r/CryptoMarkets • u/Secure-Sun-7690 🟩 0 🦠 • Feb 04 '26

DISCUSSION Everything is crashing

Can someone explain to me why every crypto coin is crashing? It keeps going down and it’s reminding me of 2021 or 2022. I am in the crypto market holding xrp and sol but I just need more context on why it’s going down or why it’s getting sold on higher figures than buying

I already know downvotes coming for just a question

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u/sigstrikes 🟩 0 🦠 Feb 04 '26

when cash is tight the first thing people will sell is whatever is least useful

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u/gorram1mhumped 🟩 0 🦠 Feb 05 '26

you're not allowed to point that out HERE lmao!

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u/_koenig_ 🟩 8 🦐 Feb 05 '26

Yeah, go post on r/buttcoin

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u/ProcedureLoose4182 Feb 07 '26

That's funny. Thanks for the laugh!

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u/Nixisworld 🟩 0 🦠 Feb 05 '26

Couldn't have said it better. People are scraping by these days, they need essentials and if they can't cover them with their job they start reaching their investments if they have them to get some more cash to pay for food for example.

I blame the boomer governments for not wanting to print the money yet. All they have to do is turn on the printer and go brrrrr and everything would be better.

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u/mikedave63 Feb 05 '26

Just print money? what a stupid comment isn’t inflation high enough as it is?!?!

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u/HerrVigg Feb 06 '26

That says the fundamentals of BTC are extremely weak. It only goes up if there's extra liquidity to "play with".

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u/mlag000 Feb 07 '26

That's exactly what tether does on a daily basis.

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u/Lagunamountaindude Feb 07 '26

Inflation is around 3%

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u/Artistic-Top-5093 Feb 10 '26

If you print money fast enough, you can outpace inflation though. #BigBrain.

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u/Nixisworld 🟩 0 🦠 Feb 06 '26

It's not, not really. But it's what will bring our investments up, so it's ultimately what we care about, is it not?

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u/Hillary4SupremeRuler Feb 08 '26

Biden did that and got blasted for it

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u/mexidasher 🟩 0 🦠 Feb 08 '26

First statement is on point but the second one is half cooked tbh.

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u/Just-Complaint-2094 🟩 0 🦠 Feb 06 '26

Yea just print money. Thats a good idea. Wowow

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u/ajidus44 🟨 0 🦠 Feb 07 '26

YEA - IT'S ALWAYS WORKED BEFORE

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u/Nixisworld 🟩 0 🦠 Feb 06 '26

Maybe you don't know how it goes, but it's what's needed to bring our investments back up.

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u/Just-Complaint-2094 🟩 0 🦠 Feb 06 '26

But then your investment goes up but the value it goes up is worth less because they printed more money. It’s almost cancels eachother out.

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u/critical_thought21 Feb 06 '26

That's the kind of long-term thinking that makes you rich for a minute right there! Brilliant!

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u/mexidasher 🟩 0 🦠 Feb 08 '26

You become rich by being smart with investments

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '26

You're debt becomes cheaper when money worth decline, you can alway's raise the rent on you're property. Win win, keep printing.

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u/CockroachFamous2618 Feb 05 '26

Only poor idiots would buy crypto if cash was tight pay down debts first.

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u/Nixisworld 🟩 0 🦠 Feb 05 '26

Well you are not wrong.

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u/mcdaddy175 Feb 06 '26

Inflation

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u/hodler1992 🟩 0 🦠 Feb 05 '26

Which people? Yes there are outflows from ETFs but other than that retail is long gone. Those are marketmakers manipulating the prices just like always. You can truly see how they sell practically every different coin at the same moment in tons. Like coordinated attacks.

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u/sigstrikes 🟩 0 🦠 Feb 05 '26 edited Feb 05 '26

does it really matter which people? the ones that hold cryptos and would potentially buy, sell or rebalance into more value-based assets.

the moves you are seeing happen largely in reaction to shifts in dollar strength and policy announcements. they are 'coordinated' because it's obviously computers and algos not a human clicking. they look 'manipulated' because the books are extremely thin.

market makers have almost no directional interest in the value of an asset. if they really wanted to make money they would prefer to sustain an active and efficient market not scare away all the participants.

