Major cryptocurrency including bitcoin (BTC ($94,262.07)), ether (ETH ($2,522.21)), Solana’s SOL ($187.68), and XRP ($2.15) were all significantly down as Asia began its trading week.
By mid-morning Hong Kong time, BTC was down 8%, trading above $93,100, according to CoinDesk Indices data.
Meanwhile, ether (ETH) is down nearly 20%, trading at $2,500, while SOL is down 13% at $184. XRP is down 28% and trading at $2.
Data from CoinGlass shows that over the last 12 hours nearly $1.3 billion in long positions have been liquidated, with around $400 million in long ether positions and $300 million in long BTC positions.
The market correction stems from a trade war that has seemingly been ignited by U.S. President Donald Trump with 25% tariffs being placed on Canada and Mexico.
Many market observers are skeptical about the benefits of tariffs, with a Wall Street Journal editorial board op-ed calling it the “Dumbest Trade War in History” over the weekend.
Trump, for his part, dismissed criticism, in a series of posts on Truth Social over the weekend, suggesting that critics were being funded by China.
