Overview
- Bitcoin fell toward $80,000, touching $80,553 at one point, as a risk-off move after mixed U.S. jobs data drove a weekly drop of about 12% and the steepest month since 2022.
- Roughly $2 billion of crypto positions were liquidated in the latest downdraft, with more than 390,000 accounts wiped and nearly $1 billion in BTC longs erased within 24 hours.
- Spot bitcoin ETFs logged heavy redemptions, including a record single-day $523 million outflow from BlackRock’s IBIT, contributing to a multi-day industry pullback.
- Options markets skewed bearish, with concentrated short-dated put buying around $75,000 and dealer hedging accelerating selling through $85,000 before models indicate a potential stabilizing flip near $80,000.
- Market structure signals deteriorated as Coinbase’s BTC premium stayed negative for 21 days, on-chain data flagged institutional selling into exchanges, and analysts highlighted $79,300 as a stress level for recent ETF buyers.