Crypto markets opened the day red—and then got redder.
South Korea’s KOSPI index fell more than 8% at the open and triggered a circuit breaker, sending a risk-off shockwave through global markets before New York traders had finished their coffee
Bitcoin’s response was fast: a drop to $62,684 in early trading, a brief attempt at recovery, and then—nothing. Decrypt’s morning snapshot put BTC at $63,400, down 2.7%, with Ethereum at $1,875 (-4.2%) and Solana at $73 (-4.4%). Over $670 million in crypto liquidations tore through the market in 24 hours, $533 million from longs—which is what happens when too many traders bet on a rally that wasn’t real.
Oil fell 2%. Gold dipped 1%. Even the Nasdaq futures turned red, weighed down by memory stock weakness.