Bitcoin fell by $600 within 24 hours

Despite yesterday’s crash, Bitcoin has stabilized today and is at $9,200 at the time of release, a loss of 1.31% in the last 24 hours.

Bitcoin fell by $600 within 24 hours and scratched $9,000 at short notice. The crash is attributed to the correlation with the stock market and the increased selling pressure of the miners.Bitcoin’s short and medium-term performance could be related to the global economy.

Reasons for Bitcoin’s (BTC) crash

As many have pointed out, there are two main reasons for the fall of Bitcoin (BTC) One of these reasons is the  correlation between Bitcoin and the stock market, in particular with the S&P 500. In recent months, the correlation was obvious and corresponded to a reaction of the markets to the COVID-19 emergency. As uncertainty increased and markets collapsed, investors tried to hold on to cash and sold their other assets, such as Bitcoin. This increased the selling pressure on BTC.

A note from Yahoo Finance points out that investors are reacting to growing uncertainty about the pandemic. Some regions in the western region of the United States are reporting a resurgence in the number of people infected. Similar events have occurred in China, Japan and some European countries, with some areas that had opened up having to be re-quarantined.

As a bonus, the International Monetary Fund published its economic forecasts for 2020. According to the institution, the worlds economic growth will fall by an estimated 4.9%. In addition, the economic growth of the United States, the world’s largest economy, will fall by 8% with predictions of a recovery by the first quarter of 2021. In that sense, it is pertinent to assume that Bitcoin (BTC) will remain correlated with the performance of the world economy, at least in the short and medium term.

Increased selling pressure by Bitcoin miners (BTC)

The second reason behind the drop is the sale of Bitcoin (BTC) by its miners. As CNF reported, a few days ago there was an increase in Bitcoin’s mining difficulty. The increase was one of the largest since 2018 and has forced less efficient miners to liquidate their positions to compensate for the adjustment.

Because of that, BTC has been negatively impacted while the selling pressure on the market increased. Data collection firm Glassnode revealed that there was an increase in the flow of Bitcoin to the miners’ exchanges. The increase was the largest in a year and it is estimated that the miners moved 2,650 BTCs to the exchanges.

In the short term, Bitcoin could continue to drop due to the above-mentioned reasons. Analyst Satoshi Flipper predicts a bearish scenario in which Bitcoin (BTC) could fall to $8,000 and even $7,000. In the long term, however, the scenario could belong to the bulls, but it will largely depend on the traditional market.

Author : Reynaldo