Bitcoin News Update: Crypto Shares Tumble Amid Liquidations, Security Breaches, and Federal Reserve Ambiguity Causing Market-Wide Upheaval

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Bitget-RWA2025/11/04 09:52

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- U.S. crypto stocks plummeted pre-market on Nov 4, with MSTR (-3.30%), COIN (-3.12%), and BMNR (-4.90%) leading declines amid sector-wide volatility. - A $1.2B crypto liquidation event followed BTC/ETH's 3% hourly drop, triggering leveraged long position collapses and exposing sector liquidity risks. - DeFi protocol Moonwell suffered a $1M exploit via faulty oracle data, compounding recent vulnerabilities and prompting calls for multi-source price verification. - Fed's $125B liquidity injection fueled 67.

On November 4, U.S. stocks with ties to the crypto sector saw widespread declines during pre-market hours, with MicroStrategy (MSTR) leading the losses by falling 3.30%, as reported by a

Coinotag article

Coinbase Global

(COIN) dropped 3.12%,

Robinhood

(HOOD) slipped 3.35%, while Silvergate (SBET) and Bitmain (BMNR) recorded losses of 4.28% and 4.90%, respectively, according to a

Lookonchain update

. This wave of selling mirrored the previous day, when the S&P 500 and Nasdaq opened in positive territory, but crypto stocks still retreated, with

MSTR

down 1.59% and

CRCL

losing 2.14%, based on

another Lookonchain report

. Analysts pointed to overall market turbulence and a sharp correction in the crypto industry as the main drivers of the declines.

The cryptocurrency market itself faced a $1.2 billion liquidation on November 3, triggered by a swift 3% plunge in

Bitcoin

(BTC) and

Ethereum

(ETH) within just one hour, as noted in an

FXStreet article

. The drop was intensified by the forced closure of leveraged long positions, resulting in more than $1.1 billion in long liquidations. Notable traders such as 0xc2a3 and Machi Big Brother incurred heavy losses, while a prominent Bitcoin OG took a position anticipating a rebound. The downturn, influenced by negative U.S. investor sentiment and a declining

Coinbase

Bitcoin Premium Index, sparked worries about the sector’s liquidity and resilience.

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Adding to the instability, the DeFi lending platform Moonwell was exploited for $1 million on November 4, due to an offline oracle that supplied incorrect rsETH/ETH price information, according to a

Lookonchain article

. Blockchain security company BlockSec identified the attack, which took advantage of delayed price updates to manipulate collateral values, allowing for arbitrage and draining of lending pools, as detailed in a

Coinotag article

. This event added to recent DeFi security breaches, including a $320,000 exploit in December 2024. Security professionals cautioned that oracle misconfigurations pose systemic threats, recommending that protocols implement multi-source price checks and shorter heartbeat intervals, as reported by a

Coinfomania article

During this period of heightened volatility, the Federal Reserve’s injection of $125 billion in liquidity over five days fueled speculation about a possible rate cut in December, with markets estimating a 67.3% probability of a 25-basis-point reduction, according to a

Coinedition report

. Arthur Hayes, co-founder of BitMEX, suggested that the Fed’s actions represent a form of “stealth QE,” which could spark another Bitcoin rally by increasing liquidity and inflation expectations, as discussed in

a Weex article

. Despite this, traders remained wary, with

BTC

trading at $104,218—a 16% decrease from its monthly peak—amid persistent uncertainty over macroeconomic trends and regulatory changes.

Disclaimer: The content of this article solely reflects the author's opinion and does not represent the platform in any capacity. This article is not intended to serve as a reference for making investment decisions.

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