The crypto markets incurred a significant amount of selling pressure late-yesterday that sent them reeling downwards, surrendering a decent portion of the recent gains they have incurred as a result of the massive rally that has been taking place since early-April.<\/p>\n
Despite the recent drop, some analysts believe that Bitcoin\u2019s rally may not be done just yet, as a bout of coordinated selling may have sparked this temporary downwards movement.<\/p>\n
At the time of writing, Bitcoin<\/a> is trading down 11% at its current price of $7,100, down significantly from its 24-hour highs of over $8,000.<\/p>\n Over a one-week period, Bitcoin is still up significantly from its lows of $6,300 but is down slightly from its highs of nearly $8,400 which were set this past Wednesday.<\/p>\n Although this latest move downwards has drastically shifted the market\u2019s sentiment for the worst, it is important for investors to keep in mind the fact that the latest pullback comes on the heels of a massive rally that put a significant amount of distance between Bitcoin\u2019s current price and its 2018 lows of roughly $3,200.<\/p>\n As for what may have caused this latest pullback<\/a>, Dovey Wan, a popular figure on Twitter and a founding partner at Primitive, explained that this recent drop was sparked by a large sell order of 5,000 BTC on Bitstamp, which may have sparked the downtrend.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is what happened: 1. A jackass put up an aggregated sell of 5000 $BTC on stamp. 2. Stamp poor depth + algo glitch? 3. Bmx index is 50% on stamp. 4. Massive Bmx liq tanked the mkt. 5. Despite all BTC quickly bounced back to $7000\u2026 This might be the best chance to BTFMD,\u201d Wan said, bullishly concluding that now may be the time to \u201cbuy the dip.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n This is what happened<\/p>\n 1. A jackass put up an aggregated sell of 5000 $BTC<\/a> on stamp <\/p>\n 2. Stamp poor depth + algo glitch? <\/p>\n 3. Bmx index is 50% on stamp <\/p>\n 4. Massive Bmx liq tanked the mkt<\/p>\n 5. Despite all \u261d\ud83c\udffbBTC quickly bounced back to $7000<\/p>\n This might be the best chance to BTFMD<\/p>\n — Dovey "Rug the fiat" Wan (hiring) (@DoveyWan) May 17, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n