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7.2 Markets One year after Bitcoin’s $19B crash, leverage is subdued, Bitcoin trades 30% below its peak, and the market remains fragile. Analysts warn that key risks persist despite improved monitoring tools.
A year after the historic October 2025 crash that erased $19 billion in leveraged crypto bets in a single day, the cryptocurrency market remains fundamentally altered. Bitcoin continues to trade more than 30% below its all-time high of $126,000, with repeated failed attempts at a sustained rally. Leverage, which fueled the previous boom, has not returned to pre-crash levels. Open interest in Bitcoin-linked perpetual futures remains more than halved compared to before the crash. During the anniversary week, forced liquidations were only a fraction of the previous year's, but traders still increased leveraged positions, leading to over $1 billion in liquidations as Bitcoin dropped toward $80,000. Analysts caution that the risks behind the selloff—such as excessive leverage and crowded trades—still persist. While traders now have better tools to monitor market sentiment and derivatives data, the crash exposed the market’s structural fragility. Confidence has partially returned, but the market has yet to fully recover.
