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.
Metaplanet is aggressively expanding its Bitcoin holdings through an unconventional $5.4 billion capital raise, positioning itself as a leading BTC proxy in Asia.
BlueBird Mining Ventures, a London-listed firm traditionally focused on gold, is making headlines after announcing it will liquidate its gold reserves and begin accumulating Bitcoin as a treasury asset.
Bitcoin tumbled sharply today, shedding more than 3.5% in a matter of hours and briefly flirting with the critical $100,000 level.
Bitcoin is treading water near $105,000, but pressure is building on both sides of the trade as macro forces tighten.