Cryptocurrency markets fell as global equities and precious metals sold off, while bitcoin liquidations exacerbated downside moves.

The bitcoin price has plummeted under the closely-watched $80,000 per bitcoin level, sparking fears that a full-blown bitcoin and crypto crash could be looming.

Bitcoin steadied after falling close to the lowest level since Donald Trump’s return to the White House, as some analysts said the weekend’s steep selloff has left crypto markets poised for a rebound.

Bitcoin is deep in a bear market, down about 37% from its October peak. January 30 marked the 10th largest liquidation event in the token's history.

The mean closing price of BTC over the past 200 weeks is a widely used long-term momentum indicator and a baseline for the traditional-four year bitcoin cycle. It has marked a market bottom in every previous cycle, and is currently at $57,926.

It is one of the largest Bitcoin miners in the world.

Bitcoin fell as low as about $74,500 early Monday, dipping below Strategy's average purchase price of $76,052 per token.

By Hannah Lang Feb 2 (Reuters) - Bitcoin investors liquidated $2.56 billion in recent days, according to data provider CoinGlass, as cryptocurrencies slumped following a sell-off in other risk assets,

U.S. stock futures fell Sunday, after a weekend slide by bitcoin and Friday’s massive sell-off in precious metals capped a tumultuous first month of 2026.

“When interest rates increase, fixed-income assets lose value, and investors, knowing that interest rates are easier to predict and may continue to increase, instead of holding a ‘fixed-income’ asset that will lose value in the short term, they cut losses and invest in riskier assets, like Bitcoin,” he said in a recent analysis.

The White House will try to broker compromise on key crypto legislation.

The original cryptocurrency recovered slightly on Monday.