Bitcoin tumbled below $86,000 in Asian trading on Monday, even as regional stocks opened the final month of 2025 on a steadier footing, buoyed by growing optimism that the US is close to its next interest rate cut.
After hovering near $91,000 at the end of November, Bitcoin had been slipping lower in small steps, a sign of fatigue rather than capitulation.
That changed when a wave of selling punched through several intraday support levels and drove prices toward the $86,900 area, with a sharp spike in sell volume pointing to forced liquidations or large stop orders getting triggered.
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