Bitcoin (BTC) slid to its lowest level since April 2025 on Monday as a broad sell-off hit cryptocurrencies, commodities, and global equities.<\/p>\n
The move has placed crypto firmly inside a wider risk-off trade, with sharp losses in natural gas, precious metals, and stocks adding pressure to already fragile sentiment.<\/p>\n
According to data shared by The Kobeissi Letter on social media, the sell-off was severe and widespread, with natural gas prices the most affected, collapsing 15.5% in a single day.<\/p>\n
Precious metals, often considered safe havens, were not spared either: silver fell 8%, and gold dropped 5.5%, wiping<\/a> out more than 10 trillion from their market caps in just three days. The same account reported that U.S. stock futures continued to slide, with Nasdaq 100 futures down<\/a> 1.8%. South Korea\u2019s stock market also saw a drop of over 5% earlier in the session, leading to a halting<\/a> of all sell orders on the KOSPI.<\/p>\n Corporate insiders seem to have anticipated the turmoil, as The Kobeissi Letter reported that the ratio of insider stock sellers to buyers at U.S.-listed companies reached<\/a> 4.8 in January, the highest level since early 2021, suggesting executives were securing gains ahead of the downturn.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, in crypto, Bitcoin broke below $75,000 to hit its lowest level since April 2025, while Ethereum fell 10.5%. On X, analyst Ash Crypto noted that the total crypto market capitalization had erased<\/a> $700 billion in just two weeks, with more than $2.5 billion liquidated<\/a> on January 31.<\/p>\n The immediate catalyst for the weekend crash, however, was not a single geopolitical or macroeconomic news item. Analysts at The Kobeissi Letter described it as \u201centirely a liquidity situation,\u201d where excessive leverage in choppy markets created \u201cair pockets\u201d in price, leading to cascading liquidations.<\/p>\n At the time of writing, Bitcoin was trading around $76,400, down about 2% in the last 24 hours and nearly 13% over the past seven days, based on CoinGecko data. Furthermore, the asset has lost roughly 17% over the last two weeks and now sits nearly 40% below its all-time high set in October 2025, when it flew past $126,000. Meanwhile, on a yearly view, BTC is down close to 24%.<\/p>\n The cryptocurrency closed<\/a> January with a loss of over 10%, marking its fourth consecutive monthly decline. The last time Bitcoin saw four or more red monthly closes was during the 2018 bear market.<\/p>\n Trading over the last 24 hours ranged from around $74,500 to just over $79,000, showing sharp intraday swings as volatility picked up. But compared with the broader crypto market, Bitcoin\u2019s decline has been less severe than ETH\u2019s drop of over 23% in the last week, though it continues to weigh heavily on sentiment given its size and role as a benchmark.<\/p>\n The cross-market nature of the sell-off suggests investors are pulling capital from both risky and traditional defensive assets like gold. According to market watchers, this activity indicates a move toward cash, possibly driven by concerns over valuations and economic headwinds.<\/p>\n The post Bitcoin Touches 9-Month Low as Selling Hits Crypto, Metals, and Energy<\/a> appeared first on CryptoPotato<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Bitcoin (BTC) slid to its lowest level since April 2025 on Monday as a broad sell-off hit cryptocurrencies, commodities, and global equities. The move has placed crypto firmly inside a wider risk-off trade, with sharp losses in natural gas, precious metals, and stocks adding pressure to already fragile sentiment. A Cross-Asset Liquidation Event According to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":131686,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-131685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-discovery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131685"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=131685"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131685\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/131686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=131685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=131685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=131685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Bitcoin\u2019s Bearish Streak<\/h2>\n