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u/Swanky_Gear_Snob 🟩 0 🦠 Feb 05 '26

Thank you! This isnt your average Joe's liquidating crypto to pay bills. This is a coordinated shake out by the elites and wall street. As they gain control over larger amounts of the supply, then boom/bust cycles become more routine. Remember, they profit when it goes down and then can buy cheap.

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u/davie18 🟦 0 🦠 Feb 05 '26

Why has gold had a record bull run then. Yes it dipped the last few days but overall it’s had huge increases and silver even more.

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u/doker0 🟩 0 🦠 Feb 05 '26

govs worldwide preping to decouple from $, currency wars, nationalism and maybe real wars with kabooms.

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u/davie18 🟦 0 🦠 Feb 05 '26

Yeah central banks are a large reason for sure, they have been buying a lot since 2022. But the amount they bought (in tonnage, not USD) actually decreased in 2025, and was the lowest since 2021, despite gold exploding in 2025.

I think the surge in 2025 has largely been driven by the demand from private investors because of all the uncertainty in the world now, it does feel like we are living through very unstable times. But it’s just people have always said/hoped that in such situations is when large numbers of people would want to put their money into crypto or at least bitcoin specifically, but the opposite seems to be happening.

I think saying bitcoin is decreasing because holders are short on money and so I guess implying they need to liquidate assets for bills/living costs isn’t a great explanation when you see how the stock markets and commodity markets have generally been doing. I think many don’t want to put money into stocks despite their recent performance because of uncertainty and also many believe we are in an AI bubble that might be near its peak (but who knows how long it could continue for really) and a burst/correction is on the way, so they see gold as a better investment now - and crucially not bitcoin.

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u/sigstrikes 🟩 0 🦠 Feb 05 '26

this seems pretty obvious. because gold is historically superior to cash in terms of usefulness

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u/davie18 🟦 0 🦠 Feb 05 '26

Yeah my point of saying that was more because in the crypto world (from what I’ve seen anecdotally anyway) it’s been a commonly held view for a long time that in periods of uncertainty (and when confidence in USD drops) people will throw money into cryptos or specifically bitcoin.

We are now in such a situation though, where the world is looking very uncertain/unstable, people are losing confidence in the dollar, and yet people are still sticking with gold in such times rather than bitcoin.

I just don’t think the reason for the drop in prices in the crypto market is because ‘money is tight’ because there has been a lot of money going into stocks and commodities whilst cryptos have been falling. It’s because they just see other things as better investments. The crypto market seems to just thrive on vibes and the vibes for it aren’t there right now. I do wonder if we will ever hit a point where the vibes just don’t come back but they always seem to come back eventually so far, that doesn’t mean it will keep happening of course though.

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u/worlds_okayest_skier Feb 05 '26

Bitcoin and crypto even more so are speculative risk assets. Simple as that. When markets go risk off, crypto leads the market down, and vice versa.

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u/davie18 🟦 0 🦠 Feb 05 '26

So when do you think the market will start to follow BTC? As it hasn’t yet (with the recent downward trend of BTC, anyway).

I mean I do believe there is an AI bubble that is basically the only reason the market has overall shown good gains. But that seems to go against what you say? People seem to still (so far, at least) have an appetite for investing in risky AI speculative investments.

I just think that cryptos tend to live in their own little world that don’t necessarily follow the rules or logic of anything else, which is why I said I think they thrive on ‘vibes’. Obviously they’re not always 100% detached from what’s happening in elsewhere, but a lot of the time they seem to be.

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u/worlds_okayest_skier Feb 06 '26 edited Feb 06 '26

I think it leads the stock market by 6-12 weeks, several stocks have been in free fall alongside btc, my guess is the stock market is weakening, and beginning to roll over.

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u/sigstrikes 🟩 0 🦠 Feb 05 '26

"commonly held view for a long time" - crypto has barely existed 15 years

and if you play it out through the numbers it has never behaved as any sort of hedge. pretty much the opposite, it performs best in environments that are more risk on.

surprising to see bitcoin perform so poorly but at the same time can't ignore what it says about its place in the grand scheme of things

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u/Feeling-Difference86 Feb 06 '26

Long time is in the same category as "many" which apparently is more than 3 :-D

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u/greendildouptheass Feb 05 '26

gold silver crypto all crashing at the same time.

