Stocks bounce on peace talks but Bitcoin gets left behind — short crypto proxies
Stocks are bouncing back on peace talks, but Bitcoin is being left behind, hovering below $60,000. With institutional money fleeing crypto ETFs and major holders threatening to sell, the path of least resistance for Bitcoin appears to be downward.
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Bitcoin is showing severe weakness by failing to bounce alongside the stock market after the US-Iran de-escalation news. This divergence suggests investors are aggressively pulling risk off the table, highlighted by a record $1.8 billion in weekly outflows from Bitcoin ETFs. The situation is exacerbated by Strategy Inc. (formerly MicroStrategy) announcing a potential $1.25 billion Bitcoin sale, which could flood the market with supply and trigger a further drop. With strategists warning of a 30% further decline from the $60,000 'critical battleground', highly correlated crypto-stocks like MSTR are primed for a sharp pullback.
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- Bitcoin dips to $59,700 as Iran de-escalation lifts stocks but not crypto — CoinDesk
- Strategy Says It May Sell Up to $1.25 Billion of Bitcoin — Bloomberg
- Bitcoin clings to key support level as weekly US spot ETF outflows hit $1.8B and Fed rate hike bets mount: analysts — The Block
- Bitcoin at ‘critical technical battleground' with potential 30% further drop, strategists say — CNBC