On Thursday, Oct. 15, 2026, Bitcoin fell to its lowest price in more than three weeks. TradingView data cited by Cointelegraph showed BTC/USD reaching $80,154 on the Bitstamp exchange.
The drop came on the same day as heavy losses on South Korea's stock market. The KOSPI Index fell 7.5% on Thursday and closed at its lowest level since April. The report links the slide to a sell-off in Korean tech stocks and says crypto prices moved down with it.
The report does not say what caused the Korean tech sell-off or whether it will continue. It also gives no trading volume or liquidation figures for the Bitcoin move.
For someone already holding a perpetual position, this story changes nothing directly. It contains no data on funding rates, fees or liquidity at Bitget, Bybit, MEXC or OKX, and exchange fee schedules do not change because the price moved. The only direct effect is the price drop itself, which changes a position's unrealized profit or loss and how close it is to its liquidation price.
Source: cointelegraph — Bitcoin dips to $80.1K as KOSPI closes at its lowest since April
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