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Reasons behind this Bitcoin price drop

A few minutes before midday, sudden massive generalized sales sunk the total capitalization by more than 12 billion dollars in less than an hour.

Looking at the list of the first 100 by capitalisation on Coinmarketcap, there are only six green signs.

Bitcoin Diamond emerges with a stratospheric rise of +130%. This triple-digit performance was distorted by an operating block on the Binance exchange, creating anomalies in quotations and huge price spreads with other exchanges.

Among the first 15 cryptocurrencies, double-digit drops hit Ethereum (ETH), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Eos and Iota (MIOTA).

There may be several causes that led to a concerted sale hitting all major cryptocurrencies that in a few hours returned to review last weeks’ levels.

The main one could be traced back to Goldman Sachs, one of the world’s leading investment banks, that seems to be postponing plans regarding the trading desk dedicated to cryptocurrencies, announced exactly a month ago. The reason? A lack of clear regulations in the United States that would make it difficult to offer products guaranteed by physical safekeeping in cryptocurrency.

Another reason, which particularly affected Ethereum and Eos, and then other indirectly related altcoins, was the liquidation that lasted just a few minutes of over $20 million in ETH and the same amount in EOS on two major Asian exchanges, Dobi and Huobi.

Source: https://it.tradingview.com/symbols/BTCUSD/

Bitcoin (BTC)

The drop of more than 400 dollars in little more than an hour pushes prices to revise the threshold of 7000 dollars.

The repeated test of this level begins to become a technical and psychological reference. Failure to keep this level would push prices to review the 6800 dollars area. Important mid-term dividing line tested several times during the summer.

Source: https://it.tradingview.com/symbols/ETHUSD/

Ethereum (ETH)

A sharp decline that in a few minutes makes prices fall from 285 to 250 dollars. Ethereum is a step away from the lows of mid-August.

A possible break of the 245/240 area would push prices towards 220 and 200 dollars.

The volumes that have accompanied sales in recent hours are not a good signal for the bullish positions.

Ethereum needs to step it up or it will be difficult to face the competition in the coming months.

      

Federico Izzi
Federico Izzi
Analista finanziario e trader indipendente – Socio S.I.A.T. & Assob.it. Opera attivamente sui mercati azionari e dei derivati (futures ed opzioni) dal 1997. Precursore dell’analisi ciclica-volumetrica è noto per aver individuato i più importanti movimenti al rialzo ed al ribasso sui mercati finanziari degli ultimi anni. Partecipa annualmente come relatore all’ ITForum di Rimini dall’edizione del 2010 ed InvestingRoma e Napoli dalla prima edizione del 2015. Interviene come ospite ed esperto dei mercati durante le trasmissioni “Trading Room” e “Market Driver” di Class CNBC, Borsa Diretta.tv e nel TG serale di Traderlink. Da luglio 2017 è ospite fisso su LeFonti.TV nell’unico spazio nazionale settimanale dedicato alle criptovalute insieme ai più importanti esperti internazionali del settore. Periodicamente pubblica articoli su ITForum News, Sole24Ore, TrendOnLine, Wall Street Italia. E’ stato intervistato in qualità di esperto di criptovalute per: Forbes Italia, Panorama, StartupItalia, DonnaModerna. E’ stato riconosciuto come primo analista tecnico italiano ad aver pubblicato la prima analisi ciclica secolare sul Bitcoin. Federico Izzi è… Zio Romolo
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