US stock market loses over $250B at open as liquidity squeeze rattles risk assets
The post US stock market loses over $250B at open as liquidity squeeze rattles risk assets appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. The US stock market shed more than $250 billion in value at the open, adding to a brutal stretch for risk assets that has spilled across equities, crypto, and derivatives markets in rapid succession. What happened across markets The equity sell-off at the open mirrored a severe downturn already underway in digital assets. Total crypto market capitalization dropped from roughly $3 trillion to approximately $2.66 trillion, a decline of around $250 billion in its own right. Bitcoin fell from around $84,000 to approximately $76,000. Ether fared worse, dropping to about $2,243, which puts it more than 50% below its all-time high. Open interest in digital-asset derivatives fell to $24.2 billion, the lowest level in nine months. That’s a textbook deleveraging event: traders closing positions, reducing exposure, and pulling capital off the table all at once. The dolla