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Challenging an all-time high earlier Friday, bitcoin has pulled back, giving up most of its weekly gains
The selloff in the rest of the cryptocurrency market was far larger as speculative fever cooled
The spot bitcoin ETFs are on their largest accumulation streak since launch, but it wasn’t enough for a sustained rally in price.
What was thought to be a challenge of all-time highs for bitcoin (SOL) 7%.
According to data tracked by Coinglass, the selloff has led to $450 million in liquidations, the largest amount since a mid-April washout.
Challenging $72,000 earlier on Friday, bitcoin began headed lower in the U.S. morning hours after the government’s employment report for May came in far stronger than expected with 272,000 jobs added. That seemingly dashed hopes for an imminent interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve, sending interest rates and the dollar sharply higher.
The selloff in bitcoin and crypto really picked up steam several hours later as Roaring Kitty held a hotly anticipated YouTube livesteam for the first time in several years. The trading legend perhaps disappointed those waiting for some sort of big announcement and instead said little of interest except for his hope that GameStop management will be able to transform the company into something of great value in coming years.
Already lower on the day, GME shares fell further during the broadcast, now off 40% for the session. The GME meme coin is down 50% from highs reached earlier Friday. A check of other meme coins finds dogecoin <a href="https://coindesk.com/price/dogecoin/" data-position="autolink" title="Dogecoin Price
