Goldman Sachs has laid out a warning about the sell off pressure for US stocks. This is likely to extend over to the crypto market as it could terribly influence the BTC price. Meanwhile, Gold prices have eased out, giving some space to investors for reconsideration.
The investment banking company Goldman Sachs has warned of a possible stock selloff worth approximately $80 billion. It has based its forecast on the elevated market stress and thin liquidity conditions.
According to a report by Yahoo Finance, S&P 500 has breached a short-term level that triggers selling by CTAs, an acronym for Commodity Trading Advisors. Renewed decline, if any, could add to the sell-off of US equities. Thereby, leading the market to an additional selling of around $80 billion in the next month.
Goldman Sachs has pointed out a shift to Extreme Fear in its internal Panic Index. It has noted a plausible transition to short gamma.
A heavy selloff of US stocks could flood the crypto market with the same pressure and tightened liquidity. For BTC price, it comes in the form of portfolio deleveraging and a reduction in the risk-taking capacity. Both factors could contribute to high swings and go on to influence every crypto price.
Notably, Goldman Sachs earlier forecasted a 11% return on global stocks in 2026.
BTC price is currently around $68,559.62, down by 0.33% in the last 24 hours. The crypto market has collectively gained 0.35% in its market cap – all values true at the time of writing this article. BTC price is estimated to trade as low as $45,000 and as high as $100,000 this year.
What’s possibly attracting investors is the recently eased Gold price, down by 0.2% to $5,055.29 per ounce. Even Silver declined by 1.2% to $82.39 per ounce. Both precious metals have fallen from recent highs. Yet, investors are confident about the gains they could record in the times to come.
ActivTrades analyst Ricardo Evangelista, in a media interaction, said that the outlook on Gold prices was optimistic, adding that it is against the backdrop of economic and geopolitics uncertainty, along with the possibility of two rate cuts in 2026 by the US Federal Reserve.
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