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Bitcoin Whipsaws Back Below $88,000 After Brief $90,000 Spike

Sustained ETF outflows, large liquidations, fresh exchange inflows erode support.

Overview

  • Bitcoin jumped from roughly $87,000 to above $90,000 before reversing to the mid-$80,000s during a volatile U.S. session, with rapid moves tied to shifting tech risk and thinning liquidity.
  • U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs recorded about $277 million in net withdrawals on Tuesday, extending a multi-session streak of outflows that has weakened the market’s structural bid, according to Coinglass.
  • Roughly $530 million in crypto positions were liquidated over 24 hours, with both longs and shorts swept up as intraday swings intensified, Coinglass data show.
  • Sentiment has slid into “extreme fear” and futures positioning remains negative, signaling a bearish market structure and fragile confidence, on-chain and sentiment analysts report.
  • Arkham flagged about 4,000 BTC (approximately $348 million) moving from Matrixport-linked wallets to Binance, a transfer that raises caution over near-term supply even if not all inflows reflect immediate selling.