After starting this week with a major surge, the cryptocurrency market finally experienced a significant downturn.
On Monday Bitcoin’s price reached a new all-time high (ATH) above $108,000. Despite this strong surge, the crypto market seems to have lost momentum.
Today BTC briefly dropped below $100,000 (marking a 5-day low), but managed to regain some of the losses.
At the time of writing, Bitcoin is trading $100,360 after a 5.15% decline in the past 24 hours with almost $100 billion in trading volume.
The total cryptocurrency market cap dropped 7.23% during this period to $3.42 trillion.
According to data from CoinGlass, positions worth $862.52 million were liquidated – $753.17 million in longs and $110.46 million in shorts).
Bloomberg’s senior commodity strategist, Mike McGlone, has suggested that Bitcoin’s price could fall to as low as $70,000.
Strategy (previously MicroStrategy) has unveiled a new initiative to raise up to $21 billion by issuing shares, with the goal of expanding its Bitcoin holdings.
Utah recently advanced its “Blockchain and Digital Innovation Amendments” bill, HB230, to include Bitcoin in the state’s legal framework, yet a pivotal section was revised before its final passage.
BBVA has made a significant move into the cryptocurrency space, gaining approval from Spain’s securities regulator, CNMV, to offer Bitcoin and Ether trading.