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Bitcoin tumbles below $70K, heavy losses in cryptocurrencies in last three weeks

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-05/bitcoin-drops-below-70-000-as-forced-deleveraging-accelerates
21•heresie-dabord•1h ago

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jqpabc123•59m ago
The myth that bitcoin is an effective store of value (aka "digital gold") has just died. The proof is available in your crypto wallet.

Real gold bullion has now been fully "digitized". You can buy and hold real bullion without taking delivery, without transactions fees and without dealing with tbe schenanigans of unregulated markets and manipulators.

Over the past year of unprecedented marketplace turmoil and upheaval, "real gold" has risen just as dramatically as "digital gold" has fallen.

Only one myth left standing in the way of bitcoin's total demise --- the idea that PoW is a reasonable and effective basis for financial markets/transactions. Are you willing to put real money on it?

seydor•21m ago
If gold rises (and therefore falls) as crazy as Bitcoin, then why is it better
throwa356262•41m ago
Last time I heard bitcoin was in free fall and doomed it was at $18K...

(I dont own any bitcoin and believe the world would be a better place without cryptocurrencies)

webdevver•36m ago
i reckon this time it will touch $30k before hitting new high of $200k
dauertewigkeit•22m ago
Could be, but we don't know what is driving this meme magic. Could be totally organic. Could be not.
benj111•18m ago
Can't tell if genuine or sarcasm ...
webdevver•6m ago
very broad extrapolation of the previous two 'cycles'. after a peak, it tends to crash to 20-30% of previous peak value, goes sideways for a year or two, then goes up to 2x its previous peak.

the 'four year cycle' is perhaps moreso the 'US presidential cycle'.

rich_sasha•40m ago
It's converging back towards its intrinsic value.
browningstreet•36m ago
Hasn’t bitcoin repeatedly dropped 70%+ from record highs and then surged over that high again within a year?
ekjhgkejhgk•29m ago
Yes. Many things which happened before are still noteworthy when they happen again.
jqpabc123•23m ago
Yes it has.

But as they say, past history is no indication of future performance.

Current economic conditions are anything but "normal" by recent historical standards. A good indication of this is the fact that "real gold" has risen just as dramatically and at the same time as "digital gold" has fallen.

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