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Billions of dollars lost in Crypto market, as over 500,000 investors get wrecked

Olumide Adesina by Olumide Adesina
April 23, 2021
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Billions of dollars lost in Crypto market, as over 500,000 investors get wrecked
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The crypto market suffered heavy losses in the early hours of Friday with many traders liquidated as the flagship crypto dipped below the $50,000 price levels.

In the cryptoverse hundreds of billions of dollars were virtually wiped off in value as the global crypto market lost about $300 billion, trading at $1.77 trillion, a 12.29% decrease over the last day.

As traders panicked, the world’s most popular crypto rout deepened, dropping below the $50,000 level to $48,400, its lowest levels in about seven weeks. Ethereum, the leading altcoin plunged as much as 10% before steadying at about 7% to trade at $2,240.65 on the FTX exchange.

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For the day about 582,578 crypto investors were liquidated. The largest single liquidation order happened on Huobi-BTC valued at $11.28 million.

For Bitcoin, this is the biggest percentage loss since early January.

The spiral fall in play at the flagship crypto market pushed its market value below $1 trillion or 51.45% of the total cryptocurrency market value. At its highest, Bitcoin’s market cap was $1,184 trillion.

Amid the recent price correction, crypto pundits argue that the ever-changing crypto market was still in a long-term bull market, though in the near term, a market correction was long overdue since the market is over-heated among retail investors.

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Other Crypto assets were also experiencing sharp sells with XRP, Polkadot, Cardano, BNB, EOS all suffering significant losses.

Tax concerns may be weighing hard on the crypto- verse with reports showing U.S. investors in the Crypto market already face a capital gains tax if they sell the Crypto after holding it for more than a year.

It’s fair to note that the crypto market is very volatile and some crypto experts are pointing out that it could be in a bubble considering that Bitcoin and Ethereum have recorded gains of over 700% respectively within a very short span.


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Olumide Adesina is a financial market writer, analyst and investment trader. Message Olumide on Twitter @Olumidecapital

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  1. Buchi says:
    April 23, 2021 at 8:15 am

    Hi Ugo, could this be one of the best time to buy?

    Reply
    • Anonymous says:
      May 19, 2021 at 4:51 pm

      yes

      Reply
  2. Neil underwood says:
    April 23, 2021 at 8:30 am

    Very interesting reading thanks

    Reply
  3. Adetunji says:
    April 23, 2021 at 1:32 pm

    Nice update.
    I have been follow and getting news about the crypto market like bitcoin,dogecoin and the rest and I do read that people make lots of money. Mining or trading the market.
    For me that have not trade, how do I start trading and make money in the crypto market.
    Thanks.

    Reply
  4. Musibau says:
    April 23, 2021 at 2:43 pm

    Can you help me to buy crypto

    Reply
  5. doneux patrice says:
    April 24, 2021 at 12:10 pm

    il sert a quoi ?

    Reply
  6. Feyi Ogunlesi says:
    April 25, 2021 at 2:35 pm

    Olumide please are these paper losses please just like @ the Stock markets too?

    Reply
  7. George says:
    June 19, 2022 at 1:04 pm

    Investors? Hilarious use of the word in the title to this article. Gamblers or speculators is what they really are.

    Reply

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