After Kraken finished distributing Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash tokens to Mt. Gox creditors, another exchange has started the distribution process.
Bitstamp has officially started distributing crypto coins to Mt. Gox creditors.
This could be another sell-off event that could put additional preassure to Bitcoin’s price and extend the downturn.
At the time of writing Bitcoin is trading at $64,250 after a 3.25% decline in the past 24 hours and has a trading volume of around $35.3 billion.
The whole cryptocurrency market lost 4.34% in the past 24 hours, dropping to $2.31 trillion, following the massive stock market crash that liquidated over $1 trillion.
This stock market crash has been the worst 1-day drop since 2022 and the market optimism is waning.
Veteran Bloomberg Intelligence strategist Mike McGlone has reiterated his bearish stance on Bitcoin, adding Dogecoin (DOGE) to the list of assets showing signs of weakness.
Bitcoin’s recent dip below $100,000 might feel discouraging, especially after soaring to $109,000 earlier this year.
Bitcoin’s ownership landscape has shifted, with two institutions—BlackRock and MicroStrategy—now jointly holding more BTC than Bitcoin’s mysterious creator, Satoshi Nakamoto.
Bitcoin (BTC) managed to surge past the price mark of $89,000, as investors flock to the cryptocurrency amidst traditional market turbulence and increasing political uncertainties.