Price slide continues: Bitcoin temporarily falls below $75,000 – Ethereum and Co. also fall lower at times
Cryptocurrencies are still under massive selling pressure at the start of the week after Bitcoin slipped below the $80,000 mark over the weekend.
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• Price slide on the crypto market continues
• Bitcoin temporarily below 75,000 US dollars
• Expert: Investors are thinking more about risks again
Bitcoin initially continued the downward trend of the past few days on Monday and fell to its lowest level in nine months. During the course of trading, the oldest and best-known cryptocurrency temporarily slipped to below $75,000. Since Thursday, the price has fallen by more than $20,000 and reached its lowest level since April. During trading, Bitcoin was able to make up for early losses and was last traded at around $78,840 on CoinMarketCap.
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However, Ethereum saw an even sharper decline at the start of the week: the number two on the crypto market temporarily lost 4.90 percent to 2,286.14 US dollars compared to the previous day.
In addition, Ripple temporarily lost 1.73 percent to 1.62 US dollars, while the Solana price fell by 1.67 percent to 103.17 US dollars.
But Ethereum, Ripple and Solana also began to recover over the course of the day.
The latest decline continues the long-standing downward trend in digital currencies. Bitcoin alone has lost around 40 percent of its value since its record high of $126,198.07 in October 2025.
Broad market distortions and systemic risks
However, the current correction is not just limited to the crypto markets. At the same time as the price slide for Bitcoin and Co., the price of other asset classes such as gold and silver is also falling significantly, which indicates a broader market stress situation. According to Reuters, there was a sharp sell-off in precious metals, triggering panic selling in stocks, derivatives and cryptocurrencies. This correlation highlights how intertwined risk assets are today and how quickly negative impulses can be amplified in different markets at the same time.
One of the driving mechanisms behind the sell-off on the crypto market is also likely to be liquidations of leveraged positions. When certain price levels are broken, automated stop loss and margin calls trigger sell orders, further accelerating the downtrend. “Sometimes these price adjustments are self-reinforcing,” Brian Jacobsen, chief economist at Annex Wealth Management, told Reuters over the weekend. According to him, the abrupt fall in prices on Friday reminded people of the risks. Therefore, it is “possible, if not likely, that we will see further sales in the next few days.”
Macroeconomic uncertainties surrounding the new Fed chief
In addition to technical factors, a difficult macroeconomic environment is aggravating the mood of market participants. According to Reuters, the nomination of Kevin Warsh as the new Fed chairman has led to increased uncertainty, causing many investors to prefer risk-averse strategies and withdraw their capital from volatile assets such as cryptocurrencies. For example, Warsh is aiming to reduce the Fed’s balance sheet, which will be negatively received in the crypto markets, as Bitcoin and Co. are seen as beneficiaries of a large Fed balance sheet.
“The market is currently betting that Warsh, as the possible new Fed chief, would not be perceived as an extension of Trump, but as an independent actor with institutional credibility,” said analyst Timo Emden from Emden Research. In his opinion, investors obviously see Warsh’s personality as an indication of a more restrictive course by the central bank in the future, which will be at the expense of risky assets such as Bitcoin.
In addition, there is “currently a cocktail of uncertainty on the market, consisting of monetary policy imponderables and geopolitical risks,” said Emden. Above all, the ongoing uncertainty about the future interest rate in the USA as well as tensions in several regions of the world have significantly dampened investors’ willingness to take risks.
Editorial team finanzen.net / dpa-AFX)
