{"id":459818,"date":"2021-03-29T11:11:51","date_gmt":"2021-03-29T11:11:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/?p=459818"},"modified":"2024-06-11T14:14:21","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T14:14:21","slug":"bitcoin-rallies-strongly-as-a-30bn-dump-rattles-us-stock-futures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/news\/bitcoin-rallies-strongly-as-a-30bn-dump-rattles-us-stock-futures\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Rallies Strongly as a $30bn Dump Rattles US Stock Futures"},"content":{"rendered":"
Bitcoin prices rose aggressively heading into the European session Monday, breaking above $58,000 as traders pinned their hopes on another all-time high milestone ahead.<\/p>\n
The benchmark cryptocurrency was changing hands for $58,146 at 10:18 UTC, up 4.25 percent from its intraday open. A record expiry of $6 billion worth of options contracts on Friday helped ease downside pressure<\/a> in the Bitcoin market as the spot price rallied towards the bullish strike rate of $55,000.<\/p>\n More tailwinds for the cryptocurrency came from a struggling US market on Monday.<\/p>\n Futures tied to Wall Street indexes, including the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average, slid in the pre-market session, pointing to losses after the New York opening bell. The indexes’ futures incurred losses after a large investment fund dumped billions of dollars in holdings, stoking concerns that global banks who dealt with the firm could face heavy losses, as well.<\/p>\n The move was by Archegos Capital Management, an investment firm owned by former Tiger Asia manager Bill Hwang \u2014 a fund manager with a history of participation in wire fraud<\/a>. The firm unwound $30 billion worth of holdings in a handful of companies, including Discovery and ViacomCBS, leading to massive crashes in their stock rates.<\/p>\n Bitcoin held its gains by then, undergoing a modest downside correction but nothing that could offset its early morning gains.<\/p>\nA Macroeconomic Coincidence<\/h2>\n