Bitcoin, Solana, Cardano XRP Tokens Plunge 20% as Traders Expect More Pain Ahead

A crypto market sell-off went from unhealthy to brutal in European morning hours Monday as bitcoin pierced the $75,000 stage — extending losses on main tokens to almost 20%.

Tokens XRP, solana (SOL), and dogecoin (DOGE) plunged over 5% within the hours forward of the European open, erasing tens of billions in market capitalization, pushed by a cascade of macroeconomic uncertainty and aggressive liquidations that neared $1 billion.

The broad-based CoinDesk 20 (CD20) index, which tracks the most important tokens, slumped 12%, signaling a widespread risk-off sentiment gripping the sector.

XRP and SOL led the decline, every nosediving greater than 20% up to now 24 hours and breaking underneath essential assist ranges. XRP, buying and selling at $1.70, has slipped under its essential 200-day shifting common — a key technical assist stage — elevating fears of additional draw back towards $1.75.

SOL, in the meantime, dropped underneath $100, breaching its 50-day shifting common and marking a 64% retreat from its all-time excessive. DOGE, the meme coin darling, wasn’t spared, tumbling 20% to $0.13, as a CoinDesk evaluation famous earlier Monday.

President Donald Trump’s current 25% tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico, coupled with a doubled 20% levy on China, have sparked retaliatory threats.

China is mulling front-loaded stimulus to counter these measures, including to market jitters, as reported. Investors are fleeing danger property for secure havens like gold, and the Japanese yen.

Meanwhile, merchants count on the market decline to proceed via the Asian day forward of the U.S. open.

“Historically, crypto markets tend to front-run stock markets over the weekend, and this morning’s Asia market declines seem to have reinforced this belief,” Jeff Mei, COO at BTSE, instructed CoinDesk in a Telegram message. “We expect crypto markets to dip once US markets open.”

“As to whether or not they’ll recover depends on which large countries are able to secure short-term tariff delays or deals this week. Thus far, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Taiwan have already pledged to lower their own tariffs and/or increase US investment in exchange for relief, but we would need a larger trading partner like Japan or China to do so to restore confidence and certainty in the markets,” Mei added.

Augustine Fan, head of insights at SignalPlus, mentioned present worth motion was displaying bear market behaviour.

“All the signs suggest that macro markets are now in ‘bear market’ mode, rallies are to be sold, and investors will be forced to accept this new reality against the long-term wagers being made,” Fan mentioned in a Telegram message. “The market will likely continue to frustrate and shake investor confidence for quite a while longer.”

“Over the longer term, charts might argue that BTC has broken out against global equities and is overdue to catch up with spot gold, but catalysts appear to be fleeting at this time and risk management (ie. lower prices) will likely dominate until global stops melting down,” Fan ended.