{"id":5801,"date":"2025-12-15T16:16:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T16:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/15\/bitcoin-crashes-below-87000-as-200-million-in-crypto-longs-liquidated-in-an-hour\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T16:16:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T16:16:16","slug":"bitcoin-crashes-below-87000-as-200-million-in-crypto-longs-liquidated-in-an-hour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/15\/bitcoin-crashes-below-87000-as-200-million-in-crypto-longs-liquidated-in-an-hour\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Crashes Below $87,000 as $200 Million in Crypto Longs Liquidated in an Hour"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bitcoin Magazine<\/a><\/p>\n

Bitcoin Crashes Below $87,000 as $200 Million in Crypto Longs Liquidated in an Hour<\/a><\/p>\n

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Bitcoin extended its weekend slide on Sunday, dropping below $87,000 as a fresh wave of liquidations swept through the crypto market, wiping out roughly $200 million in leveraged positions over the past 60 minutes, per Coinglass data.\u00a0<\/p>\n

At the time of writing, the bitcoin price stood at $86,751, down about 2% over the past 24 hours, according to market data.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Trading volume totaled roughly $38 billion, while BTC was down<\/a> 4% from its seven-day high near $89,935 and hovering just above its weekly low around $87,152.<\/p>\n

BTC\u2019s circulating supply currently sits at 19.96 million BTC, with a fixed maximum of 21 million, giving the network a market capitalization of approximately $1.73 trillion, down 2% on the day, according to Bitcoin Magazine Pro data.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The latest leg lower follows another grim weekend for price action. Bitcoin bled<\/a> from the low-$92,000 range on Thursday to weekend lows near $87,000, as thin liquidity and persistent sell pressure weighed on risk appetite.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The decisive move below $90,000 occurred during typically illiquid Sunday trading, amplifying downside volatility as traders positioned cautiously ahead of a dense slate of U.S. economic data and central bank events this week.<\/p>\n

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JUST IN: Bitcoin falls below $87,000 <\/p>\n

HODL! pic.twitter.com\/VypwtmStns<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Bitcoin Magazine (@BitcoinMagazine) December 15, 2025<\/a>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

Strategy buys $1 billion in Bitcoin\u00a0<\/h2>\n

Strategy, the world\u2019s largest publicly traded BTC holder, added<\/a> nearly $1 billion in bitcoin last week, acquiring 10,645 BTC at an average price of $92,098 per coin.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This marks the company\u2019s second consecutive mega-purchase, bringing its total holdings to 671,268 BTC, purchased<\/a> for $50.33 billion at an average cost of $74,972 each.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The acquisition was primarily funded through equity issuance, with $888.2 million raised via common stock sales and the remainder through STRD preferred shares, despite ongoing shareholder concerns about dilution.<\/p>\n

Historically, the company\u2019s weekly purchases had been modest due to fundraising constraints, but Executive Chairman Michael Saylor has recently accelerated buying, signaling renewed conviction despite market volatility.<\/p>\n

Separately, Strategy will also remain in the Nasdaq 100 and pushed back against MSCI\u2019s proposed digital asset threshold<\/a>, which could exclude BTC treasury firms from benchmarks.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Critics note Strategy now operates more like a bitcoin investment vehicle than a software company, yet Saylor remains unapologetic. <\/p>\n

The firm reports a year-to-date BTC yield of 24.9%, underscoring its commitment to accumulating BTC regardless of short-term market fluctuations.<\/p>\n

At the time of writing, Bitcoin is trading at $86,770. <\/p>\n

This post Bitcoin Crashes Below $87,000 as $200 Million in Crypto Longs Liquidated in an Hour<\/a> first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine<\/a> and is written by Micah Zimmerman<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Crashes Below $87,000 as $200 Million in Crypto Longs Liquidated in an Hour Bitcoin extended its weekend slide on Sunday, dropping below $87,000 as a fresh wave of liquidations swept through the crypto market, wiping out roughly $200 million in leveraged positions over the past 60 minutes, per Coinglass data.\u00a0 At the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":5802,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5801","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bitcoin"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5801"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5801\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}