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Cryptos Plunge as Bitcoin Pulls Back From Highs, Loses $80,000 Mark

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AuthorBlock Tao

Aug 26, 2026 1:10 AM

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On August 28, the cryptocurrency market dropped 1.6%, erasing over $100 billion in market value as major assets retreated from recent highs. Bitcoin fell over 2% to lose the $80,000 threshold, while Ethereum, Binance Coin, and Ripple suffered declines of 2% to 5%. The pullback triggered over $600 million in liquidations across long and short positions following profit-taking and high-leverage unwinding. Increased mechanical sell-offs intensified downside pressure. Concurrently, institutional capital adopted a cautious, wait-and-see approach amid sensitivity to Federal Reserve policy expectations and ongoing geopolitical developments.

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TradingKey - Cryptocurrencies fell broadly as Bitcoin surged and retreated, losing the $80,000 mark.

On August 26, the cryptocurrency market fell 1.6%, wiping out over $100 billion in market capitalization. Among them, Bitcoin (BTC) fell over 2%, losing the $80,000 mark; Ethereum (ETH) fell 2%, dropping below $2,500; Binance Coin (BNB) fell 2.4%, breaking below $700; Ripple (XRP) fell 5%, dropping below $1.5.

The cryptocurrency market experienced a sharp pullback after a rapid surge, particularly after Bitcoin climbed above $81,000 and then retreated, immediately triggering large-scale profit-taking and leveraged liquidations, delivering heavy blows to both long and short traders. Over the past 24 hours, over $600 million in crypto positions were liquidated, roughly evenly split between longs and shorts.

Crypto-liquidation-Long-short-bd08004d748f4e65adb170523a4f2b54 Cryptocurrency market liquidation data, Source: CoinGlass

After Bitcoin broke through key psychological levels, a wave of short-term profit-taking emerged, triggering a series of liquidations of high-leverage long positions in the futures market, while mechanical selling pressure from these liquidations further exacerbated short-term downside pressure. In addition, the market remained sensitive to Federal Reserve policy trends and geopolitical developments, causing institutional capital to become cautious and choose to temporarily lock in profits and cash out to wait and see.

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