Bitcoin Drops Below $77K as ZEC and NEAR Lead Losses Ahead of U.S. Midterm Results

TL;DR Bitcoin fell below $77,000 after failing near $79,000, with an initial snapshot placing BTC around $76,400 ahead of the U.S. midterm election outcome. ZEC and NEAR led notable losses, falling 8.6% and 7.3% respectively in the initial reading, while Ethereum slipped to $2,260 and BNB moved below $700. Later CoinMarketCap readings kept BTC, ZEC and NEAR under pressure, reinforcing broad weakness without proving election uncertainty directly caused the market selloff. Bitcoin fell below $77,000 as selling pressure returned ahead of the U.S. midterm election outcome , reversing the recovery that had taken BTC toward $79,000 on Monday. The initial market snapshot placed Bitcoin near $76,400 after another rejection at higher levels. Its market capitalization slipped to about $1.54 trillion while dominance remained just under 60%.

BeCrypto News shows a short excerpt and links to the publisher. The full report belongs to Crypto Economy.