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Bitcoin and crypto prices have moved sharply lower, diving along with a stock market sell-off sparked by the surging popularity of China-based artificial intelligence app DeepSeek.
The bitcoin price has dropped under $100,000 per bitcoin, down from an all-time high of almost $110,000 ahead of U.S. president Donald Trump's inauguration (despite the chief executive of major bitcoin and crypto exchange Coinbase predicting when the bitcoin price could flip gold's $18 trillion).
"I am calling for a $70,000 to $75,000 correction in bitcoin [and] a mini financial crisis," Hayes, a cofounder of bitcoin and crypto derivatives pioneer BitMex who went on to set up the Maelstrom investment fund, posted to X.
Bitcoin rocketed past $70,000 on the back of Donald Trump's November election victory as traders bet Trump will spur the growth of bitcoin and crypto.
Last week, Trump followed through on his campaign promises to make overhauling crypto policy one of his administration's priorities, ordering the creation of a bitcoin and cryptocurrency working group tasked with proposing new regulations and exploring the creation of a national cryptocurrency stockpile.
