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Bitcoin price keeps dropping as major BTC selloff continues this week In a reversal of fortunes for investors, major cryptocurrencies have now seen their Trump-era gains completely wiped out.

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Claims checked 6
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Topics 2

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What happened

Bitcoin price keeps dropping as major BTC selloff continues this week In a reversal of fortunes for investors, major cryptocurrencies have now seen their Trump-era gains completely wiped out.

Why it matters

Some of the biggest tokens, from Bitcoin (BTC) to Ethereum (ETH), have seen their values tumble over the first five days of June.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 6 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce and his wife, superstar singer Taylor Swift”
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Multiple cross-references from Flipboard and Nbcwashington, as well as web search results mentioning their 'nuptials at Madison Square Garden' and appearing as 'husband and wife', confirm that Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift are married.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The wedding of the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift and the American football player Travis Kelce took place on July 3, 2026, at Madison Square Garden (MSG) in Manhattan, New York City. The pai…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift is a topic of extensive mass media interest and press coverage. With a scrutinized life and career that elicit a diverse public opinion, Swift is both widel…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Travis Michael Kelce ( KEL-see; born October 5, 1989) is an American professional football tight end for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Chiefs in…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travis_Kelce
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Claim 2: “The ESPN Football Power Index had an update this week that included rankings of a number of things heading into the 2026 college football season”
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The evidence confirms that the ESPN Football Power Index (FPI) exists as a predictive rating system, but none of the provided search results or Wikipedia entries mention a specific update this week regarding rankings for the 2026 college football season.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2023–24 College Football Playoff was a single-elimination postseason tournament that determined the national champion of the 2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It was the tenth edition of t…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025 season was the Los Angeles Rams' 88th in the National Football League (NFL), their 89th overall, 59th in the Greater Los Angeles Area, sixth playing their home games at SoFi Stadium and their…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Los_Angeles_Rams_season
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Football Power Index (abbreviated as FPI) is a predictive rating system developed by ESPN that measures team strength and uses it to forecast game and season results in American football. Each team's …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_Power_Index
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Claim 3: “Travis Kelce made a sweet gesture for Taylor Swift at JuJu Smith-Schuster’s wedding”
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Multiple independent sources (Flipboard, Daily Mail, and other web search results) confirm that Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce attended the wedding of JuJu Smith-Schuster and Laura Kruk.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Super Bowl LIX was an American football championship game played between the American Football Conference (AFC) champion and two-time defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs and the National …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jacques Bermon Webster II (born April 30, 1991), known professionally as Travis Scott (formerly stylized as Travi$ Scott), is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. Scott has had…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The wedding of the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift and the American football player Travis Kelce took place on July 3, 2026, at Madison Square Garden (MSG) in Manhattan, New York City. The pai…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedding_of_Taylor_Swift_and_Tr…
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Claim 4: “Over the past decade, Tesla (TSLA +0.22%) and Meta Platforms (META +6.16%) have delivered market-beating [returns]”
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While Wikipedia and web results confirm the existence and nature of Tesla and Meta Platforms, none of the provided evidence contains financial performance data or market-beating return statistics over the last decade to verify the claim.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Meta Platforms, Inc. (doing business as Meta) is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Menlo Park, California. Meta owns and operates several prominent social media platforms a…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Meta Superintelligence Labs (MSL) is an American artificial intelligence division of Meta Platforms, headquartered in Menlo Park, California. The division focuses on research and development in the fi…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Meta AI is a research division of Meta (formerly Facebook) that develops artificial intelligence and augmented reality technologies.
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Claim 5: “major cryptocurrencies have now seen their Trump-era gains completely wiped out”
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Multiple independent sources (Flipboard and web search results) confirm that major cryptocurrencies, specifically Bitcoin and Trump-linked coins, have seen their gains from the Trump era wiped out, with Bitcoin sinking below $65,000 and Trump's specific coin losing 85-97% of its value.
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web search NEUTRAL — 1 day ago ... Bitcoin sank below $65,000 on Thursday for the first time since 2024, wiping out all of the gains it had made since Donald Trump was elected to ...
https://www.facebook.com/WIONews/posts/epic-trumps-crypto-ve…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jul 1, 2026 ... Trump's coin peaked at a value of $14.5 billion the day before his inauguration but has since lost nearly 85% of its value. The financial news ...
https://www.facebook.com/nytimes/posts/a-large-chunk-of-the-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jul 2, 2026 ... It's now worth just $400 million – a 97% implosion. But the memecoin's price is meaningless to Trump. Even as his memecoin investors lost money, ...
https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/02/business/trump-memecoin-crypt…
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Claim 6: “Some of the biggest tokens, from Bitcoin (BTC) to Ethereum (ETH), have seen their values tumble over the first five days of June”
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Web search results specifically mention that June 2026 kicked off 'in the red' for crypto markets, with Bitcoin and Ethereum seeing value decreases during the start of the month.
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web search NEUTRAL — Jul 4, 2026 ... In the last 24 hours, Ethereum has increased in value, with a price gain of over 3%, as against Bitcoin, which declined by 0.9%. Rising volume ...
https://www.facebook.com/coingecko/posts/just-in-ethereum-re…
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web search NEUTRAL — Some investors bought ICOs in hopes of participating in the financial gains similar to those enjoyed by early Bitcoin or Ethereum speculators. In June 2018, ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptocurrency_bubble
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 1, 2026 ... June kicked off in the red for crypto markets as the U.S. and Iran exchanged fire and peace talks failed to translate into reduced tensions ...
https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/06/01/bitcoin-ether-st…
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