Bitcoin’s slide below $77,000 sets up a Monday tech test as AI leaders sound warning

Bitcoin traded below $77,000 on Sunday as a weak week extended into the weekend, leaving traders facing fresh AI uncertainty and an approaching Federal Reserve meeting.Bitcoin traded at $76,695 near press time, down 0.80% over 24 hours and 4.08% over seven days. The retreat puts the cryptocurrency back near a price area it visited before the weekend, with a Federal Reserve meeting also approaching.The price area is also familiar. CryptoSlate’s Sept. 11 coverage reported an intraday low of $76,676 on Sept. 10, ahead of the Saturday AI statements. That chronology makes the weekend’s move an extension of existing weakness rather than the beginning of a sell-off that can be attributed entirely to the new warnings.The scale and timing of the move matter. Bitcoin was still up 22.34% over 30 days, putting the latest losses within a broader monthly recovery.Reported 24-hour trading volume was about $13.44 billion, down 49.98%. That describes how much trading occurred; it does not measure available buy orders or show which news prompted investors to sell. The price decline and lower turnover are separate measurements: neither reveals a single explanation for the day’s trading.The fresh unce...