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Bitcoin just had mini crash

Posted on 8/17/23 at 6:17 pm
Posted by SlidellCajun
Slidell la
Member since May 2019
16049 posts
Posted on 8/17/23 at 6:17 pm
In the last 90 minutes it dropped 2,000 dollars.

No reason. Some sort of flash crash.

It’s since recovered.

Looks like manipulation or some other foul play

Anyone got news on it?
Posted by LSUtiger89
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2007
4563 posts
Posted on 8/17/23 at 7:03 pm to
It’s manipulation. So much of crypto is wash selling driving up or down trade volume. It inflates the value greatly also.
Posted by LSURussian
Member since Feb 2005
133665 posts
Posted on 8/17/23 at 7:06 pm to
Bitcoin is down just under -$2,500 (-8.5%) as I post this.

My guess is it's the Chinese selling BTC to get into the safe haven U.S. dollar. But, that's just a guess.
This post was edited on 8/17/23 at 7:09 pm
Posted by Triple Bogey
19th Green
Member since May 2017
6572 posts
Posted on 8/17/23 at 8:00 pm to
Posted by KillTheGophers
Member since Jan 2016
6748 posts
Posted on 8/17/23 at 8:16 pm to
Zero
Posted by SalE
At the beach
Member since Jan 2020
2939 posts
Posted on 8/17/23 at 9:03 pm to
Buy opp
Posted by MDB
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2019
3658 posts
Posted on 8/17/23 at 10:25 pm to
Silver says hello. Talk about a manipulated commodity.
Posted by Diseasefreeforall
Member since Oct 2012
7212 posts
Posted on 8/17/23 at 11:11 pm to
The WSJ published an article on SpaceX's finances after gaining access to their annual and Q1 reports and at the very end of the story it mentions that SpaceX wrote down a loss on bitcoin and sold it.

So SpaceX sold all its bitcoin some time before the first quarter, media outlets go crazy with clickbait headlines about it and bitcoin and most other cryptos tank.
Posted by TigerDeBaiter
Member since Dec 2010
10670 posts
Posted on 8/18/23 at 4:31 am to
Don’t thing the grifter (Elon) selling has much to do with it. My guess is evergrande bankruptcy contagion and the fears of that being linked to tether. Tether is still to this day suspect at best.
Posted by Ron Cheramie
The Cajun Hedgehog
Member since Aug 2016
5541 posts
Posted on 8/18/23 at 6:08 am to
Now show what SLI has done the last week

Month
Posted by Diseasefreeforall
Member since Oct 2012
7212 posts
Posted on 8/18/23 at 7:27 am to
quote:

Don’t thing the grifter (Elon) selling has much to do with it. My guess is evergrande bankruptcy contagion and the fears of that being linked to tether. Tether is still to this day suspect at best.

Wouldn't Tether have significantly depegged if that were the case?
Posted by UltimaParadox
North Carolina
Member since Nov 2008
51558 posts
Posted on 8/18/23 at 7:34 am to
quote:

Wouldn't Tether have significantly depegged if that were the case?


Why would tether depeg when it basically impossible to redeem it for cash.

Exit liquidity for stables has been provided by USDC, which is now openly criticizing others such as Tether, USDD, and FDUSD

quote:

Circle Criticizes Crypto Firms That ‘Counterfeit US Dollars’


Bloomberg Article About Circle
Posted by TigerHornII
Member since Feb 2021
1155 posts
Posted on 8/18/23 at 7:39 am to
quote:

Don’t thing the grifter (Elon) selling has much to do with it. My guess is evergrande bankruptcy contagion and the fears of that being linked to tether. Tether is still to this day suspect at best.


This. Evergrande BK hit the news at around 5-6 CT last night - at least that's the first time I saw anything about it - and as people have woken up around the globe investors of every stripe are going to be jumpy. I expect a down day on Wall Street as well.
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