Bitcoin investors have been rocked by a price crash that’s wiped more than 50% from bitcoin’s all-time high .
The bitcoin price, after nudging $65,000 per bitcoin in April, dropped to just under $30,000 this week before rebounding slightly, falling after Tesla billionaire Elon Musk expressed doubts about bitcoin and fear gripped the market China could crack down hard on bitcoin operations in the country .
Now, as bitcoin market sentiment plummets to lows not seen since the March 2020 coronavirus-induced crash that sent the bitcoin price to around $4,000, traders and investors remain upbeat that a recovery is on the horizon .
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Despite the bitcoin price crash and the fear that’s currently gripping the market , many in the bitcoin and crypto community feel this correction is a “healthy” rebalancing, needed for the market to move higher over the long term .
“The large falls in valuations seen this week are, in one way, healthy as they enable the market to clear excess speculative positions and consolidate before its next phase of expansion,” Anatoly Crachilov, the chief executive of investment manager Nickel Digital, said via email, pointing to bitcoin’s “122% gain from the beginning of the year” through to April.
“We have seen this pattern time and again across multiple cycles and expect this to remain in place until the market matures and achieves a larger involvement of institutional capital.”
The bitcoin price rally over the last few months has been partly driven by the long-awaited emergence of institutional investors , with bitcoin traders upbeat this latest crash won’t have diminished Wall Street interest in bitcoin .
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“This sharp dip, brought on by bitcoin’s nosedive, highlights the critical need for asset diversity and a well-researched investment portfolio.After a strong bull run, companies and funds that over leveraged on bitcoin alone will now have confused shareholders and board members to answer to.”
Bitcoin analysts point to previous crashes and recoveries to support their belief the bitcoin price will bounce back.Following bitcoin’s late-2017 peak of around $20,000, the bitcoin price lost almost 90% of its value in the following year before charging far higher at the end of 2020 and into 2021.
“Crypto has had a breathtaking run over the past couple of quarters, so a strong pull back and consolidation now isn’t surprising—it’s what we’ve seen in all other previous bull markets,” Pete Humiston, manager of Kraken Intelligence, part of the U.S.bitcoin and crypto exchange Kraken, said in comments sent via Twitter DM.
Billy Bambrough
I am a journalist with significant experience covering technology, finance, economics, and business around the world.
As the founding editor of Verdict.co.uk I reported
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I am a journalist with significant experience covering technology, finance, economics, and business around the world.As the founding editor of Verdict.co.uk I reported on how technology is changing business, political trends, and the latest culture and lifestyle.I have covered the rise of bitcoin and cryptocurrency since 2012 and have charted its emergence as a niche technology into the greatest threat to the established financial system the world has ever seen and the most important new technology since the internet itself.I have worked and written for CityAM, the Financial Times, and the New Statesman, amongst others.
Follow me on Twitter @billybambrough or email me on billyATbillybambrough.com.Disclosure: I occasionally hold some small amount of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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