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Bitcoin Sinks to Low $64,000s as Tariff Shock Triggers Deleveraging

Analysts blame high leverage with thin liquidity for a macro-driven reset.

Overview

  • Bitcoin briefly fell toward $64,000 before stabilizing near the mid-$60,000s, extending a weekly slide and leaving the token roughly 47%–50% below its October peak.
  • U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs notched a fifth straight week of outflows totaling about $3.8 billion, while ETH investment products saw roughly $36 million in weekly redemptions, according to fund-flow trackers.
  • Rapid deleveraging erased roughly $500 million to $616 million in positions across crypto, with most liquidations hitting longs in Bitcoin and Ethereum, CoinGlass data show.
  • The latest drop followed tariff-policy turmoil after a Supreme Court ruling and President Trump’s move to raise proposed global import tariffs to 15%, with tensions involving Iran further pressuring risk assets.
  • Sentiment slid into extreme fear as panic signals like a surge in “Bitcoin to zero” searches appeared, while traders watched $60,000 as key support and several analysts framed the decline as a macro shock rather than a structural breakdown.