Scary Bitcoin Developments: Analyst’s Insight

Introduction

The Mt. Gox Saga

Boiler: Bitcoin … A Lesser-known Black Spot in Its History

It is hard to mention Bitcoin without remembering Mt. Gox, which became a iconic symbol of the Bitcoin era for the worst of all reasons. Such was the situation with the exchange, which in 2014 lost around 850 000 BTC in a major hack, from which it never recovered. Some of the previous attempts to compensate the victims have led to the movement of large quantities of Bitcoin in the last few years.

Recent Developments

More recently in February, Mt. Gox moved a record equivalent to 44, 527 Bitcoins worth of between $2.84 billion can be stored in an internal wallet. To this effect, the market has been shaken up, and even analysts like Ki Young Ju have raised concerns of the effects likely to be witnessed.

Scary Bitcoin Developments, recent research conducted by Ki Young Ju

The Consequences of Sell Side Liquidity Pic

Ki Young Ju’s Warning

Market Reactions and Volatility

Bitcoin is at the moment experiencing a good run and is currently hovering around 64521 dollars. Yet, the emergence of such a large amount of sell-side liquidity might stop this trend, or even reverse it. Thus the reactions of the market to this egg influx as of yet unpredictable with more volatilities as the most probable outcome.

Potential Consequences

A Market Shake-Up

Bitcoin may be affected because a large amount of this currency when dumped in the market it influences other coins as well. Such a scenario could lead to massive market corrections and in turn the crashing of prices including that of bitcoins along with other digital currencies.

Investor Sentiment

The state of mind of the investors immensely influences the operational nature of the markets. It is often catastrophic since such rumours may provoke panic and people start selling in a bid to cut their losses should a sell-off materialise. This is a very unstable situation and when rumours are spread that gives life to real market shifts.

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