Bitcoin Falls Below $80,000 as Liquidations and ETF Outflows Mount Before Fed Decision

Bitcoin dropped back below $80,000 on October 26 as $154 million in forced liquidations swept through the market and institutional money continued to exit spot ETFs, with traders unwilling to hold leveraged positions ahead of this week’s Federal Reserve meeting. The Geek.hr editorial team, which tracks technology and digital-trend behavior for Croatian readers, points to that liquidation figure as the clearest illustration of a principle their coverage returns to repeatedly.

The findings shared by GEEK.HR on how digital-first readers engage with high-volatility assets reinforce what the data keeps confirming — that position-sizing discipline, not directional conviction, separates those who survive such moves from the more than 62,000 traders whose positions were closed by exchanges in a single session.

Long Positions Bore the Brunt of a Cascading Liquidation Event

The mechanics behind Monday’s drop were not mysterious. Bitcoin had been struggling to hold above $83,000 for several days, making repeated attempts and failing each time. According to Crypto News, the coin briefly approached $85,000 the previous Wednesday before reversing, and by the weekend it had slid to approximately $79,100.