Bitcoin long liquidations hit $280M as BTC price dips under $84K

The WatchPaper brief · first reported by Cointelegraph · 23 Sept 2026

Bitcoin long liquidations mounted as BTC/USD briefly traded below $84,000, while analysis flagged key support to hold.

Prices at the time of writing, on 23 September: Bitcoin (BTC) at $83,906, which slipped 3.0% over the previous day and climbed 11.2% across the week. The wider market slipped 2.7% over the same span, with total capitalisation at $2.93T.

Our own momentum signal on Bitcoin reads 58 out of 100 — neutral — weighting the 24-hour move twice the seven-day one. Fifty is flat; the venue or filing has no say in that score.

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