Bitcoin flash crashes below $78,000 at Europe market open with nearly $295 million in crypto liquidations

Dijital varlık piyasalarında kritik bir gelişme söz konusu. Bitcoin traded below $78,000 on Monday as EU markets opened for the week. BTC price hit $77,819, down 0. 28% over 24 hours, with a market capitalization near $1.

56 trillion and 24-hour volume of around $32. Total crypto liquidations stood near $295 million over the previous 24 hours on CoinGlass. Bitcoin had been pressing the $80,000 decision area, then quickly slipped back under $78,000 before any clear fresh macro, regulatory, exchange, ETF, or issuer headline had emerged.

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The immediate test is whether the drop was a short-lived leverage flush or the start of a broader risk-off move. The distinction is substantive. A leverage flush can reset crowded positioning while leaving the larger market structure intact.

A broader risk-off move usually needs follow-through across risk assets, weaker liquidity, or a new catalyst that changes how traders price the next several sessions. For now, the evidence points to market structure first. Liquidation pressure was evident, the price level was fragile, but the cause has yet to be resolved into a single clear explanation.

Related Reading Bitcoin’s uptrend towards $80,000 is increasingly attracting bears – but they keep losing A two-week diplomatic pause and a dovish Federal Reserve nominee are forcing over-leveraged short-sellers into a violent wave of liquidations. Apr 23, 2026 Oluwapelumi Adejumo The $80,000 area was already loaded The latest move landed in a zone that had already drawn attention. 23, Bitcoin traded as high as $79,470 while moving toward the $80,000 threshold, before retracing to about $78,200.

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The push was linked to forced liquidations and a more constructive macro and geopolitical setup. Bitcoin was already testing a level where recent buyers, short sellers, and macro-sensitive traders had reasons to react. When price moves into that kind of area, the first rejection often says more about positioning than conviction.

A later market-structure analysis gives the same zone a more tactical map. Bitcoin had failed to hold the upper-$78,000s after reaching the $80,000 level, while risk appetite and equities were doing more immediate work than crude oil. The same analysis placed the constructive path around a hold of the $77,000 to $77,500 area followed by a reclaim of the upper-$78,000s.

That gives Monday's move a clean test. If buyers absorb the drop near the mid-$77,000s, the decline can remain a clearing event. If price fails there, the break starts to point to a broader reduction in risk.

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