Bitcoin, the world's largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, has once again come into contact with a greater crypto market sell-off slashing its price by more than $1,000.
On May. 17 at 2:00 UTC, bitcoin dropped by 16.7 percent to find a bid below $7,000 at $6,600 before rising once more on the back of high volatility, moving above $7,000 to where it currently sits at $7,300, according to CoinMarketCap and CoinDesk data.
In the last 24 hours, bitcoin's market capitalization also dropped more than $10 billion over a 24-hour period.
BTC remains positive over a 7-day period, up $14 billion on the week amid high volatility and market disagreements on its true price.
The reasons for the sell-off could be attributed to large sell-orders liquidating numerous stop-loss positions and invoking general panic amongst traders.
Indeed a sell-order on the Bitstamp exchange for example, of 3,645 BTC or $26.8 million in US dollar terms, was executed at around 02:00 UTC on May 17 and could have been one of the major causes for a dip below $7,000.
The total crypto market capitalization also took a hit dropping more than $29 billion over the last 24-hours hinting at investor uncertainty as they transition to the sidelines to await bitcoin's next move.
Disclosure: The author holds USDT at the time of writing.
Bitcoin Drops $1,000 In Value Amid Market Sell-Off
Published on May 17, 2019
by Coindesk | Published on Coinage
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