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The crypto market witnessed a broader selloff on Friday, causing the global crypto market cap to fall almost 4% to $1.61 trillion. The Friday’s expiry wreaks havoc on traders and investors, with nearly $250 million liquidated over the last 24 hours. The Crypto Fear &amp; Greed Index slips from 63 (greed) to 56 (neutral). 
Bitcoin price plunges within hours from $42,720 to a low of $40,631, extending the 24-hour fall to almost 4%. Top altcoins Ethereum (ETH), Solana (SOL), XRP, Cardano (ADA), and others also witnessed a 3-7% drop within hours. 
LUNC price tumbled 9% in the past 24 hours after the recent <a href="https://coingape.com/lunc-news-heres-why-terra-luna-classic-evm-validator-proposals-failed/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">proposals failed</a>, with the price currently trading at $0.000113. 
<h2 id="crypto-market-selloff-on-friday-s-expiry">Crypto Market Selloff on Friday’s Expiry</h2> 
Traders anticipated a major liquidation after the <a href="https://coingape.com/blackrock-fidelity-bitwise-lead-in-3-billion-total-spot-bitcoin-etf-inflow/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">spot Bitcoin ETFs</a> listings, which kept the crypto market stagnant throughout the week. 
Notably, 22,000 BTC options of notional value $890 million are set to expire on January 19, with a put-call ratio of 1.1. The max pain point is $44,000, indicating that traders are under selling pressure. <a href="https://coingape.com/price/bitcoin" target="_blank" rel="noopener">BTC price</a> fell 4%, with the price currently trading at $41,419. 
<img decoding="async" class="aligncenter wp-image-175250" src="https://coingape.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/screenshot-metrics.deribit.com-2024.01.19-12_21_14.png" alt="Bitcoin options" width="785" height="282" srcset="https://coingape.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/screenshot-metrics.deribit.com-2024.01.19-12_21_14.png 1894w, https://coingape.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/screenshot-metrics.deribit.com-2024.01.19-12_21_14-300x108.png 300w, https://coingape.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/screenshot-metrics.deribit.com-2024.01.19-12_21_14-1224x439.png 1224w, https://coingape.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/screenshot-metrics.deribit.com-2024.01.19-12_21_14-768x276.png 768w, https://coingape.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/screenshot-metrics.deribit.com-2024.01.19-12_21_14-1536x551.png 1536w, https://coingape.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/screenshot-metrics.deribit.com-2024.01.19-12_21_14-150x54.png 150w" sizes="(max-width: 785px) 100vw, 785px"> 
Moreover, 211,000 ETH options of notional value $520 million are set to expire, with a put call ratio of 0.55. The max pain point is $2,500, which is also higher than the current price of $2,469. <a href="https://coingape.com/price/ethereum" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ETH price</a> is down 3% in the last 24 hours, with a 24-hour low of $2,426. 
<img decoding="async" class="aligncenter wp-image-175253" src="https://coingape.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/screenshot-metrics.deribit.com-2024.01.19-12_42_09.png" alt="Ethereum ETH options" width="777" height="282" srcset="https://coingape.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/screenshot-metrics.deribit.com-2024.01.19-12_42_09.png 1886w, https://coingape.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/screenshot-metrics.deribit.com-2024.01.19-12_42_09-300x109.png 300w, https://coingape.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/screenshot-metrics.deribit.com-2024.01.19-12_42_09-1224x445.png 1224w, https://coingape.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/screenshot-metrics.deribit.com-2024.01.19-12_42_09-768x279.png 768w, https://coingape.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/screenshot-metrics.deribit.com-2024.01.19-12_42_09-1536x558.png 1536w, https://coingape.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/screenshot-metrics.deribit.com-2024.01.19-12_42_09-150x54.png 150w" sizes="(max-width: 777px) 100vw, 777px"> 
<h2 id="crypto-market-saw-250-million-liquidation">Crypto Market Saw $250 Million Liquidation</h2> 
Coinglass data indicate massive liquidation of $250 million today, January 19. Over 103K&nbsp;traders were liquidated in the last 24 hours, with the largest single liquidation order on&nbsp;Binance’s BTCUSDT&nbsp;worth&nbsp;$7.31 million. As a result of the broader selloff, the crypto market is in “red” today. 
BTC, ETH, and SOL longs lead the liquidation ranks. $2.3 million XRP longs liquidated from a total liquidation of $2.6 million. 
Bitcoin and Ethereum futures open interest plunges to below $18 billion and $8.5 billion. However, it could start rising again after the expiry, expecting a recovery from recent selling pressure. Options look better despite the expiry, calls for Bitcoin and Ethereum are still high, but an overall drop in volume in the last 24 hours. 
Also Read:&nbsp;<a title="Here’s Why Crypto Market Is Down Today, Short-Term Bitcoin ETF Impact Largely Over" href="https://coingape.com/why-crypto-market-is-down-today-short-term-bitcoin-etf-impact-largely-over/" target="_blank" rel="bookmark noopener">Here’s Why Crypto Market Is Down Today, Short-Term Bitcoin ETF Impact Largely Over</a> 
<h2 id="macro-impacts">Macro Impacts</h2> 
Strong US dollar causing selling pressure on Bitcoin. The&nbsp;US dollar index&nbsp;(<a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/index/dxy" target="_blank">DXY</a>) reverses back above 103.50 from 101 in early January. 
Moreover, the U.S. 10-year treasury yields rising again above 4% is further putting selling pressure on Bitcoin. The <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.cnbc.com/quotes/US10Y" target="_blank">US10Y</a> is at 4.151%, jumping above the 4% level this week after the spot Bitcoin ETFs listing. 
Hawkish Federal Reserve officials tempered expectations of an interest rate cut in March. Data released on Thursday showed that initial jobless claims unexpectedly declined to 187K, the lowest level since September last year. 
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 Remember when Doomers were panicking over initial claims and I kept telling folks not to get worried about it? 
 Initial claims (red) have been plummeting since mid-2023 and the 4-week moving average has also been declining steadily. 
 187k initial claims, the lowest since Sep.’22. <a href="https://t.co/aIXQOAKpGR">pic.twitter.com/aIXQOAKpGR</a> 
 — Caleb Franzen (@CalebFranzen) <a href="https://twitter.com/CalebFranzen/status/1747983047960490104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 18, 2024</a>
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Also Read: <a href="https://coingape.com/bitcoin-dumping-continues-as-btc-price-tanks-under-41000-is-grayscale-behind-this/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bitcoin Dumping Continues As BTC Price Tanks Under $41,000, Is Grayscale Behind This?</a> 
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