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$1 Trillion Gone in Weeks in Bitcoin Crash as Self-Fulfilling Prophecy Takes Centrestage
International Business Times ^ | 19 Nov 25 | Niloy Chakrabarti

Posted on 11/19/2025 6:41:30 AM PST by delta7

Bitcoin falling below $93,000 could trigger an accelerated liquidation cascade

The total cryptocurrency market cap has erased $1.2 trillion (£913.8 billion) of investor wealth in just over five weeks. Bitcoin prices have plummeted over 25% to below $90,000 (£68,536) this week, down from record highs of $126,000 (£95,951) in early October.

The last time Bitcoin traded below the $90,000 mark was seven months ago, erasing much of this year's gains and sparking widespread concern across the crypto industry.

The sharp decline has prompted questions about whether this is merely a temporary market correction or the start of a longer-term bear cycle that could last several years......


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The dreaded "liquidation cascade"? Economic cycles are the only certainty, and attempting to call the top ( or bottom) has always been a fool's game.
1 posted on 11/19/2025 6:41:30 AM PST by delta7
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To: delta7

It’s your standard tulip bulb market.

The housing market has a similar tulip bulb situation.


2 posted on 11/19/2025 6:43:19 AM PST by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: delta7

It’s just 1’s and 0’s in somebody’s computer...............


3 posted on 11/19/2025 6:44:29 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: delta7

Bitcoin doing what Bitcoin does.


4 posted on 11/19/2025 6:44:32 AM PST by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
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To: delta7

“liquidation cascade” = NewSpeak for “Run on the Bank”............


5 posted on 11/19/2025 6:45:21 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: delta7

A lot of bitcoin was bought with borrowed money - no regulation, so you can put 10% down.

Where have we seen this before?


6 posted on 11/19/2025 6:46:47 AM PST by proxy_user
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To: delta7
Right now, Bitcoin looks like it would taste more like "Bitcorn".
7 posted on 11/19/2025 6:47:53 AM PST by equaviator (Nobody's perfect. That's why they put pencils on erasers!)
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To: delta7

Bitcoin is a scam. Bitcoin is not backed by anything except greed and foolishness.


8 posted on 11/19/2025 6:50:55 AM PST by rod5591
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To: delta7

We are about 5 years away from the Federal Reserve rolling out digital currency. All of the money in bank accounts will be converted to government issued digital dollars. All transactions will be electronic. The government through the Federal Reserve will be able to freeze your accounts on a moment’s notice. Cash will become obsolete.

A future Democrat administration will be able to prevent citizens from giving money to unapproved charities or use money to buy firearms. Social credit scores will ultimately follow as well as wealth confiscation.


9 posted on 11/19/2025 6:51:08 AM PST by Soul of the South (The past is gone and cannot be changed. Tomorrow can be a better day if we work on it.)
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To: delta7

It is not a tangible asset. It has no intrinsic value.


10 posted on 11/19/2025 6:51:31 AM PST by P-Marlowe
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To: delta7

AI and Bitcoin, both are not real.


11 posted on 11/19/2025 6:52:13 AM PST by blackdog ((Z28.310) "Diggin the scene with a gangster lean" (Mayfield, Curtis) )
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To: delta7

Why do you think China needs all those coal fired power plants , they churn out Bitcoins and sell them to the fools ,LOL


12 posted on 11/19/2025 6:52:14 AM PST by butlerweave (Fateh)
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To: Soul of the South

No cash allowed?

If that’s the goal in five years, ending the minting of the penny will in retrospect look like a camel’s nose under the tent (Overton Window shifting).


13 posted on 11/19/2025 6:55:35 AM PST by one guy in new jersey
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I’m ruined!! At least I have my Cabbage Patch collection and Hot Wheels for my retirement.


14 posted on 11/19/2025 6:56:05 AM PST by BipolarBob (These violent delights have violent ends.)
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To: delta7; TexasGator
Self-fulfilling prophecy? Sounds familiar—Armstrong's been calling Bitcoin's "end" since 2019, forecasting total collapse... then it 10x'd anyway.

See his dud here (public service):

The End of Bitcoin Currency, Another Failed Forecast
15 posted on 11/19/2025 6:57:19 AM PST by CandyFloss
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To: equaviator

Actually,more like BitCON!


16 posted on 11/19/2025 6:59:09 AM PST by milagro (There is no peace in appeasement! There's maybe a little )
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To: delta7

Gone ? Where did it come from in the first place?


17 posted on 11/19/2025 7:00:23 AM PST by Texas Eagle ("Throw me to the wolves and I'll return leading the pack"- Donald J. Trump)
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To: Soul of the South

Yep, that’s why it bothers me that Trump is so very pro-crypto. He is accelerating the inevitable,,,,,a cashless society where the government has a trail of every single transaction you ever make!


18 posted on 11/19/2025 7:01:10 AM PST by volare737 ( Diversity is something to be overcome, not celebrated. )
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To: delta7

I’ve never understood Bitcoin so will never invest in it. It’s been explained to me that it is based on an algorithm and is harvested? No thank you.


19 posted on 11/19/2025 7:02:01 AM PST by bertmerc1
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To: Texas Eagle

Well...from what I am told someone “mines” it...however the heck THAT creates coin I still have a hard time understanding...something about solving algorythyms???


20 posted on 11/19/2025 7:10:09 AM PST by goodnesswins (Make educ institutions return to the Mission...reading, writing, math...not Opinions & propaganda)
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