Bitcoin’s price actions took a violent turn from yesterday’s quietness as the asset plunged by more than three and a half grand to $63,300.

The alternative coins have followed suit, and the total value of liquidated positions has skyrocketed to almost $230 million on a daily scale.

The start of the business week was quite positive for the primary cryptocurrency as the bulls drove it to its highest price tag since early June of $70,000.

However, the asset had little luck there and was quickly rejected. The retracement drove it south hard, and BTC ($94,241.00) found itself slipping under $65,500.

It managed to recover some ground yesterday and remained relatively quiet at around $66,800. Yet, the bears regained control once again in the past few hours and pushed it to a two-week low of $63,300 (on Bitstamp).

Despite bouncing off and currently trading close to $64,000, bitcoin is more than six grand away from its Monday top and is 2.5% down in the past 24 hours alone.

Bitcoin/Price/Chart 01.08.2024. Source: TradingView

The alternative coins are in an even worse state, with massive declines seen from WIF ($0.64) (-11%), RUNE ($1.38) (-7.5%), MNT ($0.74) (-7.3%), BONK ($0.00) (-7%), and ENS ($18.06) (7%).

The biggest losers from the larger-cap space include SOL ($148.45) (-6%), XRP ($2.20) (-5%), ADA ($0.71) (-4%), ETH ($1,793.62) (-3.5%), and DOGE ($0.18) (-3.5%).

Data from CoinGlass shows that nearly 70,000 traders have been wrecked in the past day due to this enhanced volatility. Interestingly, more ETH positions have been liquidated than BTC ($62 million vs. $61.5 million, respectively).

Overall, the total value of liquidated positions sits at $227 million as of writing these lines.

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