Bitcoin drops to $64,000 as $1.39B liquidations hit; Strategy reports $12.4B Q4 loss

On Friday morning in Asia, Bitcoin briefly touched $60,000 before stabilizing near $64,000, a roughly 10% daily decline after a near $10,000 move and $1.39 billion in leveraged liquidations. CoinMarketCap's sentiment index fell to a record 5, while Strategy posted a $12.4 billion fourth-quarter net loss as its 713,000-plus BTC holdings traded below a $76,052 cost basis.