Overview
- Bitcoin fell below $60,000 this week and touched lows near $58,100, marking its weakest levels since late 2024 and extending a drawdown of roughly half from the October 2025 peak.
- Sustained net outflows from U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs forced immediate selling of the funds' underlying BTC, and one-day ETF withdrawals reached the largest levels seen in recent sessions.
- A hotter-than-expected PCE inflation print on June 25 raised odds of tighter Fed policy and sparked a wave of leveraged liquidations that wiped out more than $1 billion of crypto positions in a short span.
- Derivatives positioning and a major quarterly options expiry worth about $10–13 billion amplified volatility by concentrating liquidity near key strikes and encouraging short additions in futures open interest.
- Marketwatchers worry that selling by long-term and large holders, plus pressure on big corporate holders such as MicroStrategy, could force further supply onto exchanges and expose lower technical targets if $58k–$60k fails to hold.