# Bitcoin trades near $76,000 after a chip-stock sell-off halts trading on South Korea's KOSPI

Crypto liquidations topped $1 billion, US spot bitcoin ETFs lost $430.2 million in one session, and two listed miners said they are selling bitcoin as they convert to AI data-center operators.

- Published: 2026-11-06T09:52:06.667Z
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- Sources: [CoinDesk](https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/11/05/bitcoin-crypto-stocks-caught-in-ai-trade-meltdown-but-wintermute-trader-sees-glass-half-full), [Bitcoin Magazine](https://bitcoinmagazine.com/markets/bitcoin-price-trades-near-76000-nasdaq), [Bitcoin Magazine](https://bitcoinmagazine.com/markets/bitcoin-price-drops-below-75000-tech), [crypto.news](https://crypto.news/bitcoin-etfs-lost-430-million-as-fidelity-reversed-course/), [Polylog editors](https://polylog.news), [CryptoSlate](https://cryptoslate.com/bitcoins-rate-cut-relief-stalls-as-service-inflation-flares/), [Bitcoin Magazine](https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/core-scientific-exits-bitcoin-year-end), [Bitcoin Magazine](https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/keel-sells-entire-bitcoin-treasury-192m)

Bitcoin fell from above $80,800 to near $76,600 on Thursday morning as a sell-off in chip and artificial-intelligence (AI) stocks spread into crypto, Bitcoin Magazine reported. It held near $76,000 into the afternoon as the Nasdaq moved fur…

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