Crypto Market Bleeds Following Massive Bitcoin Sell Off

The past 24 hours have seen a massive $30 billion crash in the crypto market following one of the largest Bitcoin sell offs this year.

Currently trading at $8,410, the flagship cryptocurrency has dropped 13.75% over the past 24 hours according to data from Coinmarketcap.

Coming from a high of $10,232 barely a week ago, it has been sliding over the past few days, finally breaching the $10,000 support on September 23.

Given the underwhelming Bakkt launch and the failure of the market to react as expected, analysts had consequently predicted the huge drop.

Based on Bitcoin’s daily chart, the top crypto today broke out of the descending triangle that had been forming since June 26.

The flash sale that has caused the astounding price crash came with an unexpectedly large volume of support. BTC has traded more than $28 billion over the past 24-hour period.

$30 Billion Wipe-Off

The outlook of the rest of the market is more or less the same with a majority of altcoins bleeding in the double digits.

In fact, with the exception of stablecoins and two altcoins, Paxos Standard and UNUS SED LEO, the rest of the top 50 altcoins have shed off more than 10% since yesterday.

Ethereum has lost 15.02% and is currently trading at $168.32 while Ripple (XRP) is currently trading at $0.237, hitting a new yearly low with an 11.79% drop.

Tether is now in the fourth position as Bitcoin Cash and Litecoin have lost 22.88% and 17.51% respectively during the same period.

As a result of these huge drops, the cryptocurrency market as a whole has lost over $30 billion and is currently worth $219.5.

Bitcoin still holds the dominant position with a 68.8% market share at press time.

Hodlers’ Opportunity to Buy Low

The crypto market has, as usual, experienced mixed reactions to the news, with some pointing to lower slides in the coming days.

According to Peter Schiff, “This is a very a bearish technical pattern …  The risk is high for a rapid decent down to $4,000 or lower!”

But for others like analyst Josh Rager, this is yet another buying opportunity for Bitcoin hodlers.

“If this isn’t a bear trap I do see price heading down to low $7ks. Lots of buyers are waiting between $6180 & $6500” he said.

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