Bitcoin Plunges Below $101K, Leaving Traders to Face a $700M Wake-Up Call

Ah, Bitcoin. Once the darling of the financial world, now trudging down to $101,645, a 2.79% drop in the last 24 hours. Ethereum is playing second fiddle at $2,432, following suit with a modest 2.9% decline. It seems like the crypto world is in a bit of a tailspin, with over $699.71 million in leveraged positions wiped out in the last 24 hours. Isn’t that just delightful?

BTC/USD 1H chart via Bitstamp on May 12, 2025.

The liquidation party doesn’t stop there. Long traders lost a cool $484.85 million, while short traders managed to contribute $214.86 million to the chaos. Bitcoin’s traders had the worst of it, losing $80.02 million, with Ethereum not far behind at $45.49 million. It’s almost as if the market decided to throw a tantrum and take everyone’s money with it.

Oh, and let’s not forget the other tokens, which tossed in another $31.53 million to the growing pile of misery. The biggest loss of the day? A single liquidation on Bybit’s BTC/USD pair, ringing up a tidy $11 million. Truly, nothing says “I’m on top of the world” quite like watching that chart plunge from a local high of $105,706 down to an intraday low of $100,764. Though there was a small recovery, it’s hardly enough to soothe the bruised ego of any investor looking at those red volume bars on the chart. Looks like the $105,000 mark is holding strong as an impenetrable fortress. Who knew resistance could be so… resistant?

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2025-05-12 22:45