Why Is Bitcoin Crashing Today? The BTC USD Experiment Is Over As It Crashes to $81K
Yahoo Finance·2026-01-30 19:00

The Bitcoin experiment is over. Thank you, Mr. President. You’re all holding Beanie Babies now. Buy silver. Buy gold. At least this is how crypto Twitter and Reddit are reacting. The real fear – and for some, hope – is that will be affordable again within your lifetime.   CoinGecko screens worldwide lit up red as Bitcoin knifed down to 81,000,andthemarketbrokeinseconds.Morethan81,000, and the market broke in seconds. More than 1.68 Bn in leveraged positions vanished in a single day, a rapid unwind that caught traders flat-footed and overexpos ...