🚨Bitcoin below $69,000: the fall is accelerating, but it is NOT shocking news!
The $BTC has just fallen below $69,000 (about $68,600 at the time of writing), with a decrease of more than 3% in a single day. No explosive announcement, no major geopolitical event or viral tweet from Trump explains this plunge. It is rather the effect of a cascade of liquidations of leveraged positions. This is classic in the derivatives market using amplifiers (leverage effects): a high leverage + low liquidity at the end of the day increases the volatility of the price when each order passes, which forces debted positions (leveraged orders) to close automatically if there is not enough margin to cover the debt, accelerating the fall in the price.
Behind this, there are the same pressures that have been weighing for months: Trump’s tariffs, Fed more hawkish and correlation with the fall of tech stocks.
This is not the end of the world, just the usual mechanics of a market in severe correction (–50% since the October 2025 summit). Shakeouts like this eliminate weak positions and often prepare for the next rebound... but volatility remains extreme.
And you?
Do you HODL while waiting for the rebound or do you take advantage of the decline to accumulate? Tell me in comments what you do (and why) 👇
