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Bitcoin Revisits Late-2020 Levels as It Suffers Fresh Selloff (The Wall Street Journal)

The world's biggest cryptocurrency fell toward $25000 amid a broader selloff fanned by concerns about rising U.S. interest rates.

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Bitcoin drops 10% falling below $25000 as $150 billion wiped off ... (CNBC)

Factors including rampant inflation and an imminent interest rate hike from the U.S. Federal Reserve, along with an issue at Celsius, are behind the ...

Users then get yield as a result of the revenue Celsius earns. Celsius, which claims to have 1.7 million customers, advertises to its users that they can get a yield of 18% through the platform. "Since Nov 2021, sentiment has changed drastically given the Fed rate hikes and inflation management. Ayyar noted that in previous bear markets, bitcoin had dropped around 80% from its last record high. Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have tended to correlate with stocks and other risk assets. The cryptocurrency market capitalization fell below $1 trillion on Monday for the first time since February 2021, according to data from CoinMarketCap.

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Celsius halts withdrawals as pressure mounts on crypto lending ... (Financial Times)

Group's own coin sheds half its value in 24 hours as funds freeze deals heavy blow to cryptocurrency market.

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Crypto lender Celsius pauses withdrawals due to 'extreme market ... (CNBC)

Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky. Piaras Ó Mídheach | Sportsfile for Web Summit | Getty Images. Celsius, a controversial cryptocurrency lending platform, said Monday ...

"We've been doing this for five years now, longer than anybody else," he said at the time. Just last week, the company said it had not had any issues meeting withdrawal requests. Celsius has valuable assets and we are working diligently to meet our obligations." The firm has seen the value of its assets more than halve since October, when it handled $26 billion in client funds. Ether dropped 8% to $1,329, while Celsius' cel token plunged more than 50%. Celsius' cel token has also erased 97% of its value in the same timeframe.

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Bitcoin falls below $25000. What's the way forward? | Mint (Livemint)

Despite the collapse in the domestic equity market today, the cryptocurrency markets have reached a record low in 2022. The worldwide crypto market value is ...

The worldwide crypto market value is $985.07B, an 11.08 per cent loss over the past day, according to CoinMarketCap statistics, and with today's dip this year, the global cryptocurrency market cap has plummeted by almost USD 1 trillion so far. Edul Patel Co-Founder & CEO of Mudrex-A Global Crypto Investing Platform said “Crypto prices plunged following the U.S inflation report, which came in at a 40-year high of 8.6% over the weekend. In the midst of a bearish crypto market, Bitcoin, the world's largest and most popular cryptocurrency, fell 11.10 per cent in the previous 24 hours to $24,556.65 USD with a 24-hour trading volume of $51,70,28,31,258 USD. Bitcoin's market cap has dropped 11.77 per cent to $463,816,731,125.85, and the top three losers of the day are Green Satoshi Token, Bitcoin, and BNB. The RSI dropped below 30 as Bitcoin entered the oversold zone." On the daily time-frame, the BTC trend has broken below the long formed triangle pattern. The worldwide crypto market value is $985.07B, an 11.08 per cent loss over the past day, according to CoinMarketCap statistics, and with today's dip this year, the global cryptocurrency market cap has plummeted by almost USD 1 trillion as of now.

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Bitcoin dips to lowest levels since 2020, tumbles under $25000 (FRANCE 24)

Bitcoin tumbled Monday to an 18-month low under $25000 as investors shunned risky assets in the face of a global markets selloff.

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Bitcoin Tumbles to 18-Month Low as US Inflation Impact Spreads (Bloomberg)

Bitcoin plunged to the lowest in about 18 months in Asia trading Monday as the impact of Friday's shock US inflation data continued to reverberate through ...

The MVIS CryptoCompare Digital Assets 100 Index, which measures 100 of the top tokens, dropped as much as 17%. And the total market value, which topped $3 trillion in November, dropped below $1 trillion as of 10:54 a.m. New York time on Monday, according to CoinGecko. Bitcoin plunged to the lowest in about 18 months after the freezing of withdrawals by the Celsius lending platform added to concern that systemic risk in the crypto ecosystem will accelerate the digital-asset market meltdown. The world’s largest digital token tumbled as much as 17% to $22,603 -- its lowest since December 2020.

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Celsius Crypto Platform Halts All Withdrawals as Bitcoin Tanks Over ... (Gizmodo)

The Celsius crypto network has halted all trading, including withdrawals, according to a press release from the company released overnight.

Furthermore, customers will continue to accrue rewards during the pause in line with our commitment to our customers,” Celsius said. “We understand that this news is difficult, but we believe that our decision to pause withdrawals, Swap, and transfers between accounts is the most responsible action we can take to protect our community. Celsius has valuable assets and we are working diligently to meet our obligations,” the statement continued. But what are those “terms of use” Celsius is referencing? “Due to extreme market conditions, today we are announcing that Celsius is pausing all withdrawals, Swap, and transfers between accounts. The Celsius crypto network has halted all trading, including withdrawals, according to a press release from the company released overnight.

