{"id":70185,"date":"2026-01-31T16:17:01","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T16:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=70185"},"modified":"2026-01-31T16:17:01","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T16:17:01","slug":"bitcoin-btc-price-tanks-toward-80k-as-liquidations-approach-1b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=70185","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin (BTC) Price Tanks Toward $80K as Liquidations Approach $1B"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>After a relatively calm and untypical Friday, in which BTC remains sideways around $83,000 and $84,000 while the precious metal market tanked, the cryptocurrency is dumping hard once again on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that the asset\u2019s overall calamity began on Thursday when it was rejected at $90,000. In the following hours, it <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/bitcoin-dumps-to-2-month-low-as-geopolitical-tension-rises-and-fed-pauses-rate-cuts-weekly-crypto-recap\/\">dropped<\/a> by nine grand to a then-two-month low of $81,000.<\/p>\n<p>It recovered some ground yesterday when it rebounded to $84,000, which now appears as a dead-cat bounce. At the same time, silver and gold <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/bitcoin-too-volatile-heres-how-gold-and-silver-dumped-by-double-digits-in-1-day\/\">plunged<\/a> by 40% and 16%, respectively, erasing roughly $7 billion of their respective market caps within just a day.<\/p>\n<p>However, the past few hours have brought more pain to the bulls, with BTC slipping to just under $81,000. This became its lowest price tag since November 21.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1427531\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1427531\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/BTCUSD-Jan-31-2-scaled.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1427531 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/BTCUSD-Jan-31-2-scaled.png\" alt=\"BTCUSD Jan 31. Source: TradingView\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/BTCUSD-Jan-31-2-scaled.png 2560w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/BTCUSD-Jan-31-2-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/BTCUSD-Jan-31-2-1024x537.png 1024w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/BTCUSD-Jan-31-2-768x403.png 768w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/BTCUSD-Jan-31-2-1536x806.png 1536w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/BTCUSD-Jan-31-2-2048x1075.png 2048w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/BTCUSD-Jan-31-2-90x47.png 90w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/BTCUSD-Jan-31-2-150x79.png 150w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/BTCUSD-Jan-31-2-2000x1050.png 2000w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/BTCUSD-Jan-31-2-1600x840.png 1600w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/BTCUSD-Jan-31-2-1400x735.png 1400w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/BTCUSD-Jan-31-2-1200x630.png 1200w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/BTCUSD-Jan-31-2-1000x525.png 1000w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/BTCUSD-Jan-31-2-900x472.png 900w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/BTCUSD-Jan-31-2-800x420.png 800w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/BTCUSD-Jan-31-2-700x367.png 700w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/BTCUSD-Jan-31-2-600x315.png 600w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/BTCUSD-Jan-31-2-500x262.png 500w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/BTCUSD-Jan-31-2-400x210.png 400w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/BTCUSD-Jan-31-2-200x105.png 200w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/BTCUSD-Jan-31-2-100x52.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1427531\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">BTCUSD Jan 31. Source: TradingView<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Most altcoins are also deep in the red now. Ethereum is down by 7% in the past 24 hours alone, slumping toward $2,500. BNB and XRP have plummeted by 5-6% daily as well.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s no wonder that the total value of wrecked positions is on the rise, approaching $1 billion in the past 24 hours alone. Naturally, longs are responsible for the lion\u2019s share (over $850 million), while the number of liquidated traders has shot up to roughly 240,000, shows data from CoinGlass.<\/p>\n<p>The single-largest wrecked position took place on Hyperliquid and was worth over $13 million. Interestingly, it involved ETH, which is among the poorest performers in the past day.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1427532\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1427532\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-31-180251-scaled.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1427532 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-31-180251-scaled.png\" alt=\"Liquidation Data on CoinGlass\" width=\"2560\" height=\"891\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-31-180251-scaled.png 2560w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-31-180251-300x104.png 300w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-31-180251-1024x357.png 1024w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-31-180251-768x267.png 768w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-31-180251-1536x535.png 1536w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-31-180251-2048x713.png 2048w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-31-180251-90x31.png 90w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-31-180251-150x52.png 150w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-31-180251-2000x696.png 2000w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-31-180251-1600x557.png 1600w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-31-180251-1400x487.png 1400w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-31-180251-1200x418.png 1200w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-31-180251-1000x348.png 1000w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-31-180251-900x313.png 900w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-31-180251-800x279.png 800w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-31-180251-700x244.png 700w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-31-180251-600x209.png 600w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-31-180251-500x174.png 500w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-31-180251-400x139.png 400w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-31-180251-200x70.png 200w, https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-31-180251-100x35.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1427532\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Liquidation Data on CoinGlass<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/bitcoin-btc-price-tanks-toward-80k-as-liquidations-approach-1b\/\">Bitcoin (BTC) Price Tanks Toward $80K as Liquidations Approach $1B<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">CryptoPotato<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a relatively calm and untypical Friday, in which BTC remains sideways around $83,000 and $84,000 while the precious metal market tanked, the cryptocurrency is dumping hard once again on Saturday. Recall that the asset\u2019s overall calamity began on Thursday when it was rejected at $90,000. In the following hours, it dropped by nine grand [&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-70185","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\/70185","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=70185"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70185\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=70185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=70185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=70185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}