{"id":61717,"date":"2025-11-06T17:18:04","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T17:18:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/bitcoin-plunges-nearly-6-amid-rising-dollar-liquidations"},"modified":"2025-11-06T18:15:06","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T18:15:06","slug":"bitcoin-plunges-nearly-6-amid-rising-dollar-liquidations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/bitcoin-plunges-nearly-6-amid-rising-dollar-liquidations","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Plunges Nearly 6% Amid Rising Dollar Liquidations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Mauritius. <\/strong><\/span>Bitcoin saw its price drop nearly 6% Tuesday amid a strengthening US dollar and a wave of $1.3 billion in crypto liquidations.<\/p>\n<p>The price of the largest cryptocurrency was $100,980 at 1850GMT. It briefly fell below $100,000 for the first time in four months.<\/p>\n<p>Data from the CoinMarketCap analysis firm said the value of the global cryptocurrency market, including Bitcoin, fell approximately 5.8% in the past 24 hours to $3.35 trillion.<\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin&#8217;s market capitalization also plunged 5.8% in the past 24 hours to $2 trillion, with a daily trading volume of $92 billion, up more than 39%<\/p>\n<p>Still, the price of Bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, is up almost 7.7% since the start of 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The price of Ethereum, the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, declined 9.8% in value, falling to $3,290.<\/p>\n<p>The US dollar index was above 100 for the first time Tuesday since August, due to uncertainty regarding the Fed&#8217;s interest rate cut process.<\/p>\n<p>The dollar index gained 0.3% Tuesday to 100.17.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, according to CoinGlass data, the largest wave of liquidations in weeks occurred in the last 24 hours, wiping out almost $1.27 billion in leveraged futures contracts across cryptocurrencies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Mauritius<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Mauritius. Bitcoin saw its price drop nearly 6% Tuesday amid a strengthening US dollar and a wave of $1.3 billion in crypto liquidations. The price of the largest cryptocurrency was $100,980 at 1850GMT. It briefly fell below $100,000 for the first time in four months. 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