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Major Crypto Lender Celsius Suspends Withdrawals, Bitcoin Drops ... (Forbes)

Major crypto lending platform Celsius on Monday announced that it was suspending all withdrawals due to “extreme market conditions,” triggering a major ...

Questions have been raised about crypto platforms like Celsius that promise massive yields to their customers after last month’s high-profile collapse of another high-yielding stable coin, Terra, and its companion token, Luna, last month. Celsius runs one of the largest crypto lending operations in the world and it managed to raise $750 million in funding last year from the likes of investment firm WestCap and Canadian pension fund manager Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec. Celsius has also borrowed $500 million from the U.S. dollar-pegged stable coin Tether, down from an originally planned loan of $1 billion. According to the Financial Times, Celsius was also impacted by the overall decline in the cryptocurrency market in the last few months with its overall assets dropping from a value of $24 billion in December 2021 to $11.8 billion last month.

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Peter Schiff Names "The Only Price" That Can Happen to BTC Soon (U.Today)

Prominent critic of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency in general believes that BTC will never make it to $200000.

Meanwhile, prominent commodities trader Peter Brandt believes that another bullrun for Bitcoin may start in 2023 and a new all-time high could be reached in early 2024. Should this indeed happen, Schiff tweeted that the total market capitalization is likely to plunge under $800 billion from the all-time high of $3 trillion. The head of SchiffGold claimed that the only goal Bitcoin will ever be able to reach is $2,000 and that "$200,000 never happens" to BTC.

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No let up in crypto slide, Bitcoin at 18-month low (Aljazeera.com)

Cryptocurrencies tumbled afresh on Tuesday, with Bitcoin and Ether falling to new 18-month lows, after major cryptocurrency lending company Celsius ...

Cryptocurrencies have become emblematic of a flight from speculative investments as monetary policy is tightened around the world to fight price pressures, draining liquidity from global markets. Cryptocurrencies are now emblematic of a flight from speculative investments as monetary policy is tightened globally. Number 2 token Ether lost as much as 10 percent, to $1,075, its lowest since January 2021, and smaller tokens have taken even more of a battering.

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Cryptos See Over $1B in Liquidations as Bitcoin, Ether Lose Major ... (Coindesk)

Crypto-tracked futures lost over $1 billion in the past 24 hours, weighed down by a weak sentiment for bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies amid a weak global ...

The leader in news and information on cryptocurrency, digital assets and the future of money, CoinDesk is a media outlet that strives for the highest journalistic standards and abides by a strict set of editorial policies. Bitcoin traded at just over $22,000 in European hours on Tuesday, continuing a nearly 12-week slide. Liquidation refers to when an exchange forcefully closes a trader’s leveraged position due to a partial or total loss of the trader’s initial margin. Longs, or traders betting on higher prices, saw over $510 million in liquidations. Futures tracking Cardano’s ADA, Stepn’s GMT, and Binance ecosystem tokens BNB saw over $6 million in losses each, with some 213,000 individual trading accounts seeing liquidations in the past 24 hours. Paradigm led the round for The Wildcard Alliance, the new Web 3 subsidiary of Playful Studios.

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Major Crypto Lender Celsius Suspends Withdrawals, Bitcoin Drops ... (Forbes)

Major crypto lending platform Celsius on Monday announced that it was suspending all withdrawals due to “extreme market conditions,” triggering a major ...

Questions have been raised about crypto platforms like Celsius that promise massive yields to their customers after last month’s high-profile collapse of another high-yielding stable coin, Terra, and its companion token, Luna, last month. Celsius runs one of the largest crypto lending operations in the world and it managed to raise $750 million in funding last year from the likes of investment firm WestCap and Canadian pension fund manager Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec. Celsius has also borrowed $500 million from the U.S. dollar-pegged stable coin Tether, down from an originally planned loan of $1 billion. According to the Financial Times, Celsius was also impacted by the overall decline in the cryptocurrency market in the last few months with its overall assets dropping from a value of $24 billion in December 2021 to $11.8 billion last month.

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Bitcoin Falls Below $25000: What Explains The Freefall In Crypto ... (Outlook India)

Crypto winter has hit investors. The worldwide cryptocurrency market valuation has dropped by roughly $1 trillion in 2022, and almost all leading coins are ...

Some crypto proponents that this is not something that has never happened before and patience is the key. Even though it is difficult to make any predictions, we will see in the coming months an increase in the institutional adoption of crypto and an increase in its regulation," says Caudevilla. “This has fuelled pessimism in the markets, and investors are staying away from risky assets such as crypto. More interest rate hikes would be needed to tame inflation, bringing more fragility and uncertainty in the markets. Recent numbers from the US Bureau of Labor and Statistics peg inflation at a four-decade high of 8.6 per cent. The price of Bitcoin (BTC) plunged below $25,000 on Monday from $64,000 in the year 2021.

