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Bitcoin plunges to $70,000 as silver and gold renew their market crashes

Bitcoin plunges to $62,000 as silver and gold renew their market crashes

  • Bitcoin dropped to $62,000, down over 50% from its $126K October high, and has lost nearly 30% year-on-year. Total liquidations now top $947 million, and the crypto market is down $900 billion in 22 days.

  • Silver fell 16.6% intraday, now at $76.95/oz, while gold dropped to $4,859.20/oz. Gold is still up 68% year-on-year, widening its outperformance against Bitcoin.

  • Ethereum is down 23% this week, its worst since November 2022. Solana hit $88.42, off 24% this week, while XRP and others continue to slide.

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17:11Ether crashes to $1,911 as DeFi risks grow and losses pile up

Ether fell as much as 10% on Thursday, hitting $1,911 intraday, the lowest level since May.

The drop caps a brutal stretch for the second-largest crypto, now down about 20% in February, and on track for six straight months of losses, its longest losing streak since 2018.

The slide has erased around $345 billion in market value since last year’s peak, with Ether now down roughly 60% from that high. The latest crash is part of a broader crypto market meltdown, led by Bitcoin’s plunge, as investors retreat from risk and liquidity continues to vanish from the space.

Ether’s role in the DeFi ecosystem makes this more than just a price dip. Ethereum powers key infrastructure for stablecoins, real-world asset tokenization, and decentralized finance protocols.

Its use as collateral across DeFi platforms means a continued decline could trigger forced liquidations and create system-wide liquidity pressure.

To make things worse, January marked the third month in a row of net outflows from spot Ether ETFs.

16:58Bitcoin breaks $67k as faith in ‘digital gold’ unravels

Bitcoin sank below $67,000 on Thursday, deepening its slide and wiping out what’s left of the “digital gold” narrative.

From a peak just above $126,000 in early October, it’s now down over 45% and nearly 30% lower year-over-year, even as gold surged 68% during that same stretch.

The selling isn’t isolated. Ether has dropped 23% this week, its worst weekly performance since November 2022, when it lost 24%.

Solana hit $88.42, now off 24% this week, and trading near two-year lows. XRP and others are falling just as hard, as the entire crypto sector comes under pressure.

Bitcoin’s fall below $70,000 is being closely watched. James Butterfill, head of research at CoinShares, said the level is becoming a “key psychological line”, warning that failure to hold could send the price sliding into the $60,000–$65,000 range.

Investors are bailing as faith in crypto’s role as an inflation hedge, fiat alternative, and safe-haven collapses.

That collapse is happening alongside a broader tech meltdown, the State Street Technology ETF dropped 2.8% Wednesday, after falling 2.2% the day before.

12:30Bitcoin crashes below $70k as liquidations top $947M

Bitcoin just broke below $70,000, crashing to $69,988.65 on Coinbase, a daily loss of $3,009.35 or 4.12%, based on new TradingView data. This is the first time since September 2024 that Bitcoin has fallen back under the $70k line.

Total crypto liquidations have surged to $947.59 million, up +32.37% from earlier today, according to updated derivatives data. Open interest across all major tokens dropped to $104.59 billion, a decline of 2.88%, signaling broad risk-off sentiment.

Altcoins are bleeding across the board. Ethereum is down -7.83% at $2,085.04, while Solana is off -6.79% at $90.05. XRP leads the collapse with a 14.46% loss, now sitting at $1.3654. RSI readings have fallen to 34.64, flashing “WEAK” territory.

In equities, losses on MicroStrategy’s Bitcoin bet just crossed $3.5 billion, while the company’s position is now down nearly $40 billion in 4 months. Shares of MSTR slid 3.13%, and Coinbase fell 6.14%. Robinhood dropped 7.41%, while PayPal declined 1.61%.

Marketwide, synchronized selling is back. The Nasdaq 100 dropped more than 2% Wednesday, and declines continued today across Asia and Europe. AI names, crypto stocks, and fintech firms are all getting slammed—with no sign of relief yet.

