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Bitcoin cracks $60,000, sinking to lowest level since October 2024

Strategy turned seller as spot bitcoin ETF outflows, higher rate expectations and AI-trade rotation pressured the cryptocurrency market.

  • Bitcoin fell below $60,000 on Friday, reaching its weakest level since October 2024. The cryptocurrency has dropped nearly 20% this week and sits more than 52% below its October peak above $126,000.
  • Michael Saylor's Strategy, Bitcoin's largest buyer, has turned seller, while persistent ETF outflows and Federal Reserve rate hike expectations have pressured the crypto market.
  • Investors are rotating capital from crypto into the artificial intelligence trade, with Dogecoin and Shiba Inu each falling about 9 percent as selling intensified in speculative assets.
  • The Nasdaq is lower by more than 2% Friday, reflecting broader market weakness. Privacy-focused Zcash plunged more than 40% overnight following discovery of a critical vulnerability.
  • Crypto investors face renewed concerns regarding whether artificial intelligence and quantum computing could expose weaknesses in protocols, adding technical risk to the volatile digital asset sector.
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Cryptocurrency has lost more than half of the value since the October peak, pressed by looting in ETFs, geopolitical tensions and speculative appetite migration for artificial intelligence-related assets

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