Bitcoin falls to fresh lows as crypto crashes on 'Black Monday': Here ... (Fast Company)

Cryptocurrency prices are plunging again amid ongoing inflation and after Celcius, a crypto lending platform, paused withdrawals and transfers.

I have USDC in my account that I want to use to repay my loan that has a margin call right now, but I can't even repay the damn loan because of the transfer freeze. Some people on social media are referring to today as “Black Monday.” So where does crypto go from here? - Celsius: This is the wildcard on this list. Crypto investors are seeing red this morning as the entire cryptocurrency market appears to be heading off a cliff. As is completely understandable, Celsius users on Twitter are furious. This reduced consumer spending spooks the markets, which usually causes investors to flee riskier investments.

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Bitcoin stems heavy losses but pessimism reigns in crypto markets (Reuters)

Bitcoin steadied on Tuesday after earlier hitting a new 18-month low, as major crypto lender Celsius Network's freezing of withdrawals and the prospect of ...

If it seems too good to be true, it just may well be," he added. It then lends out coins to earn a return. Celsius, which had around $11.8 billion in assets, offers interest-bearing products to customers who deposit crypto at its platform. Ether is down 75% from its record high of $4,869, hit in November. The company did not immediately respond to a request for comment outside business hours. read more

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Binance pauses bitcoin withdrawals due to a 'stuck transition' as ... (CNBC)

Binance said Monday that it is temporarily pausing bitcoin withdrawals “due to a stuck transaction causing a backlog.” At first, Binance founder and CEO ...

Binance is the world's largest crypto exchange. But he later amended that to say, "Likely this is going to take a bit longer to fix than my initial estimate." "Funds are SAFU," he added.

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JPMorgan Readies Trillion Dollar Crypto Bazooka As Celsius Crisis ... (Forbes)

The bitcoin price has crashed, dragging down ethereum and other major cryptocurrencies. CryptoCodex. The combined cryptocurrency market has dropped below $1 ...

💷 On Thursday, the U.K.'s Bank of England will make its interest rate decision. "We are taking this action today to put Celsius in a better position to honor, over time, its withdrawal obligations," the company said in a blog post, adding it needed time to "stabilize liquidity and operations." Catch up quick: After the dramatic collapse of the terraUSD (UST) stablecoin and its support coin luna last month, crypto traders had been nervously watching the likes of Celsius, fearing similar high-interest accounts could also face difficulties as the bitcoin price continued to crash. 🏦 On Wednesday, the U.S. Federal Reserve will announce its latest interest rate decision with economists widely predicting another 50 basis point hike. Mercury rising: Major crypto lending platform Celsius has suspended all withdrawals from its platform due to what it called "extreme market conditions" as cryptocurrency prices go into free fall and users rush to get their coins off the platform. The issuer of the $72 billion tether stablecoin has this morning distanced itself from Celsius. "While Tether’s USDT a statement. Why it matters: Questions have been raised and rumors are swirling about how connected Celsius is to the wider crypto ecosystem and if the contagion will spread. Markets in the U.S. are set to open sharply lower, following declines in Asian and European stocks. Mere hours before suspending withdrawals, Celsius chief executive Alex Mashinsky hit out at critics on Twitter, denying users were having trouble withdrawing funds and accusing them of spreading FUD—a popular crypto acronym for "fear, uncertainty and doubt." 🗣 Tomorrow, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chairman, Gary Gensler, will deliver remarks on the SEC's agenda at an event organized by the Wall Street Journal. Speaking last month, Gensler warned of more pain to come for the crypto market and said he feared "there’s going to be a lot of people hurt." ⚙️ Wall Street giant JPMorgan is gearing up to bring trillions of dollars of tokenized assets into the world of blockchain-based decentralized finance (DeFi) as it looks to tap the yield-generating potential of non-crypto assets "with the scale of institutional assets." Crypto lending platform Celsius' cel cryptocurrency has lost a face-melting 50% over the last 24 hours due to the platform suspending withdrawals, citing "extreme market conditions," sparking fears of an imminent collapse.

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Bitcoin plunges below $24000 and the crypto meltdown claims ... (CNN)

One of the world's biggest cryptocurrency lenders has paused all withdrawals as the market meltdown continues apace.

She said her department was due to release a report on the matter. The coin was valued at a little over $18 billion in early May before it crashed, according to data from CoinMarketCap. Tether, a popular stablecoin, broke its peg to the US dollar in May, puncturing the view that it could serve as a hedge against volatility.

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Binance suspends Bitcoin withdrawals — CZ says funds are 'SAFU' (Cointelegraph)

Crypto's Black Monday continues to wreak havoc. Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, CEO of crypto exchange Binance, tweeted that there would be a temporary pause on Bitcoin ( ...

According to some commentators, the Lightning Network on Bitcoin would have avoided such an issue. It also refers to Binance’s trading protection fund, the Secure Asset Fund for Users (SAFU). The fund was built during the previous bear market, but in light of Celsius’ potential insolvency, investors may be right to raise the alarm. He quickly updated the tweet to state:

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Bitcoin dips below $24K for first time since 2020 as Binance halts ... (New York Post)

Bitcoin dipped below $24,000 for the first time since 2020 as Binance, the world's biggest cryptocurrency exchange stopped users from withdrawing bitcoin ...

