‘Who was selling? Not HODLers’ — New data hints at Bitcoin crash ‘culprit’ am...

‘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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