2025 is drawing to an end with few crypto market stories more dramatic than the Oct. 10 “flash crash," when bitcoin (BTC) plunged $12,000, or nearly 10$19 billion in liquidations in just 24 hours, followed by a trader-circulated “cascade warning” and a staggering $500 billion wiped from total crypto market capitalization. That set the scene for an extended slide that's seen the largest cryptocurrency drop to more than 30$126,223 value it se ...