Celsius made the move “due to extreme market conditions”, it added. “Today we are announcing that Celsius is pausing all withdrawals, swap, and transfers between accounts,” the platform said in a statement late Sunday. Zhao initially said the clog would take 30 minutes to clear, then wrote in a follow-up tweet that it was “going to take a bit longer to fix than my initial estimate.” Investors on Monday sought safety with the US central bank seen likely to aggressively ramp up borrowing costs further to combat runaway inflation. The total value of crypto assets hit a peak of $2.8 trillion last November. It fell below $1 trillion on Monday for the first time since 2020, according to CoinMarketCap. Binance founder and CEO Changpeng Zhao blamed the “temporary pause” on “a stuck transaction causing a backlog” in a tweet at 8 a.m. on Monday.

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Binance Temporarily Pauses Bitcoin Withdrawals (Coindesk)

The world's largest crypto exchange by trading volume, Binance temporarily paused bitcoin (BTC) withdrawals early Monday morning “due to a stuck transaction ...

Bitcoin has extended its plunge to a fresh 18-month low: below $23,000. The leader in news and information on cryptocurrency, digital assets and the future of money, CoinDesk is a media outlet that strives for the highest journalistic standards and abides by a strict set of editorial policies. Bitcoin has extended its plunge to a fresh 18-month low: below $23,000.

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Crypto prices plunge with Bitcoin falling below $25k (The Verge)

Prices of cryptocurrency fell after Celsius announced a pause on withdrawals from its DeFi lending platform. Binance has temporarily paused Bitcoin ...

One other area to watch is Bitcoin mining, where CoinTelegraph reports, based on data from Bitdeer and others, that older mining rigs risk shutdown at current prices and mining difficulty. In the midst of these falling crypto prices, the major trading exchange Binance has also paused Bitcoin withdrawals. In the hours that followed the pause, prices of other cryptocurrencies have also tumbled.

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Crypto firms Celsius, Binance halt withdrawals as bitcoin plummets (The Hill)

Cryptocurrency companies on Monday blocked users from withdrawing funds as the value of bitcoin and other prominent digital assets plunged.

See All We invite you to join the discussion on Facebook and Twitter. Red-hot inflation and subsequent interest rate hikes from the Federal Reserve have driven investors away from risky assets like cryptocurrencies.

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Crypto Crash Deepens: Market Drops Below $1 Trillion, Bitcoin Falls ... (Forbes)

Major crypto lending platform Celsius on Monday announced that it was suspending all withdrawals due to “extreme market conditions,” triggering a major ...

Questions have been raised about crypto platforms like Celsius that promise massive yields to their customers after last month’s high-profile collapse of another high-yielding stable coin, Terra, and its companion token, Luna, last month. The Federal Reserve is set to meet later this week, where it is expected to announce a major hike in key interest rates. Crypto investors have been spooked by surprisingly high inflation and an expected interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve later this week. Celsius runs one of the largest crypto lending operations in the world and it managed to raise $750 million in funding last year from the likes of investment firm WestCap and Canadian pension fund manager Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec. Celsius has also borrowed $500 million from the U.S. dollar-pegged stable coin Tether, down from an originally planned loan of $1 billion. According to the Financial Times, Celsius was also impacted by the overall decline in the cryptocurrency market in the last few months with its overall assets dropping from a value of $24 billion in December 2021 to $11.8 billion last month. The cryptocurrency market witnessed a major selloff on Monday morning with its overall market cap dropping below $1 trillion for the first time in over a year after major crypto lending platform Celsius announced it was suspending all withdrawals due to “extreme market conditions.”

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Bitcoin plunges as major crypto lender halts operations (ABC News)

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies were collapsing in price Monday, after the major crypto lender Celsius halted all withdrawals citing “extreme market ...

Those tokens collapsed after huge customer withdrawals forced Terra's operators to liquidate all of the assets being used to support their currencies. The stablecoin Terra imploded in early May, erasing tens of billions of dollars in a matter of hours. In exchange for customers’ deposits, the company gives out extremely generous yields, upwards of 19% on some accounts.

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Binance Halts Bitcoin Withdrawals Due to 'Stuck On-Chain ... (Decrypt)

The world's largest crypto exchange, Binance, paused withdrawals of the world's biggest cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, on Monday.

Binance advised users who encounter the issue to resubmit their orders once transactions start flowing again. Transactions in both coins were halted for three days before trading resumed. In the event, withdrawals were resumed at 11:30am EST, some three and a half hours after CZ's initial tweet.

Bitcoin Drops 18 Percent to Lowest Price Since 2020 (The New York Times)

The cryptocurrency market plunged again as Ether, the second-most valuable currency, dropped more than 20 percent.

