It Was All There: High Leverage and a Rare BTC Sale Behind the June Crypto Crash

The crypto market fell nearly 7% in 24 hours into June 3, with Bitcoin briefly breaking below $66,000 and around $1.8 billion in positions wiped out. The drop looked sudden, but the on-chain data had been flashing for days. Leverage sat at October-crash levels, funding ran hot, and a rare Strategy Bitcoin sale was the