The largest crypto by market cap BTC plunged today to six month lows. But what's behind the latest dip?
Bitcoin has dumped 7.5% in the past 12 hours, plunging to 6-month lows from $43,328 at 4pm UTC yesterday to $38,258 by 4am UTC today.Today’s price crash has so far wiped about $50 billion from the overall crypto market. The total crypto market cap has been on a slow decline since early November 2021 when it reached a peak of $3 billion.
Without a single bombshell piece of news that many could blame the dump on, investors are wondering what caused the price action. Some pointed to macro indicators, with tech stocks on Nasdaq entering into “correction territory” and several interest rate hikes are expected to come in 2022.and only has one left…account noted that the current pattern playing out “shares a few similarities with the price behavior of late September 2021.
The InvesetAnswers account with over 85,000 followers suggested that bears “need Bitcoin under $41,000 to pocket $132 million in gains.”