Bitcoin falls to around $65,000 after rapid 4.5% slide; retail pessimism spikes

Bitcoin traded sideways on Friday after a sharp two-hour drop of about 4.5% to roughly $64,200, according to Santiment. Open interest fell to around $19.5 billion from the $38.3 billion mid-January peak, while BTC stood at $65,712, down 2.45% over 24 hours, as analysts assessed sentiment and risk.