{"id":58314,"date":"2025-08-26T04:55:29","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T04:55:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/bitcoin-slips-below-110000-as-analysts-warn-of-brittle-market-structure\/"},"modified":"2025-08-26T04:55:29","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T04:55:29","slug":"bitcoin-slips-below-110000-as-analysts-warn-of-brittle-market-structure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/bitcoin-slips-below-110000-as-analysts-warn-of-brittle-market-structure\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin slips below $110,000 as analysts warn of &#8216;brittle&#8217; market structure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>(Originally posted on : CoinJournal: Latest Crypto News, Altcoin News and Cryptocurrency Comparison )<\/b><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-site=\"CoinJournal\">\n<div class=\"-mt-16  mb-8  lg:-mt-20  rounded-md  shadow-md\">\n<div class=\"relative  z-10  post-article-image  rounded  overflow-hidden\" data-site=\"CoinJournal\">\n<picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/coinjournal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/imagecache\/2025\/08\/image-9-smartcrop-750x375.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 750px)\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/coinjournal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/imagecache\/2025\/08\/image-9-smartcrop-363x181.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/coinjournal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/imagecache\/2025\/08\/image-9-smartcrop-750x375.png\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 750px)\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/coinjournal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/imagecache\/2025\/08\/image-9-smartcrop-363x181.png\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"\/>\n<\/picture>                            <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>The crypto bull run is fraying as Bitcoin slips below $110,000.<\/li>\n<li>A massive whale sale triggered over 500 million in liquidations.<\/li>\n<li>A huge divergence: Retail is selling while institutions are buying.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"ng-star-inserted\"><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">The crypto bull run is fraying at the edges, its momentum faltering in the face of a profound and unsettling contradiction. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ng-star-inserted\"><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">On the surface, the market is a picture of fragility and fear, with thinning liquidity, massive liquidations, and a Bitcoin price struggling to hold the line. <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-banner  container  pt-1  px-0  mb-6\" data-partner=\"bitcoinpenguin\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinpenguins.io\/en?utm_source=coinjournal&amp;utm_medium=banner&amp;utm_campaign=header\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow sponsored noopener\"><br \/>\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"p-0  m-0\" src=\"https:\/\/coinjournal.net\/wp-content\/themes\/c1-base\/dist\/img\/ad\/bitcoinpenguin\/en.png\"\/><br \/>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<p class=\"ng-star-inserted\"><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">But beneath this chaotic veneer, a different story is unfolding: one of quiet, colossal, and strategic accumulation by the world\u2019s financial titans.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ng-star-inserted\"><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">The immediate pain is undeniable. Bitcoin is trading just below $<\/span><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">110,000<\/span><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">\u00a0after another failed attempt to bounce, marking a roughly 7% decline since its euphoric peak after Fed Chair Powell\u2019s dovish speech. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ng-star-inserted\"><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">Ethereum, which briefly tasted the air near\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">4,900<\/span><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">, has been sharply rejected and is now battling to hold $<\/span><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">4,300<\/span><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">, showing clear signs of exhaustion after weeks of outperformance. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ng-star-inserted\"><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">This weakness cascaded through the altcoin market on Monday, with ETH, SOL, DOGE, and others sliding 6-8%, triggering a brutal\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">700 million<\/span><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">\u00a0liquidation event that overwhelmingly punished long positions.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"ng-star-inserted\"><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">A structure of glass: the anatomy of a collapse<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"ng-star-inserted\"><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">For many market observers, this is a textbook case of a rally running on fumes. The analytics firm\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">Glassnode<\/span><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">, in its latest Market Pulse, paints a grim picture of the cycle slipping from euphoria into fragility. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ng-star-inserted\"><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">They point to fading spot momentum, a stunning\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">1 billion<\/span><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">\u00a0swing to outflows in ETFs, and realized profits collapsing back to breakeven.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ng-star-inserted\"><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">This structural weakness was laid bare in a brutal weekend crash, the anatomy of which was traced by\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">QCP Capital<\/span><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ng-star-inserted\"><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">They revealed that the collapse was initiated by a single early holder unloading a massive\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">24,000 BTC<\/span><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">\u00a0into dangerously thin liquidity. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ng-star-inserted\"><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">The sale cascaded through the market, triggering $<\/span><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">500 million<\/span><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">\u00a0in liquidations and exposing, as QCP noted, just how brittle the system has become.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"ng-star-inserted\"><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">The quiet accumulators: a different breed of buyer<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"ng-star-inserted\"><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">But this is only half the story. The Singapore-based market maker\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">Enflux<\/span><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">\u00a0argues that a myopic focus on the retail washout misses the bigger picture. Not all flows, they contend, are created equal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ng-star-inserted\"><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">While leveraged retail traders were being blown out, a different kind of player was making its move. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ng-star-inserted\"><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">Enflux points to a staggering $<\/span><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">2.55 billion<\/span><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">\u00a0ETH stake routed through a single contract and the UAE royal family\u2019s\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">700 million<\/span><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">\u00a0BTC exposure via Citadel Mining. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ng-star-inserted\"><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">These are not speculative punts; they are the deliberate, programmatic footprints of sovereign and institutional allocators. In their analysis, these giants are intentionally\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">\u201cusing volatility to scale into size.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ng-star-inserted\"><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">This is the great divergence: a market where the short-term conviction of the crowd is shattered, while the long-horizon conviction of the \u201csmart money\u201d is quietly being deployed.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"ng-star-inserted\"><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">A bleak September looms?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"ng-star-inserted\"><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">The problem, however, is that this long-term institutional buying does little to solve the immediate crisis of liquidity\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">on the Bitcoin blockchain itself<\/span><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ng-star-inserted\"><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">With transaction fees collapsing toward decade lows and blocks clearing with little congestion, the network is running quiet. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ng-star-inserted\"><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">This is a critical issue for miners, who are already squeezed by the halving, and it leaves the broader market exposed and bracing for what comes next.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ng-star-inserted\"><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">As September\u2014historically Bitcoin\u2019s weakest month\u2014approaches, the market is on a knife\u2019s edge. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ng-star-inserted\"><span class=\"ng-star-inserted\">The battle between the fragile, fleeing retail trader and the patient, accumulating giant will determine whether the next move is a painful consolidation or a much deeper, darker drawdown.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-meta\">\n<hr class=\"mb-6\"\/>\n<h6 class=\"text-3xl  mb-4  text-green-300\">Share this article<\/h6>\n<hr class=\"mb-6\"\/>\n<h6 class=\"text-3xl  mb-4  text-green-300\">Categories<\/h6>\n<hr class=\"mb-6\"\/>\n<h6 class=\"text-3xl  mb-4  text-green-300\">Tags<\/h6>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/coinjournal.net\/news\/bitcoin-slips-below-110000-as-analysts-warn-of-brittle-market-structure\/\">Source link <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Originally posted on : CoinJournal: Latest Crypto News, Altcoin News and Cryptocurrency Comparison ) The crypto bull run is fraying as Bitcoin slips below $110,000. 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