Bitcoin slid below $90,000, marking a 2.5% decline amid heightened geopolitical risks.
Crypto stocks like Strategy and MARA plunged over 5-7%, reflecting broader market turmoil.
Analysts see the pullback as healthy consolidation, but options signal potential downside to $80,000.
Bitcoin has dipped below $90,000 for the first time in recent weeks as President Donald Trump’s tariff threats on European nations intensify trade war fears and weigh on risk assets.
The cryptocurrency fell as low as $89,085 on Tuesday before rebounding to $90,535, with trading volume surging 14% to $68.6 billion.
Bitcoin Dips Below $90K Bitcoin price fell below $90,000 amid global market selloff triggered by tariff fears and geopolitical tensions.
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Geopolitical uncertainty mounts. The decline follows Trump’s vows to impose levies on eight European countries over the Greenland dispute, adding to a year of tariff-related volatility under his administration.
Bitfinex analysts stated: “The immediate market response to the proposed Greenland tariffs has been muted, but it adds another layer to the expected lasting geopolitical uncertainty that tariffs have established over the past year,”.
Crypto equities suffered, with Strategy (MSTR) dropping over 6% despite acquiring $2.1 billion in Bitcoin last week. MARA Holdings fell 5.7%, and SharpLink Gaming declined 7.8%.
SharpLink Gaming CEO Joseph Chalom remarked: “2025 was a year that DATs did their initial accumulation, 2026 needs to be the year of productivity,”.
Liquidations and market dynamics. The sell-off triggered $360 million in crypto futures liquidations, mostly longs, with Bitcoin’s implied volatility rising to 42%.
Wintermute called it a “violent but healthy” flush of leverage, supported by $1.4 billion in spot Bitcoin ETF inflows last week.
Options data from Derive.xyz shows a 30% chance of Bitcoin dropping below $80,000 by late June, with negative skew indicating downside hedging, according to Dr. Sean Dawson.
Kraken’s Matt Howells-Barby observed “asymmetric downside risk” in crypto markets.
Broader altcoins like Ether fell 4.6% to $2,976, and Solana dropped 1.7%.
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