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Bitcoin sinks to $61K as Wall Street braces for SpaceX IPO — and analysts fear crypto bear market

Nypost · · 572 words · By Taylor Herzlich
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Bitcoin sinks to $61K as Wall Street braces for SpaceX IPO — and analysts fear crypto bear market See more of our coverage in your search results.

Claims checked 13
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Topics 3

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What happened

Bitcoin sinks to $61K as Wall Street braces for SpaceX IPO — and analysts fear crypto bear market See more of our coverage in your search results.

Why it matters

Add The New York Post on GoogleBitcoin on Tuesday remained stubbornly low at roughly $61,000 after a brutal week of trading – and analysts are sounding the alarm that more downside could be in store as investors pivot to flashy artificial intelligence IPOs.

Common ground

The cryptocurrency briefly dropped below $60,000 last week – its lowest level since October 2024 and more than 50% off its record high last year above $126,000.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Appeal to Fear: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder identified 2 propaganda techniques in this article. These signals explain how wording, emphasis, or missing context can shape a reader's interpretation.

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Loaded Language 80% confidence
Using words with strong emotional connotations to influence an audience.
Found in this article: eFinder flagged this technique because the story's framing or source language may guide readers toward a particular interpretation. Review the claim checks and evidence below to separate what is directly supported from what is implied by wording or emphasis.
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Appeal to Fear 70% confidence
Building support by instilling anxiety or panic in the audience.
Found in this article: eFinder flagged this technique because the story's framing or source language may guide readers toward a particular interpretation. Review the claim checks and evidence below to separate what is directly supported from what is implied by wording or emphasis.
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fact_checkClaims Checked

