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All news →Bitcoin falls to $61,947, its lowest price since July, as leveraged bets unwind
About $1.96 billion of leveraged crypto bets were liquidated in a day, CoinGlass data shows. A fear gauge hit its lowest reading since June.
Spot bitcoin ETFs lose $1.91 billion over seven straight days of outflows
BlackRock's IBIT led the withdrawals. November's net outflows have reached about $2.35 billion, with inflows on only one day.
The average dollar in US spot bitcoin ETFs is under water, our flow data shows
We estimate net new money went in near $74,900 a coin, leaving GBTC aside. Bitcoin now trades about 13% below that.
Bitcoin mining difficulty falls 9.13%, the largest cut since June
The cut at block 975,744 was bigger than the 8.2% estimate a day earlier and undoes most of October's two increases.
Bitcoin Core discloses three bugs fixed in 2025, one rated high severity
One could stop a mining node from building blocks after a reorganization. Nodes on current versions are not affected.
Coming up
- Nov 19Bitcoin Circular Economies Summit 2026, El Zonte, El Salvador (Nov 19–20). Events
- Nov 30MSCI removes Strategy from the MSCI USA Index at the close of trading. Orange Wire
- Dec 2Africa Bitcoin Conference 2026, Blantyre, Malawi (Dec 2–5). Events
- Dec 9The Federal Reserve announces its interest-rate decision at 2 p.m. ET, after its Dec 8–9 meeting. Federal Reserve calendar
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Prices are Bitstamp daily closes (00:00 UTC); the live price is in the ticker at the top. Fear & Greed: alternative.me. ETF flows: Commoner ETF Tracker by TFTC (CC BY 4.0), our 5-session total. Strategy: its latest SEC filing. Power law and 200-week figures are models, not forecasts; see how we work them out. Not financial advice.
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