09:57China tech stock slides into a bear market as tax fears hit confidence

Hong Kong-listed Chinese tech stocks officially slipped into bear market territory, marking a sharp reversal from last year’s rally.

The Hang Seng Tech Index fell more than 1%, pushing it just over 20% below its October peak and extending losses to a sixth straight session.

The selling is being driven by tax fears, not earnings. Traders are focused on the risk of a value-added tax hike on internet services, after authorities already raised VAT on parts of the telecom sector.

That has spooked investors into thinking internet platforms could be next, triggering broad de-risking across tech names.

The anxiety briefly spilled into online gaming and digital transactions, reviving memories of past regulatory crackdowns.

Officials moved quickly on Tuesday to dismiss speculation of a gaming levy, but the damage was already done.

Sentiment stayed fragile, especially with global tech markets already shaky due to AI-related disruption fears hitting software companies worldwide.

Some investors are pushing back on the panic. Lorraine Tan, director of equity research for Asia at Morningstar, said the decline looks more like a healthy pullback than a structural break, noting that losses are concentrated in areas that previously outperformed.

Others agree the fundamentals have not collapsed. Vey-Sern Ling, managing director at Union Bancaire Privée, said the sector’s outlook hasn’t materially worsened, though near-term catalysts remain hard to see.

05:19AI chip chaos rattles markets as oil drops and Asia sinks

S&P 500 futures rose 0.29% and Nasdaq 100 futures gained 0.45%, while Dow futures barely budged, up just 6 points. U.S. equities opened steady, but under the surface, volatility’s creeping back in as earnings and geopolitics clash.

Alphabet shares fell nearly 1% after warning of a surge in AI spending, projecting up to $185 billion in capital expenditures by 2026.

That’s sparked a mixed reaction; Nvidia and Broadcom both rallied as traders piled into AI-exposed names. But Qualcomm dropped 9%, hit by its weak forecast and warnings of a global memory shortage.

Oil prices dipped sharply after the U.S. and Iran agreed to resume talks in Oman this Friday. Despite ongoing tensions, traders took it as a de-escalation signal. WTI crude fell 1.4% to $64.26 while Brent slid 1.4% to $68.49.

Asian markets bled out, led by South Korea’s Kospi, which crashed 3.61% as chip leaders Samsung and SK Hynix plunged 5.68% and 5.44%, dragging down the entire sector. Hanwha Aerospace lost 5.36%, and the Kosdaq small-cap index was down 3.26%.

Elsewhere:

  • Nikkei dropped 0.97% as SoftBank fell over 6.75% on disappointing Arm licensing revenue

  • Hang Seng sank 1.22%, weighed by materials stocks

  • Shanghai lost 1.03%, CSI 300 fell 0.83%, and Australia’s ASX 200 slid 0.45%

04:55Bitcoin crash wipes out $900 billion as metals tank too

Bitcoin plunged to $70,832 this morning, triggering over $700 million in crypto liquidations across major exchanges.

In just 22 days, the crypto market has erased $900 billion in market cap, with nearly every major token posting double-digit losses today.

Ethereum fell -7.21% to $2,114.98, while Solana dropped -8.11% to $90.89. XRP crashed -9.68%, now at $1.442, and BNB sank -8.75% to $695.34.

Even meme coins and AI-related tokens are deep in the red, with losses stretching across all sectors from Layer-1s to DePIN.

In commodities, the collapse is spreading. Spot silver crashed 12.7% to $76.9495 an ounce in Singapore after an earlier spike above $90 during Asian hours.

Gold also dropped 3.5% intraday, and was down 2.1% to $4,859.20/oz at last check. Platinum and palladium followed suit, declining alongside the entire precious metals complex.

Meanwhile, the Dollar Spot Index ticked up 0.1%, a subtle but important shift as dollar strength quietly builds into this risk-off wave.

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