Bitcoin stages V-shaped recovery after midterm dip below $76,000

The largest crypto erased its early Wednesday losses as reports of a Democratic sweep of Congress rattled, then released, the market Bitcoin slid to just under $76,000 early Wednesday, as reports said Democrats were sweeping both chambers of Congress. By the time the rest of the country finished its coffee, the losses were gone. Before the vote, Bitcoin had been trading near $77,500. It then hit an intraday low of approximately $75,630 on November 4, 2026, the morning after Americans went to the polls on November 3. Traders had plenty of warning about what was coming.