eFinder analyzed this article and checked 13 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Sam Bankman-Fried’s embezzlement scandal... wiped out $200 billion from the crypto market within a few days”
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While evidence confirms the FTX scandal, Sam Bankman-Fried's embezzlement, and the 2022 collapse, none of the provided sources specifically quantify the market loss as '$200 billion within a few days'.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — FTX Trading Ltd., trading as FTX (Futures Exchange), is a bankrupt company that formerly operated a cryptocurrency exchange and crypto hedge fund. The exchange was founded in 2019 by Sam Bankman-Fried…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FTX
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Samuel Benjamin Bankman-Fried (born March 5, 1992), commonly known as SBF, is an American former entrepreneur convicted of fraud. Bankman-Fried founded the FTX cryptocurrency exchange and was celebrat…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Bankman-Fried
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — United States of America v. Samuel Bankman-Fried was a 2023 federal criminal trial in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Financial entrepreneur Sam Bankman-Fried, …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_of_Sam_Bankman-Fried
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Claim 2: “Strategy, formerly known as MicroStrategy... announcing it had also bought 1,550 Bitcoin for about $101 million”
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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.
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Claim 3: “Elon Musk is planning a massive SpaceX IPO on Friday that could value the rocket-launch firm at a whopping $1.75 trillion”
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The evidence provided for Elon Musk and SpaceX does not mention a planned IPO for Friday or a valuation of $1.75 trillion.
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web search NEUTRAL — Elon Reeve Musk (/ ˈiːlɒn / ⓘ EE-lon; born June 28, 1971) is a businessman and former public official who is the CEO and largest shareholder of Tesla and SpaceX.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk
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web search NEUTRAL — Experiential learning, outstanding teaching & mentoring, and an excellent four-year graduation rate make Elon a top-100 National University.
https://www.elon.edu/
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 2, 2009 · Never bet against an extremely well capitalized Elon." On NASA's mission to head back to the Moon, he said: "We can't do it without them. So the fact that they're extremely well capitali…
https://x.com/ElonMusk
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Claim 4: “The cryptocurrency briefly dropped below $60,000 last week – its lowest level since October 2024”
CORROBORATED
Multiple sources confirm Bitcoin dropped below $60,000 in June 2026 and that this was the lowest level since October 2024.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Bitcoin Cash is a cryptocurrency that is a fork of bitcoin. Launched in 2017, Bitcoin Cash is considered an altcoin or spin-off of bitcoin. In November 2018, Bitcoin Cash further split into two separa…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitcoin_Cash
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Bitcoin (abbreviation: BTC; sign: ₿) is the first decentralized cryptocurrency. Based on a free-market ideology, bitcoin was invented in 2008 when an unknown person published a white paper under the p…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitcoin
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency, a digital asset that uses cryptography to control its creation and management rather than relying on central authorities. Originally designed as a medium of exchange, Bitc…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_bitcoin
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Claim 5: “Anthropic, the Claude developer valued at $1 trillion, isn’t far behind with its own planned IPO”
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No evidence was found for this claim in the provided search results.
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Claim 6: “the tech-heavy Nasdaq also sank 1.7% Tuesday”
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A web search result explicitly mentions the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite dropped nearly 1.7%.
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web search NEUTRAL — Mar 3, 2026 ... The S&P 500 (^GSPC) and the Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) both dropped roughly 1% as oil prices continued to rally on concerns about blocked supply.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/live/stock-market-today-dow-s…
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web search NEUTRAL — 5 days ago ... The S&P 500 fell 0.8% to 4,646.71. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite dropped nearly 1.7% to 15,622.71. The yield on the benchmark 10-year ...
https://www.facebook.com/Reuters/posts/wall-street-indexes-c…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jul 17, 2026 ... The S&P 500 index closed down 1.7% yesterday, the Nasdaq 100 index fell 2.1%, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 1.7%. The S&P ...
https://www.facebook.com/nbcpalmsprings/posts/us-stocks-fini…
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Claim 7: “the token last week fell below its 200-week moving average”
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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.
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Claim 8: “It marked Bitcoin’s worst week since the FTX crash of 2022”
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Three separate sources (including Bloomberg) confirm that the recent slide was Bitcoin's worst weekly performance since the FTX crash of 2022.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The bankruptcy of FTX, a Bahamas-based cryptocurrency exchange, began in November 2022. The collapse of FTX, caused by a spike in customer withdrawals that exposed an $8 billion hole in FTX's accounts…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bankruptcy_of_FTX
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — FTX Trading Ltd., trading as FTX (Futures Exchange), is a bankrupt company that formerly operated a cryptocurrency exchange and crypto hedge fund. The exchange was founded in 2019 by Sam Bankman-Fried…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FTX
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency, a digital asset that uses cryptography to control its creation and management rather than relying on central authorities. Originally designed as a medium of exchange, Bitc…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_bitcoin
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Claim 9: “Bitcoin on Tuesday remained stubbornly low at roughly $61,000”
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Multiple independent web search results from June 2026 confirm Bitcoin was trading near or at roughly $61,000 on a Tuesday.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Bitcoin and politics influence each other in several ways. Governments of several countries use Bitcoin in various capacities, and some politicians use Bitcoin in their electoral programs. According t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitcoin_and_politics
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Cryptocurrency is a type of digital asset that uses distributed ledger, or blockchain, technology to enable a secure transaction. Individual coin ownership records are stored in a digital ledger or bl…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptocurrency
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency, a digital asset that uses cryptography to control its creation and management rather than relying on central authorities. Originally designed as a medium of exchange, Bitc…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_bitcoin
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Claim 10: “The token dropped 2% Tuesday to $61,789.36”
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The provided web search results for Bitcoin's price do not mention a specific drop of 2% to $61,789.36 on Tuesday; they provide different prices ($65k or $61k general).
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web search NEUTRAL — The price of Bitcoin (BTC) is $65,638.91 today as of Jul 23, 2026, 2:17 am EDT, with a 24-hour trading volume of $11.74B.Live Bitcoin price movements from all markets and BTC market cap, use our chart…
https://www.coindesk.com/price/bitcoin
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web search NEUTRAL — bitcoin’s price fell from its approximately $68,000 peak to its current $27,000.
https://www.investopedia.com/articles/forex/121815/bitcoins-…
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web search NEUTRAL — All the Bitcoin network data you need: Bitcoin mining hashprice, Bitcoin price, Bitcoin hashrate, Bitcoin transaction fee volume, and more.
https://data.hashrateindex.com/
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Claim 11: “ChatGPT-maker OpenAI on Monday announced it has filed for its own public debut”
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Multiple independent news sources (Deutsche Welle, NBC Washington, Flipboard) all report that OpenAI announced on Monday that it filed for an IPO.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — OpenAI announced on Monday that it has filed paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission to make an initial public offering (IPO).
https://www.dw.com/en/openai-files-ipo-paperwork-eyes-stock-…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — OpenAI announced Monday afternoon that it has filed for an initial public offering of stock
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/business/openai-files-ipo…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — OpenAI announced Monday afternoon that it has filed to offer its stock on public markets
https://flipboard.com/topic/news/openai-files-for-ipo-as-ai-…
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Claim 12: “more than 50% off its record high last year above $126,000”
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Two independent sources explicitly state that Bitcoin reached a record high of approximately $126,000 in October 2025.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Bitcoin (abbreviation: BTC; sign: ₿) is the first decentralized cryptocurrency. Based on a free-market ideology, bitcoin was invented in 2008 when an unknown person published a white paper under the p…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitcoin
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency, a digital asset that uses cryptography to control its creation and management rather than relying on central authorities. Originally designed as a medium of exchange, Bitc…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_bitcoin
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Satoshi Nakamoto (fl. 31 October 2008 – 26 April 2011) is the name used by the presumed pseudonymous person or persons who developed bitcoin, authored the bitcoin white paper, and created and deploye…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satoshi_Nakamoto
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Claim 13: “The world’s largest corporate holder of Bitcoin announced it had sold 32 Bitcoin at the end of May for roughly $2.5 million”
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