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Bitcoin drops below $20,000

-Erased tens of billions of dollars of investors’ assets
-Urgent calls to regulate the freewheeling industry

The price of the most popular cryptocurrency Bitcoin had plunged below the psychologically important threshold level of $20,000 on Saturday (18.06.2022). In November 2020 Bitcoin was at this level. After that, it moved up to its all-time high of nearly $69,000. At that time, it was believed that it would not fall under $20,000.
A drop of 9 percent Is observed. Its value is less than $19,000, according to CoinDesk, a United States-based exchange platform.
Bitcoin has now lost more than 70% of its value since reaching its peak.

It is the latest sign of uncertainty & turbulence in financial markets & the cryptocurrency industry.
Investors are selling off riskier assets because central banks are raising interest rates to combat increasing inflation.
Higher rates can help bring down inflation, but they also heighten the chances of a recession by increasing borrowing costs for consumers and businesses and pushing down prices for stocks, and other investments like cryptocurrencies.

Babel Finance said in a notice posted online Friday that it would suspend redemptions and withdrawals on products due to “unusual liquidity pressures.”

Celsius Network, said this month that it was pausing all withdrawals and transfers, with no sign of when it would give its 1.7 million customers access to their funds.

Celsius has hired restructuring lawyers and is looking for possible financing options from investors, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Celsius is also exploring strategic alternatives including financial restructuring.

The overall market value of cryptocurrency assets has fallen from $3 trillion to less than $1 trillion, according to coinmarketcap.com, which tracks crypto prices. As of Saturday (18.06.2022) afternoon, the company’s data showed crypto’s global market value stood at about $816 billion.

Ethereum, another cryptocurrency is being sliding in recent weeks. It is the second-largest token, fell as much as 12 percent to $1,045, a new 15-month low.

Tether (USDT), a stablecoin on the Terra ecosystem, imploded last month, erasing tens of billions of dollars in a matter of hours.
Stablecoin Terra imploded last month, losing tens of billions of dollars in value in a matter of hours.

The sector has also suffered losses after companies such as Coinbase Global Inc and

Gemini. and Blockfi said they would lay off thousands of employees as investors ditch risky assets.

The situation showed how interconnected big players in the cryptocurrency financial system are and how fast perceptions can spread.

Cesare Fracassi, a finance professor at the University of Texas at Austin who leads the school’s Blockchain Initiative, believes bitcoin’s fall under the psychological threshold isn’t a big deal. Instead, he said the focus should be on recent news from lending platforms.”

Alex Diaz, the administrator of a Facebook group for Bitcoin enthusiasts, said he believes the bitcoin crash is not the fault of bitcoin but of parallel developments in the cryptocurrency space, some of which are “just schemes or outright scams
David Gerard, a crypto critic and author of “Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain,” said the recent meltdowns show a failure by regulators, who he believes should have put more scrutiny on the industry years ago.

Scottie Siu, investment director at Hong Kong-based Axion Global Asset Management Said “The ripples running through the market haven’t stopped yet. I think we’re still in the middle of it unfortunately, the game isn’t over.”

A spate of crypto meltdowns has erased tens of billions of dollars of investors’ assets and sparked urgent calls to regulate the freewheeling industry.
Last week(W2225) bipartisan legislation was introduced in the U.S. Senate to regulate digital assets.