‘Who was selling? Not HODLers’ — New data hints at Bitcoin crash ‘culprit’ am...
A classic dichotomy between hodlers and leveraged traders sets this week’s Bitcoin price dip apart from the coronavirus crash of March 2020. Bitcoin (BTC) crashed by $9,000 in hours on Tuesday thanks to a mass unwinding of leveraged traders and borrowers, one analyst believes.In a series of tweets on Wednesday, Willy Woo sought to get to the bottom of what made BTC/USD dive to lows of $42,800 on Tuesday.Woo: Bitcoin margin borrowers and open interest may be to blameWith rumors flying over who was behind Bitcoin’s major price dip, analysts have been crunching data in order to understand....
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On-chain metrics detect strong "sophisticated passive buying" on spot exchanges and a rise in the movements of Bitcoin to whale wallets. Bitcoin (BTC) hodlers, a class of crypto investors that hold onto their bitcoin tokens for at least 155 days, have been dumping them lately.Adjusted Bitcoin supply shock. Source: Willy WooThe price recovery witnessed in the Bitcoin market across the last two weeks coincided with a rise in hodlers and speculative investors selling their coins, according to data provided by researcher Willy Woo. Nonetheless, BTC's price ability to withstand the selling....
Through its national media, the Chinese government announced to the public the possibility of tighter regulations against the cryptocurrency sector. This, the media explained, was caused by the recent LUNA crash, which was very traumatic to its millions of token holders. Following the crash of the LUNA algorithmic stablecoin, the Terra blockchain, and the ongoing […]
As devastating as Wednesday’s crypto crash was, few hodlers lost as much as Ethereum Co-Founder Vitalik Buterin. According to CNN, Buterin’s public wallet was valued at $1.1 billion on the morning of the downturn. But following the crash, it stood at $870 million. Markets bounced back as the selling eased off. But prices are still […]
The author of the best-selling book Rich Dad Poor Dad, Robert Kiyosaki, says a crash and a depression are coming, predicting that “Gold, silver, bitcoin, real estate will crash too.” He added that he is getting ready to buy all four types of investments after the crash.
Robert Kiyosaki Predicts a Crash Is Coming
Robert Kiyosaki, the author of Rich Dad Poor Dad, has once again warned of an impending crash, followed by a depression. He expects several markets, including bitcoin, to crash.
Rich Dad Poor Dad is a 1997 book co-authored by Kiyosaki and Sharon....
On-chain data shows Bitcoin whales with more than 1k BTC were the main sellers in the latest crash, as other cohorts displayed muted activity. Bitcoin Spent Output Value Bands Shows Spike From 1k-10k Group As pointed out by an analyst in a CryptoQuant post, unlike in the previous declines, the 10-100 BTC and 100-1k BTC cohorts didn’t show any spikes in activity during the latest crash. The relevant indicator here is the “Spent Output Value Bands” (SOVB). which displays the number of coins being moved by each value band in the Bitcoin market. These “value....