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Bitcoin has fallen below $ 24,000, reaching its lowest levels since the end of 2020.
More than $ 200 billion was wiped out of the entire cryptocurrency market on Monday morning.
This is the latest in a series of cryptocurrency price crashes in which its value has fallen by more than 60% in the last seven months.
Several leading cryptocurrencies, including Ethereum (ETH), Cardano (ADA), Solana (SOL) and Dogecoin (DOGE), have suffered even more severe losses than bitcoin, falling between 15-25 percent in the last day.
While many cryptocurrency holders are liquidating their assets, crypto lender Celsius has told customers it will temporarily not be able to withdraw funds from the platform.
“Due to extreme market conditions, today we announce that Celsius is pausing all withdrawals, swaps and transfers between accounts,” the company said today.
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Crypto.com, BlockFi fires workers amid “crypto winter”
Cryptocurrency companies, including Crypto.com and BlockFi, have announced they have fired employees amid the recent collapse of the crypto market and bear industry.
Chris Marshalek of Crypto.com said the company was making adjustments to market conditions by “making targeted cuts of approximately 260 or 5% of our corporate workforce.”
“We will continue to evaluate how best to optimize our resources to position ourselves as the strongest builders during the downturn cycle, to become the biggest winners in the next overtaking,” he tweeted.
BlockFi founders Zack Prince and Floria Marquez also said in a blog post on Monday that the reason the company fired employees was due to a cryptographic crash.
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Bitcoin fell 16 percent
Bitcoin has fallen about 16% in the last day and is approaching the $ 21,000 mark.
The world’s leading cryptocurrency fell nearly 27 percent from its price last week amid the recent collapse of the crypto market.
Other leading cryptocurrencies, including Ethereum and dogecoin, have also fallen about 15% in the past 24 hours.
Solana and cardano also fell by more than 5 to 8 percent in the last day.
The common cryptocurrency market continues its downward trend and is currently close to $ 900 million, sinking more than 12% in the last 24 hours.
Vishvam Sankaran June 14, 2022 04:09
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El Salvador loses half of its bitcoin investment as crypto market crashes
El Salvador currently has 2,301 bitcoins, worth about $ 50 million at the time of publication.
That’s about 50 percent of the $ 105.6 million invested by President Naib Bukele.
The country has bought dips several times in the past.
In October 2021, he bought 420 bitcoins, paying the highest price for bitcoin. Then on May 9, Mr. Bukele again “bought the fall” and bought 500 bitcoins for over $ 30,700 each.
But amid the recent collapse of the crypto market, with the price of bitcoin approaching the $ 21,000 mark, it remains to be seen whether the country will continue to hold its bitcoin assets to recoup some of the lost money.
Vishvam Sankaran June 14, 2022 03:58
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How bad is the latest bitcoin crash?
Crypto market analysts are divided on whether we are nearing the end of the bear market or still in the middle.
With more than 60% of bitcoin losses after its price peak in November 2021, some believe it may still rival the 80% + losses seen during market corrections in 2013 and 2017.
After falling below $ 1 trillion today for the first time since 2020, we asked analysts how they think the crypto market is going from here.
You can read all about it here:
Anthony Cuthbertson June 13, 2022 20:36
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The collapse of bitcoin continues
We will continue with our updates tomorrow – stay tuned!
Adam Smith June 13, 2022 5:40 p.m.
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FCA comes for cryptocurrency
Currently, the will of bitcoin is unlikely to sweeten it to the UK’s Office of Financial Conduct, which is seeking to regulate more cryptocurrencies.
Nikhil Rati, the organization’s leader, said the crypto was “a vector for serious organized crime and money laundering” and told the Finance Committee that “anyone who invests in them must be prepared to lose all their money.”
In the last two years, Bloomberg notes, the FCA has completely banned Binance in the UK and set high standards for doing business in the country, so most digital currency companies cannot operate.
“In the United States, we have an alphabetic soup of regulators,” said Eugene Soltes, a professor at Harvard Business School who studies regulation. “We are still trying to figure out who the regulator is, not how we should regulate them. The FCA already has one application. “
Adam Smith June 13, 2022 5:30 p.m.
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Heavy losses are moving forward, the expert predicts
“We may face even more serious losses ahead. “Economic growth is clearly slowing, and reports are already showing that the United States may experience a recession next year,” said Manuel Ortiz-Olav, co-founder of private equity firm Brickken, in an email to CoinDesk.
“Higher inflation will continue to impose higher interest rates, and higher interest rates are also negative for economic growth.
He continued: “Some of the world’s most important companies, such as Apple, Microsoft or Nike, are already reporting slow sales, and Tesla has said there will be layoffs soon. These are clearly negative headlines, which are combined with higher food and fuel prices, making people watch out for their savings. ”
Adam Smith June 13, 2022 5:20 p.m.
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“Bitcoin and ether continue to get severe bruises in the ring”
Susanne Streetter, an investment and market analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown, told This Is Money: “As inflation proves to be an even more difficult opponent to win than expected, bitcoin and ether continue to suffer severe bruises in the ring.
“They are the main victims of the flight away from risky assets, as investors are worried about spiraling consumer prices around the world.
“The worry is that inflation is getting too hot to keep up with central banks, which will be forced to flood economies with jets of freezing water in the form of much sharper interest rates to contain it.
“With the era of cheap money fast coming to an end, retailers are becoming much more risk-averse and turning their backs on crypto assets.
Adam Smith June 13, 2022 16:55
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Binance still blocks withdrawals
Binance said it would allow consumers to withdraw their bitcoins – amid a market crash – three hours ago after a “stuck, backlog transaction”.
However, this did not happen. “It only affects the bitcoin network. You can still download bitcoin to other networks like BEP-20, “tweeted Binance CEO Changpen Zhao.
“It will probably take a little longer to correct than my initial assessment. More updates coming soon. Thank you for your patience and understanding. “
Adam Smith June 13, 2022 16:43
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Rising inflation weighs on stocks
“Bitcoin prices have suffered after the US consumer price index rose to its highest level in four decades. With the fundamental factors currently driving price movements, the economic calendar remains key to digital assets. Throughout the week, the publication of high-impact economic data exacerbated fears of rising inflation, weighing on both stocks and cryptocurrencies. As bitcoin prices are currently trading in a well-defined range, the key psychological level of $ 30,000 continues to provide a stable level of support and resistance to price action, keeping both bulls and bears at bay, ”said Tammy Da Costa, an analyst at DailyFX, a portal for news from the financial markets.
“As the war in Ukraine rages, rising food and energy costs continue to support higher prices, putting additional pressure on politicians to take more aggressive measures to tighten monetary policy in a bid to reduce inflation. Because investors are pricing with a negative growth outlook and more likely the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates more aggressively than originally expected, bitcoin bears have managed to gain traction before finding support of about $ 29,000, ”she said. Yes Costa.
“At the time of writing, bitcoin has fallen 37 percent (since the beginning of the year) as the speculative asset remains vulnerable to geopolitical backgrounds. Although fundamental indicators remain the main driver of price action, basic technical levels can act as an additional catalyst for both immediate and long-term movement.
Adam Smith June 13, 2022 4:30 p.m.
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