Bitcoin falls to $57k as market bleeds amid fears of recession, war

Bitcoin (BTC) fell below key support levels as markets continued to bleed over the weekend due to fears of an impending global recession and escalating tensions in the Middle East.

The flagship crypto has fallen more than 8% since the start of the weekend to $57,040 — the lowest price recorded in almost three weeks.

BTC was trading at $57,718 as of press time, down over 4% over the past 24 hours, based on CryptoSlate data.

Altcoins bleed gains

Ethereum (ETH) fell to its lowest price level since April, falling over 6% over the past 24 hours to $2,613, before attempting a recovery.

The second largest crypto by market cap was trading at $2,745 as of press time, having reversed all of the gains from its run up to $3,400 in July after the launch of spot ETH exchange-traded funds.

Solana (SOL) saw one of the sharpest declines among the top ten, falling over 9% on Aug. 4 to a low of $131 before attempting a recovery.

Based on CryptoSlate data, SOL was trading at $133.6 and holding despite Bitcoin continuing its slide. BNB, Dogecoin (DOGE) and Avalanche (AVAX) saw similar declines, ranging between 6% to 7%, while Cardano (ADA) was down roughly 3%.

Meanwhile, Toncoin (TON) avoided the market rout and was trading at $5.86 as of press time, only down 0.03% over the last 24 hours. However, TON is down roughly 10% over the past week.

Despite attempts at recovery from key support levels, bulls have failed to stem the bleeding for now and the market is continuing to experience heavy sell pressure due to macroeconomic and geopolitical fears.

Longs rekt

The cryptocurrency markets steep decline led to extensive liquidations of long positions, with bullish futures bets facing severe losses. Data indicates that a total of $282.83 million was liquidated over the past 24 hours, impacting 104,193 traders.

Long positions accounted for $248.57 million of these liquidations, with Ethereum and Bitcoin longs suffering the most, at $89.77 million and $72.26 million, respectively. Solana saw $17.52 million in liquidations.

Binance was the hardest-hit exchange, recording $84.42 million in total liquidations, predominantly from long positions. The largest single liquidation order occurred on OKX, involving a BTC-USDT swap valued at $8.81 million.

At the time of press 6:47 pm UTC on Aug. 4, 2024, Bitcoin is ranked #1 by market cap and the price is down 5.2%over the past 24 hours. Bitcoin has a market capitalization of $1.14 trillionwith a 24-hour trading volume of $29.25 billion. Learn more about Bitcoin ›