Bitcoin pumped $1,400 in 60 minutes, reclaimed $78,000, added $30 billion in market cap, and liquidated $25 million in short positions.
Then within 15 minutes it dumped every single dollar of that gain back. Another $15 million in longs were liquidated on the way down. Total time elapsed, 75 minutes and net price change: zero. Traders on both sides of the market: wiped out.
“Insane level of manipulation in crypto,” wrote Bull Theory on X after tracking the moves in real time.
A sharp move higher clears the short book. An immediate reversal clears the long book. The net effect is a wealth transfer from leveraged retail traders to whoever was positioned on the other side of both moves.
It is a pattern that repeats across crypto markets with enough regularity that experienced traders have a name for it: a stop hunt. The market moves just far enough in one direction to trigger cascading liquidations, then immediately reverses to harvest the other side.
Over 24 hours Bitcoin recorded $70 million in total liquidations, a 51.4% increase from the prior period. The derivatives market is not reflecting genuine price discovery. It is reflecting a leveraged structure that rewards whoever controls enough capital to move price through key liquidation clusters.
There could be other reasons pulling markets lower. The unexpected death of Ondo Finance founder Nathan Allman on May 26 sent the leading RWA token down 5.65% and spread fear across the broader sector.
The crypto market is currently showing a 74% correlation with the S&P 500. This is a macro move amplified by leverage, not a crypto-specific event. US-Iran tensions remain unresolved, oil prices stay elevated, and risk assets globally are under pressure.
While retail panic selling continues, BitMine added 111,942 ETH in a single week, lifting total holdings to 5,390,404 ETH representing 4.47% of Ethereum’s entire circulating supply. Chairman Tom Lee called Ethereum’s drop below $2,200 an attractive opportunity.
The $2.53 trillion total market cap is the immediate support level. A break below opens the path toward the 200-day moving average near $2.72 trillion. Bitcoin needs to hold $77,000 for the near-term structure to remain intact.
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