Bitcoin slides 16% in a week to $60,000 with no clear catalyst after October peak at $126,273

Bitcoin declined 16% over the past week, dropping to $70,008 and briefly touching $60,000 after previously reaching an all‑time high of $126,273 in October. Ether fell 24% to $2,052, and prominent market participants acknowledged there was no single identifiable trigger, pointing instead to shifting risk appetite, policy uncertainty, and profit‑taking.