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Bitcoin market lost $400 billion, over a million investors got wrecked this week

Olumide AdesinabyOlumide Adesina
2 years ago
in Cryptos, Markets, Spotlight
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Most investors in the crypto market are currently having a sour time as the crypto market whipsawed most of their earnings after a wave of negative macros that include Chinese officials cracking down on Crypto assets.

Bitcoin, the pioneer crypto fell as low as $30,000 during the week before rebounding to as high as $41,800. The crypto almost struck below $30,000 earlier in the week, after ending May 14 at above $49,000.

The world’s most popular crypto lost about $400 billion in value after, breaking below a trillion dollars to trade around $680 billion.

READ: Beyond crypto jokes: How crypto market crash will affect Nigerians

The bears are hammering hard on crypto assets with recent macros revealing one of the highest levels of the Chinese government, China’s Financial Committee issued a statement on curbing the world’s biggest Bitcoin mining hub triggering the flagship crypto to fall as low as $33,000 on Friday with investors reacting negatively to this news.

In a meeting headed by its Vice Premier Council Liu, the Chinese authorities further discussed strict anti-crypto regulations, suggesting the crypto market will face more headwinds as over 1.5 million traders got liquated in the past week, amid high price swings in play.

READ: Why is Polygon unaffected by the current cryptocurrency market dip?

At the time of writing this report, the flagship crypto traded at $36,718.65 posting a weekly loss of about 26% with profit-taking intensified among retail investors. Recall that the dreadful week began when Elon Musk, the powerful tech billionaire, said Tesla was no longer accepting Bitcoin amid social media outrage that left many investors astonished.

A few days after it emerged that the U.S Treasury might issue a framework that requires crypto transactions of at least $10,000 to be reported to the Internal Revenue Service.

However, current price actions reveal that the bullish run is still in play with institutional investors buying from the dip. The most recent data from Coinalyze postulates that Spot Crypto exchange volumes surpassed $5.6 billion in four hours, which is high even for a 12% price movement.

READ: Over half a trillion dollars wiped off crypto trading, as 740,000 more get liquidated

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Comments 6

  1. Anthony Ibolo says:
    May 22, 2021 at 5:51 pm

    Sod bad, is there any assurance that crypto will soon bounce back. The falling is so sharp, couples the restrictions and band from China and America. Thanks

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    • Peteru says:
      May 23, 2021 at 10:01 am

      Crypto bearish market is more than what you think ….. There is more to it

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  2. Go Fuck You says:
    May 23, 2021 at 10:17 am

    Nobody got wrecked as most Bitcoin investors are hodling long term except for the hit-and-run chicken-liver fellas looking for quick cash. Your headline is misleading and stupid. Go write about children’s play and leave investment issues to those who know the business. I’m sure when it hits $100k someday, you’ll still just be “writing”…. writing crap.

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    • Anonymous says:
      May 23, 2021 at 8:31 pm

      Sir, you’re right, except for the offensive words on the writer. That was too hash please.

      Reply
  3. Anonymous says:
    May 23, 2021 at 11:48 am

    Will bitcoin still get up to 60000 this year

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  4. Ben says:
    May 23, 2021 at 3:24 pm

    Did the US rejoin the UK and I didn’t hear about it? There is no “Inland Revenue Service.” It’s the Internal Revenue Service.

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