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Why did Bitcoin drop? Analysts point to 5 potential reasons

Published 08/17/2023, 10:56 PM
Updated 08/18/2023, 12:40 AM
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX reportedly selling its Bitcoin (BTC) holdings, the bankruptcy of a Chinese property giant, and fears of interest rate hikes have been among the theories raised as to Bitcoin’s freak price dip.

On Aug. 18 around 9:35 pm UTC, the price of Bitcoin suddenly plummeted over 8% in a span of 10 minutes, taking with it the wider cryptocurrency market, leaving many in the crypto community scratching their heads.

SpaceX offloads Bitcoin, interest rate fears

Government bond yields

Chinese Yuan still a risk to Bitcoin

Whale's selling big

More than $427 million worth of Bitcoin long positions have been liquidated in the last 24 hours. Source: Coinglass

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Latest comments

None of those reasons especially involving rates or bond yeilds are going to cause a drop that goes that fast
Most likely reason I'm sorry to say is some form of corruption
Ponzi schemes require an ever growing list of fresh meat. That's why crypto owners spam people telling them it is the future of payments.
Bitcoin goes up and crashes and no one knows why! what a market, pump and dump?
Yeah, okay no-coiner
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