Bitcoin Falls Below $93K, Ethereum, Dogecoin Slip Ahead Of New Year: Top Analyst Anticipates ‘Problem’ For BTC

Leading coins moved further south Monday as traders turned to profit-taking ahead of the New Year. 

Cryptocurrency Gains +/- Price (Recorded at 7:45 p.m. ET)
Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) -1.05% $92,439.45
Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH)
               
-1.23% $3,340.67
Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE)           -0.67% $0.3138

What Happened: Bitcoin had a bumpy morning, dipping to a low of $91,317 in early trade, recovering to highs of $94,000 late in the afternoon, and then retreating to $92,000 by evening.

Since the surge to $99,000 on Christmas, the leading cryptocurrency has slipped as much as 6.5%.

Ethereum dipped below $3,400, extending its weekly losses to 2.40%. 

The downward market triggered $283 million worth of liquidations in the last 24 hours, with bullish bets worth nearly $200 million getting wiped out.

That said, Bitcoin’s rebound to $100,000 from here could liquidate $687 million in short positions.

About 67% of all traders on Binance were levered long on Bitcoin, according to the Long/Short Ratio indicator, …

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  • dogecoinDogecoin (DOGE) $ 0.335164
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  • pepePepe (PEPE) $ 0.000018
  • bellscoinBellscoin (BELLS) $ 0.434143
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