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At the time of writing, Bitcoin (BTC) trades at $21,800 with a 5% and 29% loss in the last 24-hours and 7-days, respectively. BTC’s price began to trend lower as a result of a series of bad news around major crypto companies, and the U.S. Federal Reserve (FED) shift to its monetary policy.Here we go … 1/ Looking at onchain data for and , the liquidations have mostly happened. Data visualization from — Arthur Hayes (@CryptoHayes)Hayes claims that options platforms Deribit record a high Open Interest (OI), total open options contracts, for Bitcoin at $20,000 and for Ethereum at $1,000. In addition, Hayes believes other “massive” investment vehicles could be “centered around those strikes”, around those specific price levels.
As far as the charts go, you better get out your Lord Satoshi prayer book, and hope the lord shows kindness on the soul of the crypto markets. Because if these levels break, you might as well shut down your computer because your charts will be useless for a while.
Bitcoin Could Enter A Black Hole?
If Bitcoin and Ethereum are unable to stay above those levels, Hayes predicts potential doom for the crypto market. As the FED begins to increase interest rates, the market seems ready for further losses even if BTC and ETH are in critical support. Hayes added:If these levels break, 20k BTC and 1k ETH, we can expect massive sell pressure in the spot markets as dealers hedge themselves. We can also expect that there will be some otc (over the counter) dealers and that will be unable to hedge properly and might go belly up.
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For the time being, the crypto market and traditional markets could see some relief as indicators enter oversold levels.hitting the first significant support ever since the breakdown. Still think it will probably head towards covid lows eventually but support is support. Gimme a bounce — DonAlt (@CryptoDonAlt)