Gold Rebounds After Sunday’s Flash Crash — Price Slide Blamed on Thin Trading...
The price of an ounce of gold dropped dramatically this week, slipping under the $1,700 handle to $1,688 per ounce on August 8. On Monday, gold regained some of the losses jumping 2.36% back above the $1.7K region to $1,727 per ounce of fine gold. Gold’s Volatile Movements This Weekend Blamed on a Number of Elements While bitcoin (BTC) prices are up more than 4% on Monday and over 16% during the last week, the value of gold has been dropping lower in fiat value. On August 6, 2021, the price of gold per ounce was trading for just over $1,800 per unit and slid to $1,688 per unit two....
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Gold prices have dropped below $1,700 per ounce this morning in what analysts described as stop-loss driven selling. Gold prices have tanked during the Monday morning Asian trading session, compounding losses accumulated over the past week.On August 9, the price of gold quickly fell to its lowest level since March as a flash crash drove prices below $1,700/oz.According to Tradingview, the price of the precious yellow metal plunged to $1,690/oz during Asian trading hours on Monday. The price of gold has since posted a minor recovery, last changing hands for $1,742/oz at the time of....
Bitcoin underwent a mini flash crash on Wednesday as its price fell from $59,400 to nearly $57,000 in just five minutes of trading. Analysts blamed overleveraged long positions for the downside move, with the plunge liquidating about $600 million worth of extended bullish contracts across major futures exchanges. The wipeout followed up with a short […]
Highly volatile cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other altcoins can behave irrationally at any given moment, especially when turbulence strikes. But what happened this morning on the US branch of Binance, was shocking for even those who have seen flash crashes happen in real time. The result of a massive wick left on the BTCUSD chart was a violent trip to $8,000 where coins were potentially exchanged for prices that are currently 87% lower than where Bitcoin is trading at right now. Here is a closer look at what went down, and what might have happened as a result. Flash Crash....
Bitcoin is barely recovering from a bloody weekend. Trading at $56,767 with 2.8% profit in the daily chart and a 5.6% loss in the weekly chart, BTC’s price outlook might seem bearish. However, investor Nik Yaremchuck shared a fractal comparing Bitcoin’s worse period in 2020 and the weekend’s flash crash. As can be seen below, […]
Cardano (ADA) has not been left out of the massive flash crash that just occurred throughout the market. What seemed to be a good day for bitcoin as El Salvador’s “Bitcoin Day” began has now turned to nothing short of a nightmarish market opening. The crash saw bitcoin drop $6K in only a matter of hours. While the general altcoin markets have recorded crashes as high as over 20% in the same timeframe. With altcoins following bitcoin closely, the price of the ADA shows similar movement patterns to BTC following the flash crash. The number 1 crypto coin fell to the mid-$40K, taking the whole....