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Bitcoin slid back toward $55,000 overnight because it caught up with Tuesday’s broader market sell-off.
On Wednesday, the worth of the flagship cryptocurrency hovered under the flat line at $57,813.84, in response to Coin Metrics. It fell sharply Tuesday night — to as little as $55,673.80 — with the beginning of Asia-Pacific trading but has stabilized since then.
Bitcoin tumbles overnight but stabilizes at $56,000
Tech stocks struggled in U.S. trading Tuesday, with the sector coming off its worst day since September 2022, while two readings of producing production showed signs of weakness, rekindling fears in regards to the health of the economy. Japan’s Nikkei 225 and the broad-based Topix finished Wednesday trading with their worst one-day loss for the reason that Aug. 5 sell-off.
Currently, bitcoin’s moves are sometimes more muted than stocks’ during U.S. hours on big market days. James Davies, co-founder at crypto trading platform Crypto Valley Exchange, explained that traders react “more dynamically” to macro events during Asia trading.
“U.S. crypto trading accounts for around 30% of worldwide volume, but it surely’s largely driven by institutional activity, especially in derivatives like CME futures, which are sometimes less reactive to immediate market trends they’ve seen coming,” he said. “In contrast, the Asian market, contributing near 50% of worldwide volume, is more retail-focused. In consequence, during Asian trading hours, bitcoin tends to reply more actively to global financial movements, equivalent to stock market shifts.”
August was a tricky month for bitcoin and its poor trading motion could go on for one more month. Analysts have warned that the cryptocurrency could slide back to $50,000 in September as traders wait for a way of direction to emerge about U.S. rate of interest cuts and the looming presidential election.
September is historically the worst month for bitcoin. The coin has finished higher in only three of the past 11 Septembers and the month has the biggest average lack of the yr for the coin at 4.8%, in response to CoinGlass.
