At the time of this writing, BTC has retraced by roughly 2.5% in the past 24 hours, currently trading around $87,5000.<\/p>\n
The total liquidations for the same period stand at around $250 million, marking an increase of 27% compared to the previous day. Naturally, almost $200 million of those were long traders, according to data from Coinglass.<\/p>\n
The crash came following the push above $90,000, as the price reached as high as $90,536 (on Bitstamp).<\/p>\n
At this rate, Bitcoin is set to close the fourth quarter of 2025, charting a loss of around 22%. This would mark its weakest Q4 performance since the bear market in 2018. On-chain signals, macro pressure, as well as a notably fading speculative activity, all point to a fragile phase, at least in the short term.<\/p>\n Most of the leading altcoins are trading well in the red. Ethereum also failed to sustain its price above $3,000 and is currently located at around $2,950, charting a loss similar to that of BTC.<\/p>\n SOL, TRX, DOGE, ADA, XRP, BNB, and many others are down between 1.5% and 2%, while Zcash (ZEC) and Monero (XMR), both privacy-oriented coins, are down a more sustainable 6% on the day. Hyperliquid\u2019s HYPE is also down by 4.4%.<\/p>\n Today\u2019s biggest gainer is Provenance Blockchain\u2019s HASH token, which is up 8.4% in the past 24 hours, followed by Rain (up 6.5%).<\/p>\n On the other hand, Midnight (NIGHT) lost the most, as the token plunged by a whopping 21%. Next in line is PUMP \u2013 the native cryptocurrency of the popular token issuance platform on Solana \u2013 Pump.fun. It\u2019s down 13% over the same period.<\/p>\n The post Bitcoin Fails $90K Breakout as Market Retraces and Altcoins Suffer: Market Watch<\/a> appeared first on CryptoPotato<\/a>.<\/p>\n\nAltcoins Feel the Heat Too<\/h2>\n
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