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Major Ethereum struggled to maintain its critical $2,000 support level. XRP and Dogecoin also faced increased selling pressure.
Shares of crypto-linked companies also retreated, with MicroStrategy Inc. (NASDAQ:MSTR) and Bitmine Immersion Technologies Inc. (NYSE:BMNR) finishing the session down 3.58% and 1.98%, respectively.
More than $450 million in cryptocurrency positions were liquidated over the last 24 hours, with $400 million of that total consisting of long positions, as extreme fear sentiment prevailed in the market.
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Blockchain analytics firm CryptoQuant pointed to a “structurally fragile setup” emerging for Bitcoin, defined by a combination of lackluster spot demand and aggressive bullish demand in the derivatives market.