The coin’s $1 peg was underpinned by complex financial engineering that linked it to a sister cryptocurrency called Luna. When the price of Luna plummeted in May, TerraUSD fell in tandem — a “death spiral” that destabilized the broader market. Crypto prices started dropping again late last week, when a report showed a surge in inflation in the United States, which rattled markets. The crash extends a dire period for cryptocurrencies, illustrating in graphic terms the risks of these experimental investments.

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Crypto crash continues as bitcoin briefly dips below $21K (New York Post)

This week's volatility on the digital asset market occurred after Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, temporarily halted bitcoin withdrawals.

Selloffs in cryptocurrency market have also coincided with downturns in traditional assets over the last several months. The market was valued at more than $3 trillion in November. The price is down nearly 70% from its all-time high of $69,000 achieved last November.

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'Crypto Winter Now Hangs in the Balance' After Bitcoin and ... (NextAdvisor)

Bitcoin and ethereum tanked more than 15% Monday morning amid surging inflation and a shaky stock market. Here's what it means for crypto investors.

Bitcoin has the highest score of all cryptocurrencies, with ethereum close behind — even if there’s a return to prices closer to their all-time highs in late 2021. Reaction: “It is important to understand that bitcoin’s current drawdown in price is largely driven by changes in the macro economy. If you’ve done that, considered the risks, and feel like you’re ready to invest in some crypto, experts generally recommend keeping any crypto investments below 5% of your portfolio and only investing what you’re ultimately comfortable with losing. Reaction: “Bitcoin bears certainly are in ruckus mode, berating the largest crypto the way a schoolyard bully seeks out for tormenting the same easy mark. For the moment, extreme market conditions and fed policy updates are exacerbating the consequences for crypto assets.” The crypto market has been increasingly tracking the stock market, which has been trading in the red recently. Reaction: “I’ve heard a lot of people claim that bitcoin is somehow a unique weapon to protect yourself from inflation. “Economists expected the CPI to rise 8.3% year over year, but the headline inflation level actually came in at 8.6%. Wall Street was groping for a sign that inflation may have peaked. Bitcoin has slid for nearly 12 straight weeks, falling from nearly $49,000 in March to under $23,000. “Crypto hobbles into the week somewhat beholden to the whims of the stock markets, clearly on pins and needles over May inflation numbers — the U.S. Consumer Price Index (CPI) report dropped on Friday,” says Rich Blake, a financial consultant at Uphold, a crypto exchange. Ethereum has followed a similar pattern, going from $3,500 in March to under $1,200. Bitcoin fell below $23,000 and ethereum dropped under $1,200.

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Bitcoin Price Plunges Below $23000 as Crypto Lender Celsius Halts Withdrawals (The Wall Street Journal)

Bitcoin's selloff, sparked by a reversal of the buying mania that drove it higher, has now become the third-deepest in the cryptocurrency's 13-year history. On Monday, bitcoin fell to as low as $22,611, according to CoinDesk. That is down more than 20% ...

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Bitcoin Tumbles to 18-Month Low After Latest DeFi Lender Blowup (advisorperspectives.com)

Bitcoin plunged to the lowest in about 18 months after the freezing of withdrawals by the Celsius lending platform added to concern that systemic risk in ...

The collapse of the Terra/Luna ecosystem last month, and lender Celsius pausing withdrawals Monday morning Asia time, have further eroded confidence in the space. The MVIS CryptoCompare Digital Assets 100 Index, which measures 100 of the top tokens, dropped as much as 15%. And the total market value, which topped $3 trillion in November, was $1.02 trillion as of 9:48 a.m. New York time on Monday, according to CoinGecko. Bitcoin plunged to the lowest in about 18 months after the freezing of withdrawals by the Celsius lending platform added to concern that systemic risk in the crypto ecosystem will accelerate the digital-asset market meltdown.

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Bitcoin Price Plunges Below $23000 as Crypto Lender Celsius Halts ... (The Wall Street Journal)

The deepening rout in cryptocurrencies pushed the price of bitcoin down by almost a fifth to its lowest level since 2020, as part of a broader market ...

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Bitcoin Crash Causes Crypto Stocks To Plummet (Forbes)

Following the crypto market's ugly turn on Monday morning, which saw bitcoin fall to its lowest level since December 2020 and ether start to risk falling ...

Where these stocks go from here depends on several factors, most notably the short-term trajectory for bitcoin. As you can see below, while bitcoin is now down almost 50% year to date, each of these stocks have lost between 67-80% in 2022. Following the crypto market’s ugly turn on Monday morning, which saw bitcoin fall to its lowest level since December 2020 and ether start to risk falling below $1,000, crypto stocks are feeling the pain.

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Bitcoin Price Plunges Below $23000 as Crypto Lender Celsius Halts ... (The Wall Street Journal)

The deepening rout in cryptocurrencies pushed the price of bitcoin down by almost a fifth to its lowest level since 2020, as part of a broader market ...

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What Bitcoin's nosedive means for the environment (The Verge)

As Bitcoin's price plummets, so could its associated energy use and greenhouse gas emissions. It all depends on how electricity costs compare to the ...

