As has been a familiar trend during the upswing over the past six weeks, a wave of sell orders was likely sitting close to a round number. When bitcoin approached $38,000, the sell orders took over, sending the price lower. That, in turn, triggered liquidations of leveraged long positions, sending the price hurtling further downward.
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