ETH plunges 23% in a single quarter! SharpLink racks up a loss of 394 million, can BTC at $64,225 hold up?

💡 Bearish outlook—large ETH holders get rekt, and panic spreads across the market.

SharpLink, a major ETH-heavy player, suffered a bloodbath loss of $394 million in Q2, and the “ETH faith” gets punched by the market once again.

What happened
Simply put, a publicly listed company that is heavily weighted in Ethereum released its Q2 results: net losses of $394 million. Where did it lose? It was directly stunned by ETH’s 23% drop in Q2. These old hands are loaded with ETH spot, thinking holding is winning—but when the coin price retraced, their books collapsed overnight. This shows that the risk of concentrating on a single coin is enormous; even institutions can’t take it, let alone retail investors.

Impact on the market
In the short term, this is a classic bearish bombshell. When institutions are heavily positioned and get trapped, it will definitely shake market confidence—funds will keep hesitating and won’t rush in to catch the falling knife. Plus, with BTC currently at $64,225.79 and ETH only at $1,886.89, both are down more than 1.1%—sentiment is already fragile.

In the medium term, institutions that have been hoarding coins under the banner of “Ethereum faith” may be forced to reduce exposure to protect themselves. Once institutions start selling and dumping, it will be even harder to find support at the bottom.

My take
Honestly, don’t think about catching the bottom here. When a large ETH account blows up with huge losses, market panic hasn’t fully burned off yet—jumping in now is just catching falling knives. I’m clearly bearish: with BTC at $64,225.79 and ETH at $1,886.89, there’s no real support at these levels. There’s still downside room—don’t go long against the trend with a bit of luck. Wait until the bearish sentiment has been fully digested.

- Coins: BTC, ETH
- Direction: Bearish 📉 forecast a decline
- Duration: BTC 12 hours / ETH 24 hours

❓ Quickly share this with friends who still want to blindly catch the bottom—don’t let an institutional sell-off bury you

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📊 Historical backtest
- After similar news like “In a downturn in the crypto market, Bitcoin’s price breaks below $67,000” (2024-06-11), BTC 12h performance was +0.24%; the bearish call was ❌ wrong
- Of 136 bearish-type BTC news items in history, 64 matched the actual direction (accuracy 47%)

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⚠️ Not investment advice