So de Vries thinks that the potential energy savings — and the resulting reduction in emissions — could be even larger when taking the plunging prices of other energy-hungry cryptocurrencies into account. Bitcoin is the biggest player in cryptocurrency, so its swinging prices matter most for the environment. A sustained price at around $24K could shrink the Bitcoin network’s global energy use to around 170 TWh annually, according to de Vries. That might sound like an incremental change, but it would add up to a significant drop in electricity use and related greenhouse gas emissions. It’s also why Bitcoin has a lot of people concerned about the greenhouse gas emissions the cryptocurrency generates. It’s still too soon, though, to make concrete predictions on whether Bitcoin’s price plummet will ultimately be beneficial for the environment. Bitcoin’s value has nosedived enough to curb the cryptocurrency’s enormous energy use — and associated greenhouse gas emissions — but only if prices stay low.

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A Perfect Storm: Myriad Factors Drive Bitcoin To Lowest Since ... (Forbes)

Bitcoin prices have recorded sharp losses recently, pushing the digital currency to its lowest in more than a year. Several analysts weigh in on what ...

All of which is shaking investor confidence, including in digital assets,” he stated. “There are a number of troubling factors at play here, ranging from record inflation and fears of recession to the war in Ukraine to the most recent situation with Celsius as well as Binance,” he stated. Olszewicz also spoke to the latest developments surrounding crypto lender Celsius, which recently announced that it was “pausing all withdrawals, Swap, and transfers between accounts” in an effort to “stabilize liquidity and operations.”

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Bitcoin Price Plunges Below $23000 as Crypto Lender Celsius Halts ... (The Wall Street Journal)

The deepening rout in cryptocurrencies pushed the price of bitcoin down by almost a fifth to its lowest level since 2020, as part of a broader market ...

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Why is bitcoin crashing? Here's everything to know (nj.com)

Bitcoin fell below $23000 on Monday, marking the lowest value the cryptocurrency has hit since Dec. 2020. Here's what you need to know.

“Since Nov. 2021, sentiment has changed drastically given the Fed rate hikes and inflation management. We’re also potentially looking at a recession given the [Fed] may need to finally tackle the demand side to manage inflation,” crypto exchange Luno’s VP of corporate development and international Vijay Ayyar told CNBC. The cryptocurrency has taken a nosedive mostly because investors are dumping cryptocurrencies as a whole amid rising inflation and the U.S. Federal Reserve’s plan to hike interest rates this week.

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Bitcoin Price Hits Late-2020 Levels as Crypto Market Suffers Fresh ... (The Wall Street Journal)

The world's biggest cryptocurrency fell below $26000 amid a broader selloff fanned by concerns about rising U.S. interest rates.

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Bitcoin (BTC) Tests 18-Month Low Near $22600: More Declines to ... (Finance Magnates)

The sell-off has triggered fears in the crypto industry during the day, leading major cryptocurrency exchanges like Binance to halt their Bitcoin withdrawals ...

FAQ Can Bitcoin be Considered a Real Currency? Bitcoin is referred to by many as a form of digital currency and/or the main alternative to fiat money which is controlled by central entities such as banks. Is Bitcoin a Scam? Bitcoin is intangible but its value is certainly real and its presence in the financial world is robust and longstanding. If the new coin is set to share the previous coin’s transaction history up to the split point, the process is considered to be a “hard fork”. Bitcoin Cash (launched in August 2017), Bitcoin Gold (launched in October 2017), and Bitcoin Satoshi’s Vision (launched in November 2018) were all a result of a hard fork in Bitcoin’s network. These led to significant splits in the community which surrounds crypto and the asset, some of which led to the point in which a “fork” had to be performed on the network. When trading Bitcoin its name is often abbreviated as BTC. What is a Blockchain Bitcoin’s system can be described as a group of computers (often called miners or nodes) which stores the Bitcoin blockchain and runs the Bitcoin code. FAQ Can Bitcoin be Considered a Real Currency? Bitcoin is referred to by many as a form of digital currency and/or the main alternative to fiat money which is controlled by central entities such as banks. What Are the Issues with Bitcoin? Volatility is still and issue with Bitcoin as is the lack of true anonymity. Is Bitcoin a Scam? Bitcoin is intangible but its value is certainly real and its presence in the financial world is robust and longstanding. If the new coin is set to share the previous coin’s transaction history up to the split point, the process is considered to be a “hard fork”. Bitcoin Cash (launched in August 2017), Bitcoin Gold (launched in October 2017), and Bitcoin Satoshi’s Vision (launched in November 2018) were all a result of a hard fork in Bitcoin’s network. These led to significant splits in the community which surrounds crypto and the asset, some of which led to the point in which a “fork” had to be performed on the network. When trading Bitcoin its name is often abbreviated as BTC. What is a Blockchain Bitcoin’s system can be described as a group of computers (often called miners or nodes) which stores the Bitcoin blockchain and runs the Bitcoin code. What Are the Issues with Bitcoin? Volatility is still and issue with Bitcoin as is the lack of true anonymity.

