Bitcoin hits 12-month low of $59,778.75 on June 25, down 44.15% from a year earlier

BTC fell to 59778.75 on June 25, 2026, its lowest level in 12 months and 44.15% below its level a year earlier. On the same day, the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis said the May personal consumption expenditures price index rose 4.1% from a year earlier and the core measure rose 3.4%, while personal income and consumer spending each increased 0.7%. BEA also said in its third estimate on June 25 that first-quarter U.S. GDP grew at a 2.1% annualized rate.

Market pressure coincided with continued institutional withdrawals and a large derivatives event. The Block reported on June 25 that U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs recorded 469 million dollars of net outflows in a single day and that the June 26 quarterly Deribit options expiry carried about 10.6 billion dollars of open interest, with roughly 80% of positions out of the money. Reuters reported on June 25 that the dollar index was near 101.5 after touching a 13-month high of 101.8 as traders increased bets on at least one Federal Reserve rate hike in 2026. On June 26, bitcoin briefly traded around 58200 before recovering to about 59890 late in the session, according to The Block.