The Great Bitcoin Stumble: $105K Dreams Dashed Amid Crowds and Cags

Bitcoin‘s Epic Wait: Is the Price Playing Hard to Get? 🤔

The digital titan has fallen from its lofty perch, tumbling down from the mythical $112K to languish below $105K, all while thousands of eager believers swarm Las Vegas like moths to a flame.

Masses Masquerade in Sin City, but Bitcoin’s Ego Remains Flat

Over 35,000 of the faithful clambered into the Venetian Resort last week, eyes glowing with hope or perhaps just the fluorescent lights. Yet, on Monday morning, the price looked as disappointed as a gambler who just lost his last chip—hovering stubbornly below $105K, despite the peak on May 22. You’d think it was playing hide-and-seek with the sky-high dreams, wouldn’t you?

Perchance it’s President Trump’s impromptu tariff declaration or the growing trade spat between giants that’s got Bitcoin sulking in its digital corner. Whatever the cause, the rally has hit a wall, and the markets seem to think, “Well, it’s just a small dip—probably.” The stock indices agree, with the S&P 500 down 0.13%, Dow dips 0.50%, and Nasdaq bravely rises a mere 0.2%—an exhilarating rollercoaster… of mediocrity.

Meanwhile, crypto is playing the same game—down 0.78%, as if it’s on a diet and sad about it. Yet, despite shedding 0.80% over the last day and refusing to climb above $105K, our heroic Bitcoin ( BTC ) still dreams of soaring to $120K before summer’s curtain. Standard Chartered is whispering sweet nothings about the future—”It will rise,” they say. Or maybe just wishful thinking wrapped in fancy graphs.

As more folks rush into crypto like kids to candy, hoping for riches and glory, the current price stagnation is, of course, the calm before the inevitable storm. Or so they say. Or maybe just the market’s idea of a joke. Who knows?

Market Metrics: The Slow Dance of Bitcoin

Bitcoin traded in a narrow corridor of $103,727.55 to $105,930.65—less volatility than a lazy river, with prices sliding from recent heights as if trying to find a comfortable spot. At the time of writing, it’s hanging around $104,377.45, down 0.80% in a day, and down 4.61% over a week—a gentle reminder that even digital gold isn’t immune to Monday blues.

(BTC price / Trading View)

And just to keep things interesting, 24-hour trading volume shot up by 22.27% to a colossal $42.53 billion—a typical weekend binge, apparently. Market cap? Down a tad—0.68% to $2.07 trillion—probably just shy of buying a small country. Meanwhile, Bitcoin’s dominance shrank to 64.30%, as capital slips away into other coins or perhaps just into a coffee cup.

(BTC dominance / Trading View)

Open interest in Bitcoin futures remains as stable as a statue—just a whisper down by 0.03% to $72.22 billion. Liquidations? Tiny, like a mouse sneezing—only $149,130. The bulls mostly guessed wrong, with long liquidations at $145,160—shorts barely played their hand at $3,970. It’s a game of digital chess, and everyone’s just waiting for the next move.

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2025-06-02 21:38