Bitcoin Plunges Below $20,000 Again As ECB Gears Up To Raise Rates ‘At A Faster Pace’

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Bitcoin Plunges Below $20,000 Again As ECB Gears Up To Raise Rates ‘At A Faster Pace’

Op woensdag, Bitcoin fell as low as $19,899 following a risk-off by investors after a volatile New York session on Tuesday. Ethereum dipped by over 9% to $1,114 with other cryptos such as Solana and Shiba Inu plunging by over 10%. Technology stocks led the overnight carnage with the high beta Nasdaq 100 Index (NDX) dropping close to 4% before market close.

De scherpe daling werd veroorzaakt door een overvloed aan factoren, waarvan de belangrijkste een verklaring van de Europese Centrale Bank is Voorzitter Christine Lagarde detailing a plan to go harder on inflation. Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency investors have particularly been attentive to inflation rate decisions, with major asset classes balking at the prospects of further monetary tightening to tame soaring prices.

In de verklaring van dinsdag herhaalde Lagarde haar engagement om de inflatiedruk te verminderen en stelde dat ondanks de onderliggende economische onzekerheid “het tempo van de normalisatie van de rente niet vooraf kan worden bepaald.”

Bijgevolg verklaarde zij dat de bank van plan was de drie belangrijkste rentetarieven tijdens de volgende vergadering op 25 juli met 21 basispunten te verhogen, na het beëindigen van het stimuleringsprogramma voor het opkopen van obligaties. De laatste keer dat de bank de rente in de eurozone verhoogde was in 2011. De ECB-chef merkte echter op dat “als de inflatievooruitzichten op de middellange termijn aanhouden of verslechteren, een grotere verhoging op de bijeenkomst in september gepast zal zijn”, waarmee hij aangeeft dat meer rente Er zouden renteverhogingen aanstaande kunnen zijn.

In de afgelopen twee maanden, Bitcoin miners have also been hun beloningen dumpen amid plunging profitability and soaring energy prices. According to a report by Arcane Research, May witnessed the biggest sell-off by miners since 2020 with several publicly listed bitcoin mining firms offloading 100% of their May rewards. While dumping by miners has historically signaled the market is entering the final capitulation phase, efforts by miners to sell their BTC in large quantities could negatively affect the cryptocurrency’s price.

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Technically, although Bitcoin looks quite weak in the $20ks, there is so much hope by various analysts that the prijs zou kunnen stijgen from here. As of writing, Bitcoin is trading at 20,023 after losing over 4.53% in the past 24 hours. A break below the $20,000 and 2018’s high of $19,798 could trigger a deeper sell-off, potentially sending prices to sub-$17k.The sharp drop was triggered by a plethora of factors, key among them, a statement by the European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde

Originele bron: ZyCrypto