Crypto Market Daily News (June 3)

Crypto market crashes across the board
Bitcoin falls below $66,000
Hits a new low in nearly two months
24-hour drop exceeds 6%
Down more than 24% year-to-date

Ethereum also plunges sharply
Declines at one point by more than 7%
Altcoins are even more brutal
SOL drops nearly 10%
Dogecoin tumbles more than 8%
XRP and BNB both fall by over 6%

Nearly 280,000 people worldwide are liquidated
Total liquidation value reaches $1.78 billion
Largest single liquidation is nearly $200 million
Long positions account for over 90% of liquidations
A cascading liquidation stampede effect takes hold

Three major factors trigger the sell-off
Strategy’s first time selling Bitcoin
Breaking the usual buy-only pattern
U.S. Bitcoin ETFs
Fund outflows for 11 consecutive days
A cumulative withdrawal of $3.45 billion
Sudden escalation of the U.S.-Iran situation
Both sides launch attacks against each other
Airports in multiple Middle Eastern countries suspend operations

Other important updates
SEC issues a crypto regulatory framework
Adopts a five-category token classification method
16 major coins are recognized as commodities
The U.S. sanctions Iran’s crypto platform
It is added to the SDN list