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Where Is Bitcoin Heading After Dropping To Its Lowest Since ... (Forbes)

Bitcoin prices have suffered some serious losses lately, dropping to their lowest level in roughly 18 months as risk assets face difficult market conditions ...

“These rising yields on less risky assets means investors don’t take as much risk to get a decent return, resulting in fewer buyers of risk assets. Two consecutive candles have never closed below this line,” Melker specified. “Now is not a time to make guesses, but rather to batten the hatches and ride the storm.” “The next obvious support is around $20,000, the top of the 2017 bull run,” he noted. “There is a bit of support to be found in the 16.5-19.5 area but major support is only coming in around 12-13-k” “Bitcoin has suffered over the last 48 hours of trading post the huge inflation number in the USA,” he stated.

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Bitcoin plunge breaks below $24000 as $200 billion wipe off crypto ... (NBC News)

Bitcoin Bitcoin tumbled below $23000 on Monday, hitting its lowest level since December 2020, as investors dump crypto amid a broader sell-off in risk ...

“In the medium term, everyone is really bracing for more downside,” he said. Users then get yield as a result of the revenue Celsius earns. Celsius, which claims to have 1.7 million customers, advertises to its users that they can get a yield of 18% through the platform. “Since Nov 2021, sentiment has changed drastically given the Fed rate hikes and inflation management. The cryptocurrency market capitalization fell below $1 trillion on Monday for the first time since February 2021, according to data from CoinMarketCap. The world’s largest cryptocurrency bitcoin dropped below the $23,000 mark, according to CoinDesk data.

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Bitcoin drops below $21000 briefly as crypto sell-off continues (CNBC)

Crypto assets were hammered on Monday as trading platforms such as Celsius and Binance stopped withdrawals, and some companies cut jobs.

Policymakers at the U.S. Federal Reserve are now contemplating the idea of a 75-basis-point rate increase later this week, according to CNBC's Steve Liesman. That's bigger than the 50-basis-point hike many traders had come to expect. Around $200 billion has been wiped off the market in recent days. "What you're seeing in the market is … fear, uncertainty and doubt.

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Bitcoin Prices Slide Below $23000 (The Wall Street Journal)

The market value of the entire crypto sector has fallen to less than $1 trillion from about $3 trillion in November as the industry continues to struggle ...

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Bitcoin Keeps Sinking. Is the Crypto Bottom Approaching? (Barron's)

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies continue to sell off on Tuesday, taking another leg lower as sentiment among traders erodes.

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Bitcoin nears MicroStrategy 'margin call' price (Reuters)

Bitcoin neared a price level on Tuesday that could force software firm MicroStrategy Inc to stake more tokens against a bitcoin-backed loan or trigger ...

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Bitcoin's plunge spells trouble for the dot-com era entrepreneur who ... (CNBC)

A $4 billion bet on bitcoin by software firm MicroStrategy is in jeopardy after the cryptocurrency's recent plunge.

In June, Saylor insisted the company has more than enough bitcoin to cover its collateral requirements. "Bitcoin needs to cut in half or around $21,000 before we'd have a margin call," Le said at the time. The company took out a $205 million loan from Silvergate, a crypto-focused bank, to continue its bitcoin buying spree. MicroStrategy has bet billions on the cryptocurrency — $3.97 billion, to be exact. Bitcoin's price plunged 10% to $20,843 on Tuesday, extending a brutal sell-off and dragging it deeper into levels not seen since December 2020. The fiasco shaved over $11 billion off MicroStrategy's stock market value in a single day.

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Bitcoin Slumps as Much as 10% in Deepening Crypto Sector Selloff (Bloomberg)

Bitcoin extended declines on Tuesday as investor sentiment took another leg down over fears that bigger Federal Reserve interest-rate hikes loom to quell ...

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MicroStrategy Risks Margin Call as Bitcoin Drops Below $21000 (Bloomberg)

MicroStrategy Inc. may need to post additional collateral for a loan as Bitcoin tests a key price range flagged by the company last month.

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Bitcoin Suisse Says Its Operations Will Continue to Operate Normally (Finance Magnates)

Bitcoin Suisse, a crypto-finance company in Switzerland, said on Monday that its services continue to operate normally amid the crypto bloodbath and the ...

