Global markets, including crypto, experienced significant selling preassure, which led to major price corrections.
Bitcoin briefly dipped below $50,000 and the whole crypto market lost hundreds of billions in no time.
During this period the top institutional Bitcoin holders – MicroStrategy, BlackRock, Fidelity and Grayscale haven’t sold any of their BTC holdings.
BlackRock currently holds 344,070 BTC worth $18.41 billion, Fidelity holds $9.67 billion, Grayscale has $12.83 billion, while MicroStrategy holds over $25 billion.
At the time of writing, Bitcoin has recovered from the daily bottom, currently trading at $54,300 with $104.4 billion volume.
Cardano has launched Cardinal, a pivotal protocol aiming to bridge Bitcoin’s vast liquidity with Cardano’s decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem.
Bitcoin’s price recently dipped to $100,000 but swiftly rebounded, climbing above $110,000 after renewed dialogue between the U.S. and China helped ease global market tensions.
Michael Saylor, the executive chairman of Strategy and one of Bitcoin’s most outspoken supporters, believes fears over quantum computing are being blown out of proportion.
While Bitcoin hovers just above $105,000, ARK Invest’s Cathie Wood isn’t backing down from her long-held view that the asset could hit $1.5 million within five years.