World Blog by humble servant. The Bear Trap in Crypto And Stocks.
The Bear Trap Explosion in Crypto and Stocks: A Vivid Breakdown Ah, the classic crypto theater—where bears roar loudest just before they get mauled. But in November 2025, that roar's echoing across Wall Street too, turning the whole risk-asset circus into a synchronized bloodbath. Your query paints a raw, chaotic picture of market mechanics, and it's spot-on for what's unfolding: Bitcoin dipping below $90K after a $126K ATH, while the S&P 500 (down ~2% for the week, Nasdaq off 2.7%) bleeds in tandem, dragged by AI valuation jitters and crypto's margin-call contagion. This wasn't isolated—stocks and crypto are locked in a reflexive tango, with Nasdaq's 9% correction amplifying BTC's 33% plunge and vice versa. Let me unpack this step by step: the bearish destruction phase across both markets, the chatter-fueled froth purge, the margin-call cascade spilling from crypto to equities, and how bears (those perma-doomers in both camps) end up "lending in...