Bitcoin

<h2 id="header-0">Key Facts</h2>
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 <li>Bitcoin traded at $83,507 as of 9:10 a.m. ET Wednesday, down 3% over 24 hours, after Brent crude rose above $101 and the 10-year Treasury yield climbed to about 5.35%.</li>
 <li>Crypto liquidations reached about $556 million in the 24 hours to late Tuesday, and $487 million of that came from long bets as Bitcoin fell from about $85,500, CoinGlass data show.</li>
 <li>Glassnode identifies $81,000 as the level to watch if the slide continues, while a settled close above $85,500 would clear the market’s main resistance zone.</li>
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Bitcoin (<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/bitcoin/">BTC</a>) fell back to the bottom of the range it has held since its Sept. 21 breakout as oil and Treasury yields climbed overnight. The Federal Reserve's minutes, due this afternoon, are the next test.
The drop late Tuesday <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.theblock.co/news/markets/2026-10-06-bitcoin-slides-crypto-long-liquidations-surge-417882">flushed</a> nearly half a billion dollars of <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://coinmarketcap.com/academy/glossary/long">long</a> bets. Glassnode <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://research.glassnode.com/the-week-onchain-week-40-2026/">found</a> that the rally was resting on derivatives bets more than on new buyers. A break of the buy orders near $81,000 would bring more forced selling into play, the firm says.
The on-chain analytics firm sees a thin market under the price.
"The market now leans on positioning more than on fresh demand," Glassnode's Frederik Theissen wrote in the firm's weekly report on Wednesday.
<h2 id="header-1">Why Did Bitcoin Fall Overnight? Longs Unwound as Oil Climbed</h2>
Brent crude rose above $101 a barrel after Iran stepped up its attacks on tankers, CoinDesk <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/10/07/bitcoin-dips-below-usd84-000-as-oil-jumps-on-iranian-tanker-attacks">reported</a>. The 10-year Treasury yield also climbed to about 5.35%.
Most of Bitcoin's fall came in two hours late Tuesday, CoinMarketCap data show.
"Bitcoin's pullback appears primarily driven by profit-taking and forced long liquidations," Dominick John of Zeus Research told The Block. He tied the selling to a build-up in open interest and funding rates before the drop.
<h2 id="header-2">How Much Leverage Cleared? Nearly Half a Billion in Longs</h2>
About $556 million of crypto positions were <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://coinmarketcap.com/academy/glossary/liquidation">liquidated</a> over 24 hours, and $487 million of that came from longs, CoinGlass data compiled by The Block show. Exchanges close those positions when traders using <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://coinmarketcap.com/academy/glossary/leverage">leverage</a> can no longer cover their losses.<tweet-embed url="https://x.com/coinglass_com/status/2107597361417535836"></tweet-embed>
It is the second flush since the breakout. Longs <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://coinmarketcap.com/academy/article/bitcoin-price-drops-below-dollar84k-as-crypto-longs-lose-dollar392m">lost</a> $392 million on Sept. 28, and futures traders <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://coinmarketcap.com/academy/article/bitcoin-price-holds-dollar83k-as-traders-cash-out-of-futures">cashed</a> out of positions the next day.
<h2 id="header-3">Is the Range Still Intact? Yes, While $83,000 Holds</h2>
Bitcoin has traded between about $83,000 and $87,000 since the breakout. Wednesday's low so far sits above the Sept. 28 low, CoinMarketCap data show.
"If $83,000 holds, it would show that sellers cannot force the price back into its previous trading band," Giottus CEO Vikram Subburaj <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/10/07/down-but-not-out-bitcoin-s-stair-step-bullish-trajectory-is-still-intact">told</a> CoinDesk.
Fund buyers held firm. US spot Bitcoin <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://coinmarketcap.com/academy/glossary/exchange-traded-fund-etf">ETFs</a> took in $118.8 million on Tuesday, Farside <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://farside.co.uk/btc/">data</a> show. Santiment data also show holders moving coins off exchanges before the drop.<tweet-embed url="https://x.com/SantimentData/status/2107612882145857945"></tweet-embed>
<h2 id="header-4">What Would Break It? Losing the Bids Near $81K</h2>
The largest block of buy orders sits near $81,000, with a cluster of liquidation levels just above it, Glassnode found. Trading volume is also among the thinnest since early 2024.
FxPro sees a break of $83,000 opening a quick path to $80,000, CoinDesk reported.
Rising <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://coinmarketcap.com/academy/glossary/interest-rates">rates</a> are part of the backdrop. Bitcoin has reacted to Fed tightening much like other risky assets since late 2020, a <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0261560623000815">study</a> in the Journal of International Money and Finance found.
If the bids near $81,000 give way, the next cluster of liquidation levels Glassnode maps sits near $75,000. The minutes of the Fed's September meeting, when it raised rates, come out on Wednesday afternoon.
"The market had already priced in that hike, so traders are now looking at whether the notes sound patient or still point to one more increase before the end of the year," LVRG Research chief analyst Dan Khus told CoinDesk.
Further Reading: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://coinmarketcap.com/academy/article/kraken-payward-us-hyperliquid-perps-onchain">Kraken's Parent Plans US Hyperliquid Perps: Will They Feel On-Chain?</a>

Why Is Bitcoin Falling? Oil, Yields and a $487M Long Flush

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