Bitcoin tumbles, fear surges, and the dip debate explodes

Bitcoin has been slammed back into the mid-$70,000s, wiping out weeks of gains and dragging the wider crypto market lower.

ETF outflows, forced liquidations and a sharp risk-off mood have flipped sentiment to extreme fear almost overnight.

But as panic builds, a growing split is emerging between short-term pain and what some see as a defining long-term opportunity.