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The opened the week with some green on Monday, but over the last 24 hours, things have turned red. The total market cap sits near $2.28 trillion after a small drop of less than $3 billion. Bitcoin holds steady around $66,500-$66,800, but altcoins feel the heat. Why is the down today? Let’s break it down step by step with clear reasons and what to watch next.$BTC ‌

A popular trader with more than 30 years of experience in financial markets and author of the 60-day cycle theory for BTC, Bob Loukas, released on Monday another outlook of Bitcoin’s price. Unlike the optimistic charts, analyses and predictions that flooded the crypto space after the weekend, his outlook can hardly be called bullish.$BTC ‌

The price of Bitcoin, the leading cryptocurrency, surged sharply higher on Monday, reaching an intraday peak of $69,401.
According to data provided by CoinGecko, roughly $80 million worth of shorts has been liquidated in mere minutes. $BTC ‌

ETH $ETH ‌also recorded higher liquidation losses for long-position traders.
Ethereum long traders were wiped out of $49.31 million within the last 24 hours. Other notable assets with long position losses include Bitcoin with $124.76 million, Solana with $21.56 million and Pepe with $1.17 million.

XRP traders who bet on the asset’s potential rise could suffer massive losses. Already, in the period under consideration, XRP long-position traders have lost $4.44 million. The total liquidation for XRP stood at $6.06 million as short position traders recorded a wipe-off worth $1.62 million$XRP ‌

Bitcoin traded at $66,812, holding above key support at $66,224 despite negative market sentiment over the past 24 hours. The broader crypto market showed cautious positioning. Short-term Bitcoin price prediction models indicate consolidation. Sustained defense of support could stabilize momentum as traders assess macroeconomic risks.
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Every major crypto bull run in the last decade followed the same script, markets drop hard enough to shake out weak hands, fear takes over, and then the recovery comes so fast that anyone who waited misses the best entry entirely.

Meanwhile, Ether hovered near US$1,950 after tumbling roughly 10 percent in the immediate aftermath of the escalation.
Bitcoin remains down about 23 percent year-to-date and nearly 50 percent off its October peak of US$126,000, with some Wall Street analysts warning a move toward US$50,000 is possible before any durable recovery takes hold.
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Bitcoin drifted back below $67,000 late Sunday as uncertainty surrounding the Iran-Israel conflict continued to weigh on global risk assets.
The token was down roughly 1 percent over 24 hours, after swinging sharply in response to US-Israel air strikes on Iran and retaliatory activity across the region. Prices had plunged to around US$63,255 early Saturday during the initial shock, only to rebound above US$68,000 later that day amid unconfirmed reports about Iran’s leadership.$BTC ‌

Bitcoin fell back below US$67,000 after US-Israel air strikes on Iran and subsequent regional retaliation drove the token as low as US$63,255.
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ProCap now owns 5,457 bitcoin, worth nearly $375 million as of Monday morning, and has over 82 million basic shares still outstanding, according to a statement.
Publicly-traded bitcoin treasuries have generally seen their share value deteriorate dramatically amid BTC's massive price drop, a decline that kicked off late last year. ProCap's shares, trading just over $10 per share for months after it began accumulating bitcoin, plummeted in November. The company's shares, ticker BRR, rose about 6% Monday morning $BTC ‌to $2.80

Crypto influencer and investor Anthony Pompliano's Bitcoin treasury company said Monday it has purchased 450 BTC as it steps up efforts to buyback its own shares.
"We are doing two things at the same time: buying Bitcoin to average down our total cost basis and buying back our own stock when the market misprices it," said Pompliano, who serves as both chairman and CEO of his digital asset treasury ProCap Financial. "Both actions are accretive to our shareholders. Our disciplined approach to our balance sheet has put us in a position to play offense now that Bitcoin has significantly fallen fro

Vitalik Buterin said Ethereum’s state tree and virtual machine generate over 80% of zero-knowledge proving costs. He warned that reducing these costs is essential as ZK technology becomes central to Ethereum’s long-term roadmap.
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Bitcoin edged higher, in the $69,000 level, climbing about 5% in just 50 minutes. That sudden move added roughly $60 billion to its market capitalization, as per a Coinpedia report.$BTC ‌