Bitcoin Crashes: Why Is the Crypto Market Down Today?

Bitcoin has not opened Tuesday on a positive note. BTC is down roughly 1.3% over the past 24 hours and has slipped back below $82,000, trading around $81,600. The weakness is not isolated to Bitcoin either. Ethereum is down about 1.5%, XRP nearly 1%, Solana 1.3%, Hyperliquid 1.7% and Zcash more than 2% in the