{"id":453683,"date":"2021-01-04T13:28:58","date_gmt":"2021-01-04T13:28:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/?p=453683"},"modified":"2021-01-04T13:28:58","modified_gmt":"2021-01-04T13:28:58","slug":"ethereum-wobbles-around-1k-in-volatile-trading-whats-ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/news\/ethereum\/ethereum-wobbles-around-1k-in-volatile-trading-whats-ahead\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethereum Wobbles Around $1K in Volatile Trading; What’s Ahead?"},"content":{"rendered":"
Ethereum dropped heavily during the thinly-traded early European session Monday, breaking below $1,000 from its three-month high of $1,168.99.<\/p>\n
The second-largest cryptocurrency briefly tumbled to $886 due to profit-taking among daytraders. Meanwhile, its downside correction caused long liquidations worth nearly $330 million across all the crypto derivatives exchanges. That may have prompted overleveraged traders to sell their existing ETH holdings to cover their margin calls, creating further downside pressure on its value.<\/p>\n