Glassnode data shows large bitcoin holders accumulating, while retail remains in distribution.

Ether also declined significantly, dropping to 56th place with a market cap just above $300 billion and losing 14.5% of its value.

Long-term bitcoin holders are selling at the fastest pace since August, while some industry observers suggest the market may be approaching a bear-market bottom.

Traders are watching $1.74 as near-term support, with $1.79–$1.82 now the key resistance zone.

Ether, solana and XRP led losses across crypto as a wave of long liquidations swept futures markets, showing stress spreading beyond bitcoin during weekend trading.

Social chatter around bitcoin has turned sharply negative after the token slid to its lowest level since Nov. 21, a setup Santiment says often appears near capitulation, even if near term trading stays messy.

Bitcoin slid under $78,000 on Saturday as thin weekend liquidity magnified selling pressure, with traders pointing to Middle East tensions, U.S. political risk and lingering crypto-specific uncertainty.

Months after Oct. 10’s flash crash and liquidation cascade, a fresh spat has opened between exchange executives and market watchers over whether a leveraged yield loop, thin liquidity, or busted market plumbing did the real damage.

Binance says October 10’s crypto flash crash was driven by a macro risk-off shock, cascading liquidations, and thin liquidity, while acknowledging two platform-specific issues that occurred after most losses had already been incurred.

Tokenized silver futures recorded the largest liquidations across crypto markets over the past 24 hours, overtaking bitcoin and ether as a sharp pullback in metals collided with leverage-heavy trading on crypto venues.

Bitcoin fell toward $83,000 as the U.S. entered a partial shutdown, with traders leaning defensive ahead of a House vote expected Monday.

Any deal involving SpaceX and Tesla would quietly consolidate one of the world’s largest corporate bitcoin holdings under a single roof.

After a bruising 2025, Hougan sees sideways Bitcoin trading, rising institutional interest and early central bank curiosity setting up the next cycle.

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It seems like ages ago, but bitcoin rose to just shy of $91,000 on Wednesday. Then the U.S. dollar started to strengthen.

Crypto bulls who have theorized that bitcoin can't begin rising until money flows out of red-hot precious metals are about to find out if they were correct.

The conventional wisdom on Trump's pick for Fed chair says he's a hawk. Stanley Druckenmiller, who made billions fading conventional wisdom, suggests that's not necessarily so.

Crypto markets fell further overnight as bitcoin and ether extended losses, metals tumbled and liquidation pressure hit leveraged traders across derivatives markets.

The bitcoin-to-gold ratio rebounded from recent lows, mirroring a pattern seen in the 2019-2020.

While Fed chair speculation drives uncertainty across equities, rates, and crypto.

U.S.-listed spot bitcoin and ether ETFs saw one of their worst combined outflow days of 2026 as falling prices, rising volatility and macro uncertainty pushed investors to cut exposure.