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Bitcoin Drops Below $81K, Triggering Nearly $1B Crypto Liquidation Wave: Crypto Stocks Fall With AI Infrastructure Plays
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Stocktwits reports: Bitcoin (BTC) fell below $81,000 on Thursday, triggering nearly $1 billion in liquidations across the cryptocurrency market as rising oil prices and geopolitical tensions added to pressure on risk assets. Bitcoin’s price touched an intraday low of $80,900 before recovering to around $81,100, leaving it down 2.8% over the past 24 hours. BTC was the top-trending ticker on Stocktwits at the time of writing, with retail sentiment in ‘bearish’ territory over the past day.…