{"id":64966,"date":"2025-12-23T19:16:31","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T19:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=64966"},"modified":"2025-12-23T19:16:31","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T19:16:31","slug":"the-real-reason-bitcoin-dropped-like-a-stone-from-its-126000-all-time-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=64966","title":{"rendered":"The Real Reason Bitcoin Dropped Like A Stone From Its $126,000 All-Time High"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Bitcoin<\/strong> <a class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"BTC\" data-exchange=\"CRYPTO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/BTC-USD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(CRYPTO: <\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/btc\/usd\">BTC<\/a>) is down $40,000 from its peak at the start of October. <\/p>\n<p>According to new analysis it wasn\u2019t retail traders or overleveraged longs that did the damage\u2014it was whales who bought around the $126,000 all-time high and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/money\/bitcoin-price-prediction-oct-14\">panic-sold into $84,000<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">New Whales Dumped At Massive Losses<\/h3>\n<p>Large holders who bought near the top were forced to realize massive losses, creating sustained selling pressure that knocked Bitcoin down 32%.<\/p>\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/editorial-assets.benzinga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/23124812\/image-435-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1227505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/editorial-assets.benzinga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/23124812\/image-435-1024x576.png 1024w,https:\/\/editorial-assets.benzinga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/23124812\/image-435-300x169.png 300w,https:\/\/editorial-assets.benzinga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/23124812\/image-435-768x432.png ...&lt;\/figure&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/25\/12\/49570560\/the-real-reason-bitcoin-dropped-like-a-stone-from-its-126000-all-time-high?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel alt=The Real Reason Bitcoin Dropped Like A Stone From Its $126,000 All-Time High&gt;Full story available on Benzinga.com&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;\/body&gt;&lt;\/html&gt;\"><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) is down $40,000 from its peak at the start of October. According to new analysis it wasn\u2019t retail traders or overleveraged longs that did the damage\u2014it was whales who bought around the $126,000 all-time high and panic-sold into $84,000. New Whales Dumped At Massive Losses Large holders who bought near the top [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-64966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=64966"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64966\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=64966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=64966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=64966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}