Bitcoin slides under $65,000 as Fear Index hits 5; $458M, 136K liquidations

In early Monday trading, Bitcoin fell more than 4% over the past 24 hours to $64,915.62 after briefly reaching $68,600 on Saturday. CoinGlass reported $458 million in liquidations affecting over 136,000 traders, mostly leveraged longs, while Alternative.me’s fear gauge dropped to 5. Gold rose about 2% as broader risk assets softened.