Crypto Down Today As $600 Million Longs Cleared And $550 Million Left ETFs

The cryptocurrency market faced a sharp pullback over the past 24 hours after over $600 million in long liquidations swept derivatives and $550 million in net outflows left spot crypto ETFs. Bitcoin fell below the $110,000 mark, declining 3.5%, while Ethereum slipped to around $3,800.

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The market weakness was amplified by massive institutional outflows from spot ETFs on October 29. Data shows Bitcoin ETFs recorded $471 million in total net outflows, with no inflows registered across any of the 12 funds. Ethereum ETFs followed this trend, posting $81.44 million in outflows, with only BlackRock’s ETHA fund attracting net inflows.

This institutional exit is compounded by persistent macro uncertainty. US President Donald Trump and China’s Xi Jinping met in South Korea to ease tariff disputes.

Trump’s back-to-back use of tariffs since returning to office, along with China’s countermeasures on rare earth exports, has resulted in a global economic slowdown.

Previous tariff escalations resulted in massive declines in crypto, including the October 10 crash that drove Bitcoin from $121,560 to below $103,000. Although the meeting aimed to stabilize relations, crypto traders remain cautious.

Data from CryptoQuant that Binance’s Exchange Whale Ratio, a measure of how much BTC large holders are sending to exchanges, has been climbing steadily since mid-October.

The 7-day EMA of this ratio rose from 0.33 on October 12 to 0.41 by October 25, indicating whale deposits likely intended for selling into market strength.

Meanwhile, the US Federal Reserve announced a 25-basis-point rate cut and confirmed plans to halt its balance sheet reduction by December 1. While lower rates are typically supportive of risk assets, Bitcoin failed to push higher.

Interestingly, analyst Jason Pizzino that Bitcoin’s 5 & 10-year composite cycle has a strong divergence forming. He added that if the leading digital asset doesn’t recapture resistance levels soon, prices might continue to drop.