FAQ Can Bitcoin be Considered a Real Currency? Bitcoin is referred to by many as a form of digital currency and/or the main alternative to fiat money which is controlled by central entities such as banks. Essentially, volatility describes the nature of an instrument’s fluctuation; a highly volatile security equates to large fluctuations in price, and a low volatile security equates to timid fluctuations in price. Is Bitcoin a Scam? Bitcoin is intangible but its value is certainly real and its presence in the financial world is robust and longstanding. Essentially, volatility describes the nature of an instrument’s fluctuation; a highly volatile security equates to large fluctuations in price, and a low volatile security equates to timid fluctuations in price. If the new coin is set to share the previous coin’s transaction history up to the split point, the process is considered to be a “hard fork”. Bitcoin Cash (launched in August 2017), Bitcoin Gold (launched in October 2017), and Bitcoin Satoshi’s Vision (launched in November 2018) were all a result of a hard fork in Bitcoin’s network. These led to significant splits in the community which surrounds crypto and the asset, some of which led to the point in which a “fork” had to be performed on the network. When trading Bitcoin its name is often abbreviated as BTC. What is a Blockchain Bitcoin’s system can be described as a group of computers (often called miners or nodes) which stores the Bitcoin blockchain and runs the Bitcoin code. FAQ Can Bitcoin be Considered a Real Currency? Bitcoin is referred to by many as a form of digital currency and/or the main alternative to fiat money which is controlled by central entities such as banks. Is Bitcoin a Scam? Bitcoin is intangible but its value is certainly real and its presence in the financial world is robust and longstanding. If the new coin is set to share the previous coin’s transaction history up to the split point, the process is considered to be a “hard fork”. Bitcoin Cash (launched in August 2017), Bitcoin Gold (launched in October 2017), and Bitcoin Satoshi’s Vision (launched in November 2018) were all a result of a hard fork in Bitcoin’s network. These led to significant splits in the community which surrounds crypto and the asset, some of which led to the point in which a “fork” had to be performed on the network. When trading Bitcoin its name is often abbreviated as BTC. What is a Blockchain Bitcoin’s system can be described as a group of computers (often called miners or nodes) which stores the Bitcoin blockchain and runs the Bitcoin code.

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Bitcoin: Why is the largest cryptocurrency crashing? (BBC News)

The value of Bitcoin is at an 18-month low, as the cryptocurrency market continues to tumble.

And now, the Coinbase exchange has just announced it is laying off 18% of its workforce,blaming, in part, the "crypto winter" The more people sell, the less Bitcoin is worth, because that's how it works - its value is pegged to its desirability. It played out at the Super Bowl and has been viewed 28 million times on Twitter and YouTube. - Binance, the largest global crypto exchange (basically a platform for trading cryptocurrencies), paused all Bitcoin withdrawals for a few hours. There's nothing to stop it trading at $10,000 tomorrow, if enough people give up or are forced to sell." Experts say this is because of the wider global climate.

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Bitcoin Rout Hits 'Darkest' Phase With Entire Market Underwater (Bloomberg)

Market decline means it's barely above cost basis: Glassnode · Bitcoin trades like a penny stock, says Nuveen's Brian Nick.

Bitcoin Rout Hits 'Darkest' Phase With Entire Market Underwater (Financial Advisor Magazine)

That's according to strategists at Glassnode, which tracks an indicator known as realized price, the average purchase price of all Bitcoins in circulation. The ...

Meanwhile, UBS strategists are monitoring Bitcoin miners -- whose businesses have been under pressure due to high energy costs and capex commitments -- for potential signs of capitulation, which could also have an impact on prices. “The market, on average, is barely above its cost basis, and even long-term holders are now being purged from the holder base.” The cryptocurrency is currently trading roughly $1,000 below the coin’s current realized price of $23,430, according to the firm.

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The biggest corporate holder of bitcoin is facing a reckoning (Quartz)

MicroStrategy is staring down a possible margin call on a recent loan to buy more bitcoin.

As of June 14, MicroStrategy’s crypto horde is worth about $1.1 billion less than what the company paid for it. Along the way, MicroStrategy transformed itself from a middling software company into a stock-trader vehicle to speculate on the future value of bitcoin. As of June 14, MicroStrategy has lost $1.1 billion on its bitcoin bet and now may have to post more collateral on their loan. In a statement announcing the purchase, Saylor said MicroStrategy had two corporate strategies of similar importance: “growing our enterprise analytics software business and acquiring and holding bitcoin.” “This investment reflects our belief that bitcoin, as the world’s most widely-adopted cryptocurrency, is a dependable store of value and an attractive investment asset with more long-term appreciation potential than holding cash,” Saylor wrote in a statement at the time. In the two months since MicroStrategy’s latest bitcoin purchase, the cryptocurrency lost more than half of its value.

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MicroStrategy's Saylor Shrugs Off Margin Call Concerns as Bitcoin ... (Decrypt)

MicroStrategy faces a margin call on a $205 million loan if Bitcoin falls further, but CEO Michael Saylor claims he isn't worried.

The price drop marks a significant line in the sand for MicroStrategy, which took out a $205 million loan in March from Silvergate Bank to stockpile Bitcoin. If BTC falls and stays below $21,000, the event would trigger a margin call on MicroStrategy’s loan, a potentially disastrous event that would require the company to offload tens of thousands of Bitcoins onto the already bearish market. Only if Bitcoin’s price were to fall below $3,562 would that additional BTC supply be insufficient to collateralize the loan. Per Saylor, even if Bitcoin’s price were to settle below $21,000, triggering a margin call on the loan, MicroStrategy possesses enough additional BTC for collateral.

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