The recent price drop of Bitcoin is due to two separate dynamics. On the one hand, there is a reduction in buying pressure, as emerges from the order books, which seem to have been declining for days now. On the other hand, there are the forced liquidations of leveraged long positions, which increase selling pressure.
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US-listed spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds posted their first net outflows in nine sessions as $BTC slipped below $77,000 on Monday. Bitcoin ETFs saw $263 million in net outflows on Monday, marking the first outflows since mid-April, according to SoSoValue data. The losses came after spot ETFs drew $2.1 billion in inflows since April 13 as
As Bitcoin approached the $78k range, leverage quietly built beneath the surface, creating conditions for instability. Once the price slipped below $77k, over $100 million in long positions liquidated rapidly, triggering a cascade of forced selling. This move intensified as weekend liquidity thinned, allowing smaller flows to drive larger price swings. As per the chart