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Bitcoin Slides Below $82,000
Bitcoin fell by the most in two weeks, losing as much as 2.9% since midnight UTC to below $82,000. This occurred after mixed earnings reports from Tesla and Meta Platforms revived doubts over AI spending and sent equities lower in Asia. Chinese stocks entered a bear market, with the Hang Seng index falling more than 3%, South Korea's Kospi losing 3.5%, and Japan's Nikkei 225 slipping 2.7%. Nasdaq 100 index futures dropped 1.32% and S&P 500 futures 0.66%. Altcoins also fell, with the CoinDesk 80 (CD80) down 3.2% compared to 2.5% for the CoinDesk 5 (CD5). DeFi tokens saw the most significant declines, with the sector index (DFX) sliding 5.6%. Spot bitcoin ETFs attracted over $1 billion in inflows over the first three days of the week, and Solana's Alpenglow upgrade went live overnight, though SOL fell 2.4% to around $104. U.S. jobless claims are due later today.