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Market Recap: Sunday, February 1, 2026

Total Cap: $2.62T
BTC Dom: 58.89%
Vol: $262.65B
The King
Bitcoin
-$28.14B
-1.79% price · 47.2% impact
Top Gainer
BCH
+$277.93M
+2.74% price · 0.5% impact
Top Loser
ETH
-$18.80B
-6.36% price · 31.5% impact

Market Overview

Global markets are bleeding out. $12 trillion erased across equities, metals, and crypto in 48 hours. Total crypto cap sits at $2.694T today. Down $162.43B since yesterday. Down a massive 12.83% over the last 30 days. Three consecutive red days.

Why? A macro liquidation spiral. Binance dumped $1B in BTC, triggering a violent chain reaction. $3.5 billion in total crypto liquidations followed. Total wipeout. One insider trader alone ate a $129 million loss after getting squeezed on leveraged altcoin shorts. Play stupid games.

Bitcoin & Majors

$BTC (+0.8%): Touched below $77,000 over the weekend. Lowest since April. The panic was real. MicroStrategy is literally 1.8% away from being underwater on their 712,000 BTC stack (average entry $76,038). Saylor says he's buying more. Of course he is. But today's tiny 0.8% bounce? Just a mechanical short squeeze after the flush.

$ETH (+0.57%): Barely green today, but the backdrop is PURE PAIN. Sinking toward $2,300. Whales are capitulating hard. BitMine is sitting on a $6B unrealized loss. Tom Lee's portfolio is down $5.6B. One random whale just got liquidated for $220M. Not great.

$BNB (+0.35%): People are front-running the anticipated Feb 4th DeFi chain event. Simple as that.

Outliers

$TRX (-0.08%): Justin Sun's ex-girlfriend is loudly alleging wash trading and market manipulation using fake Binance accounts. She claims to have evidence and is cooperating with the SEC. Honestly? I'm shocked the token is only down a fraction of a percent.

$ZAMA (Unlisted): Keep an eye on this. Major exchange listings hit tomorrow, Feb 2nd. Binance Alpha, Kraken, OKX.

$SOL (Unlisted): Polymarket just integrated via Jupiter. Huge fundamental win, even if the macro tape is currently broken.

Sentiment

My read: We aren't out of the woods. You don't just erase $12T globally and snap straight back to up-only. The ETF realized price was breached. Weekend liquidity was a joke. The "Diamond Hands" crowd is getting quietly tested right now.

I'm watching that $76k level on Bitcoin. If Saylor actually goes underwater, the psychological damage to retail will be severe. Don't rush to catch these knives.

Data
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Not financial advice. This analysis is for educational purposes only. Cryptocurrency investments are volatile and risky. Always do your own research before making investment decisions.

Nikolai V.
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Nikolai V.|Cryptochase Research Team

Engineer and product leader. Merges blockchain architecture and fintech to build professional-grade analytics.

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