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First Mover Americas: BTC Rebounds to $57K
The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for July 8, 2024.
Updated Jul 8, 2024, 12:23 p.m. Published Jul 8, 2024, 12:23 p.m.
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During the European morning, bitcoin recovered from a slump that had seen it sink to just above $54,000.BTC subsequently recovered to climb above $58,000 and is currently trading at around $57,200, down about 0.4% in the last 24 hours. The CoinDesk 20 Index meanwhile has climbed 0.33, after also crashing during the Asian morning. Data from CoinGlass shows there have been $175 million in long liquidations over the last 24 hours after bitcoin lost 13% last week, a decline comparable to that it experienced in the aftermath of FTX's collapse.
Germany's bitcoin sales and Mt. Gox's reimbursements have recently shaken up the crypto market, and the drama may not be over yet. The eurozone's biggest economy still holds 39,826 BTC worth $2.2 billion, according to data tracked by Arkham Intelligence. The stash, a potential source of selling pressure, represents nearly 9% of BTC's 24-hour trading volume of $25.3 billion, suggesting further price turbulence. Early this year, the German Federal Criminal Police Office seized 49,857 BTC from the operators of Movie2k.to, a privacy website that was last active in 2013. Since mid-June, the government has liquidated over 10,000 BTC, putting downward pressure on the cryptocurrency's going market rate.
Bitcoin mining was more profitable in June than May as the price of the cryptocurrency rose 2% and the network hashrate dropped by 5%, and as the market adjusted to the effects of the halving, investment bank Jefferies said in a research report on Monday. “June was a month of modest recovery from the immediate impacts of the halving that were most pronounced in May,” analyst Jonathan Petersen wrote. Hashrate refers to the total combined computational power used to mine and process transactions on a proof-of-work blockchain and is a proxy for competition in the industry and mining difficulty. The quadrennial reward halving, which occurred in April, slowed the rate of growth in bitcoin supply as miners' rewards were cut by 50%.
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- The chart shows a timezone-wise break up of BTC's 17% slide in four weeks.
- Asian session accounts for most losses, suggesting that "many retail traders in Asia have been liquidated," according to 10x Research.
- Source: VeloData
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