{"id":93876,"date":"2026-02-03T16:29:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T13:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=93876"},"modified":"2026-02-03T16:30:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T13:30:16","slug":"experts-identify-three-factors-behind-bitcoins-decline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/experts-identify-three-factors-behind-bitcoins-decline\/","title":{"rendered":"Experts Identify Three Factors Behind Bitcoin&#8217;s Decline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The leading cryptocurrency has fallen <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/analysts-warn-of-further-bitcoin-losses-after-80000-breach\">below $80,000<\/a> for the first time since April 2025. The drop triggered forced liquidations amounting to $2.55 billion, analysts at Wintermute noted.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bofg17Ddtl\">https:\/\/t.co\/bofg17Ddtl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Wintermute (@wintermute_t) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wintermute_t\/status\/2018624339344851125?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 3, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Experts described this event as the tenth largest liquidation volume in the industry&#8217;s history. The main sell-offs occurred over a low-liquidity weekend. The market reacted with a delay, &#8220;digesting the accumulated negative sentiment from the week.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Experts identified three reasons that triggered the bearish scenario:<\/p>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Weak reports from tech giants.<\/strong> The results of the <span data-descr=\"a group of seven leading American tech companies dominating the US stock market\" class=\"old_tooltip\">&#8216;Magnificent Seven&#8217;<\/span>, especially Microsoft, disappointed investors. This cast doubt on the sustainability of the narrative surrounding artificial intelligence.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/trump-nominates-crypto-friendly-kevin-warsh-to-lead-the-fed\"><strong>The nomination of Kevin Warsh.<\/strong><\/a> The nomination of the financier to head the <span data-descr=\"Federal Reserve System of the United States\" class=\"old_tooltip\">Federal Reserve<\/span> was initially perceived by the market as a signal for tight monetary policy.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Precious metals crash.<\/strong> The fall in gold and silver triggered a wave of margin calls that also affected digital assets.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Wintermute acknowledged the onset of a bear market. Cryptocurrencies are showing worse performance compared to traditional assets.<\/p>\n<p>However, the current crisis differs from previous cycles. It is driven by macroeconomic trends and natural deleveraging, rather than the bankruptcy of major players like <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/greed-and-recklessness-why-the-ftx-collapse-is-being-likened-to-the-2008-crisis\">FTX<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/terras-death-spiral-how-and-why-luna-and-ust-collapsed\">Terra<\/a>. The market infrastructure has become stronger, and institutional interest has not disappeared but shifted to a wait-and-see mode.<\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin is in a &#8220;price discovery&#8221; phase. Analysts suggested a market recovery in the second half of 2026, when the future policy of the Federal Reserve becomes clearer.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in January, Bitwise analysts <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/bitwise-declares-end-of-bear-market\">stated<\/a> that the fourth quarter of 2025 marked the end of the bear cycle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The leading cryptocurrency has fallen below $80,000 for the first time since April 2025. The drop triggered forced liquidations amounting to $2.55 billion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":93877,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"Bitcoin falls below $80,000, triggering $2.55 billion in liquidations.","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[18,1145,1149],"class_list":["post-93876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-bitcoin","tag-market-analysis","tag-wintermute"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"123","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"Bitcoin falls below $80,000, triggering $2.55 billion in liquidations.","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93876"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93876\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93878,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93876\/revisions\/93878"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}