😬 Bitcoin sharply fell — the market caught a wave of liquidations

📉 From December 15 to 16, BTC dropped from $90,000 to nearly $85,000

💥 Result — liquidations of $658.9 million in just one day

🔻 The main blow fell on long positions:

— Longs: $583.15 million

— Shorts: $75.74 million

— 190,536 traders were affected

🔥 On assets:

🟠 Bitcoin — $186.07 million

🔵 Ethereum — $234.94 million

🏦 Top exchanges by liquidations:

🥇 Binance — $179.34 million

🥈 Bybit — $159.29 million

🥉 Hyperliquid — ~$153.88 million

💣 Largest single liquidation — $11.58 million on Binance

📉 Market pressure increased after the Fed's decision

🏦 On December 10, the rate was reduced by 0.25% → 3.5–3.75%, but the market reacted negatively

😱 Fear and greed index — 22

➡️ Pure fear, down 5 points in a day

📊 BTC dominance — 59.24%

💰 Price at the time of publication — $86,368

🧠 Reminder for market zoomers:

In October, BTC was above $125,000, and then the market experienced record liquidations of $19 billion