The crypto bloodbath continues as Bitcoin dipped below $54,000 with the rest of the market following its lead.
This week was really rough for the crypto market with the start of a major sell-off and most cryptocurrencies crashed to multi-month lows.
Bitcoin (BTC) in particular dipped to $53,700 and Ethereum (ETH) lost the $3,000 level.
The market’s total cap declined by 6.95% to $1.98 trillion, singaling a potentnial short to mid-term bearish scenario.
Panic selling began after the German government started selling large amounts of Bitcoin from their wallet. The Mt.Gox repayment plan and the expected sell-off also fueled investors’ fear.
In the past 24 hours liquidations peaked at $637,69 million with $540.51 million in longs and $97.29 million in short positions.
At the time of writing Bitcoin is trading at $54,400 and Ethereum is priced at around $2,870.
Crypto.com’s blockchain Cronos is proposing to reintroduce 70 billion CRO tokens that were previously burned in 2021, a move that would restore the total supply to 100 billion CRO.
Despite Bitcoin’s recent significant drop, Cryptoquant’s founder, Ki Young Ju, has found reason for optimism.
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong believes that if the U.S. were to establish a crypto reserve, Bitcoin should be its primary asset, likening it to a modern successor to gold.
Binance is set to remove several stablecoins from its platform in the European Economic Area (EEA) by March 31, in line with the region’s new Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA).