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Bitcoin falls below $60,000 as options expiry, liquidations and bearish funding pressure markets

Bitcoin falls below $60,000 as options expiry, liquidations and bearish funding pressure markets

BTC slid from below $62,000 on June 5 to as low as $59,855 on June 6 as funding rates weakened, a large options expiry passed, long liquidations surged and macro stress hit risk assets.

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Fact Check
All major components of the claim are independently corroborated. Crypto.news and BlockBeats/Greeks.live confirm the large June 5 expiry (~$1.89B combined notional) and defensive derivatives positioning (negative skew, surging IV, put-heavy hedging). Glassnode independently documents defensive options posture. The solidintel_x X post explicitly reports $1.22B in 24h liquidations across 255K traders, matching the claim exactly. BlockBeats flash 349747 confirms BTC breaking below $60,000 alongside gold -3% and Nasdaq -3%/S&P 500 -1.7%, matching the broader US equities and gold selloff. No contradictory evidence was found.
Summary

Bitcoin fell from below the closely watched $62,000 level on June 5 to as low as $59,855 on OKX on June 6, its lowest level since Oct. 14, 2024, as bearish funding rates, a large June 5 crypto options expiry, heavy long liquidations and worsening macro sentiment pressured markets. Coinglass data cited in the newer report showed funding rates across major centralized and decentralized exchanges had turned bearish, signaling weaker demand for upside exposure. Traders also focused on a large cluster of buy orders on Binance below the market price after the drop, which trader Killa (@KillaXBT) described as a "plunge protection team"-style buy wall based on past episodes that he said were followed by short-term pressure and then rebounds.

Terms & Concepts
  • funding rates: Periodic payments in perpetual futures that reflect whether long or short positions dominate; weaker or negative readings can signal deteriorating sentiment.
  • liquidations: Forced closure of leveraged trading positions when margin requirements are no longer met.
  • buy wall: A large concentration of buy orders placed below or near the market price that can signal visible support.