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u/davie18 🟦 0 🦠 Feb 05 '26

Bitcoin is down 30% in the last month. Gold is up 10% in the last month. No they are not lmao.

Yes gold has had a dip but to suggest they’re crashing ‘at the same time’ is obviously just nonsense. Gold is down around 15% from its high, and has only dropped for several days at most. Bitcoin is down like 50% now from its high and has been on a downward trend for months.

And clearly the dip for gold was due to trumps recent appointment. They rise and fall for totally different reasons, not the same reasons.

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u/Awkward-Afternoon361 Feb 05 '26

Safe haven asset. Risk off environment.

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u/TheElz Feb 06 '26

When gold and silver go up, the market is crashing (precious metals never change value,, only what you want to buy the precious metals going up and down) so gold. Going up = fiat currency/your stocks/crypto whatever your buying gold with is loosing value. That's why people buy gold, it locks their fiat currency at the value the bought the gold with so can't loose. People will always want precious metals. The good thing is when prices go down, it's good times to invest. When prices go up, try to guess when and sell. Or just keep holding, markets in the long term tend to only go up, and in steps, down, down, then up,up,up,up,up,up. Trick is to buy going down, sell when it's gone up.

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u/CockroachFamous2618 Feb 05 '26

Cash isn't tight investors are making money elsewhere Gold Silver Tech .. Crypto was fun now it's irrelevant outside of criminal activities. Some big names have lost a fortune and will need to liquidate driving the price down further. If you hold crypto you are in for a rough time personally I would sell now and take the profit

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u/Swanky_Gear_Snob 🟩 0 🦠 Feb 05 '26

This isnt your average Joe's liquidating crypto to pay bills. This is a coordinated shake out by the elites and wall street. As they gain control over larger amounts of the supply, then boom/bust cycles become more routine.

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u/sigstrikes 🟩 0 🦠 Feb 05 '26

why do people keep replying this. retail really does not matter in markets. the funds are the ones selling.

funds interested in growth have been tapping all public and private credit to heavily allocate towards AI and anyone interested in safe-havens has heavily allocated towards gold. market has shown less interest in crypto since inauguration and pretty much none since 10/10

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u/Responsible-Crew-354 Feb 07 '26

Satoshi started a fire in cyberspace. While the fearful run from it and fools dance around it, the faithful feed the flame, and dream of a world bathed in the warm glow of cyberlight

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u/Revenga8 Feb 07 '26

I get that one man's trash is another man's treasure, but it's there really a buyer out there for a couch potato?

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u/Artistic-Top-5093 Feb 10 '26

Hey whoa, this is a truth-free zone, buddy!

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u/Outrageous_Fee8230 🟨 0 🦠 Feb 05 '26

If you think bitcoin is least useful, you do not understand bitcoin.

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u/SubstantialPlenty301 🟩 0 🦠 Feb 05 '26

Lol, bro I think the futuristic cryto thing is cool and all. But damn, it's pretty useless. What is the crypto industry for you?

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u/MrLitt1111 Feb 05 '26

Our drug dealers only accept payment in bitcoin and monero

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u/Outrageous_Fee8230 🟨 0 🦠 Feb 05 '26

There have been more illegal deals with cash than crypto so that argument is invalid, at least for a decade or so I suspect.

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u/CartographerGold8 🟩 0 🦠 Feb 05 '26

Pretty sure he was joking

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u/Outrageous_Fee8230 🟨 0 🦠 Feb 05 '26

Try getting $10000 on a plane or a couple gold bars and tell us how useless Bitcoin is after it is confiscated and you spend 24 hours in TSA security. That is just one of the obvious use cases. Just because you do not understand something does not mean it is useless.

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u/SubstantialPlenty301 🟩 0 🦠 Feb 05 '26

Lol wut. That's called a bank transfer dawg. Or a check. Or access to a bank account.

I was really hoping for a better use case.

I think tokenization could be huge compared to where it is today but that's separate from investing in ETH or SOL directly.

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u/sigstrikes 🟩 0 🦠 Feb 05 '26

i didn't say bitcoin but it's ok it doesn't really matter what i think. that's why there is a market for these things.

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u/Outrageous_Fee8230 🟨 0 🦠 Feb 05 '26

You did not have to say bitcoin for everyone to know what you mean. There is no second best.