $26 billion. Schiff, the economist and longtime Bitcoin critic, says the numbers point to an inevitable outcome. “The market cap of Tether will soon surpass the market cap of Ethereum,” Schiff wrote on X. “It will eventually surpass the market cap of Bitcoin, too. The only question is how long it will take.” USDT has become a dominant tool for moving money across crypto markets, and its reach now extends into payments, remittances, and digital dollar transfers — a trend he says supports his case. USDT holds

Bitcoin bears piled into short positions as BTC price slid to $60,000. Will the $2.6 billion in short leverage lead to an upside squeeze?

Gold has lost part of its old safe-haven image as its price action now moves closely with risk assets such as Bitcoin and the S&P 500, according to economist Robin Brooks. According to Brooks, gold no longer behaves like the…

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