Overview
- Bitcoin dipped to roughly $89,300–$89,950 on Tuesday, its first break below $90,000 in seven months and nearly 30% off October’s record above $126,000.
- Data show about $1.8 billion has exited spot bitcoin ETFs since November 12, as investors reassess the odds of near-term Federal Reserve rate cuts and pull back from risk assets.
- Key supports failed last week, with a break of the 50-week moving average and a widely watched “death cross,” while options flow skewed toward $85,000 and $80,000 downside hedges.
- Stress spread across the sector: ether hovered near $3,000 and is down nearly 40% from its August peak, and crypto-linked stocks including miners and exchanges declined.
- Market structure remains fragile after roughly $19 billion in October liquidations thinned liquidity, with another ~$950 million in positions wiped in the past day and sentiment sliding to “extreme fear.”