🚨 JUST IN: BTC STRUGGLES BELOW $69K – 4TH WEEK OF DECLINE, $2T WIPED OUT 🚨
Bitcoin continues to trade below $69,000 after failing to hold above $70K over the weekend. The broader crypto market has now lost nearly $2 TRILLION in value since October 2025 .
📊 Current Market Snapshot (Feb 16):
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$BTC Price: ~$68,400 (down 2.2% today, down 40% from $127K ATH)
🔥 Liquidations: 118,000+ traders wiped out – $334M total
📉 ETF Outflows: $8.4B+ exited spot Bitcoin ETFs since October
⚠️ 4 Straight Weeks: BTC closes 4th consecutive week in the red
📰 What's Driving This:
🔹 ETF Outflows Accelerating: US spot Bitcoin ETFs shed $410M in a single day this week – BlackRock's IBIT took the hardest hit at $157M . Since Jan 27, over $1.3B has flowed OUT of Bitcoin ETFs .
🔹 Institutional Rotation: Capital is leaving crypto ETFs and flowing into international equity markets as Treasury yields rise .
🔹 Geopolitical Risk: Trump signals support for Israeli strike on Iran if talks fail – markets hate uncertainty .
🔹 Fed Uncertainty: Rate cut hopes fading – PCE data and Fed minutes due this week .
📉 Analyst Warnings:
⚠️ Standard Chartered: Slashed year-end target to $100K, warns BTC could dip to $50K first
⚠️ Critical Support: $60,000 – breaking this could trigger cascade liquidations
⚠️ 200-Week MA: ~$58,000 – "last line of defense" for bulls
⚠️ Ned Davis Research: scenario suggests BTC could fall to $31K (55% downside)
🔮 Polymarket Odds:
📊 82% chance BTC hits $65K this year
📊 60% chance BTC hits $55K
💡 The Bright Side:
✅ Open Interest rebuilding: BTC futures OI at $43.55B – down but stabilizing
✅ Stablecoin inflows: $5.5B added to stablecoin market cap recently
✅ Institutional confidence intact: Pi42 CEO says "recent correction appears less like panic and more like repositioning"
👇 Bottom or more pain?
Loading dips or staying cash?
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