Published: Tuesday, October 14, 2025 · 8:08 PM | Updated: Tuesday, October 14, 2025 · 8:08 PM
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This article first appeared on GuruFocus.
Bitcoin (BTC-USD) took another sharp hit Tuesday, extending a historic selloff that erased more than $150 billion in market value within a single day. The decline followed a cascade of forced liquidationsroughly $19 billion in leveraged positionstriggered after US President Donald Trump warned of tougher tariffs on China in response to its new export curbs. The geopolitical flare-up sent ripples through global risk assets, with Bitcoin sliding as much as 5% to just below $110,000 in New York, while Ether fell 9.3% to under $3,900.
What began as a weekend correction quickly evolved into a sentiment reset. Investors withdrew an estimated $756 million from US Bitcoin and Ether ETFs on Monday, underscoring a flight from risk and renewed caution across digital markets. Analysts at Glassnode described this phase as one of consolidationwhere traders could adopt more selective and measured positioning. Timothy Misir, head of research at BRN, noted that a decisive move below $110,000 may test Bitcoin’s $104,000$108,000 liquidity band, suggesting a market still searching for equilibrium after the leveraged unwind.
The damage has spilled into equities exposed to crypto holdings. Shares of Japan’s Metaplanet Inc., which has amassed significant Bitcoin reserves, sank 12% in Tokyo, driving its enterprise value below the value of its token holdings for the first time. The episode reinforces how deeply digital assets have become tied to the broader risk cyclewhere trade tensions and global policy shifts can swiftly reshape the contours of crypto optimism.
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