Macroeconomic Pressure: Broader financial markets are experiencing caution due to factors like last week's U.S. Federal Reserve meeting, which suggested a slower pace of interest rate cuts than many investors expected, and anticipation of a potential rate hike from the Bank of Japan this week. Higher interest rates often lead investors to rotate out of "risk assets" like cryptocurrency.

Forced Liquidations: The market recently saw a wave of forced liquidations of leveraged long positions, which can cause sharp, cascading price drops as automated selling kicks in.

Long-Term Holder Selling: Some long-term Bitcoin holders are consistently selling, creating ongoing supply and limiting upside price movement, despite accumulation by other institutional investors like spot Bitcoin ETFs.

Technical Breakdown: Bitcoin has broken below key short-term support levels, which has signaled bearish momentum to technical traders and contributed to the downward trend.

Lack of Liquidity: Trading volume has been lower, especially during weekend trading, making the market more susceptible to larger price swings from relatively smaller sell