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What's Happening with Bitcoin & ETH?

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What's Happening with Bitcoin & ETH?
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Crypto prices are down on the week, with the total crypto market cap plunging 10% off its Monday high to break below the $2.5T level that served as support throughout the week prior. What events have moved markets this week?

Yesterday morning, panic gripped Crypto Twitter when a wallet controlled by the US government holding over $2B in BTC from the Silk Road forfeitures sent a test transaction to a Coinbase deposit address, followed up shortly thereafter by a $139M BTC transfer to the same address. 

While the move sparked concern that the US may begin offloading BTC holdings en masse, this sale had been announced back in January. Further, considering the nature of how over the counter (OTC) transactions are often structured, it is likely that these coins were already sold and that the BTC transfer merely represented post-trade settlement.

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Jack Inabinet

Written by Jack Inabinet

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Jack Inabinet is a Senior Analyst with a passion for exploring the bleeding edge of crypto and finance. Prior to joining Bankless, Jack worked as an analyst at HAL Real Estate where he conducted market research and financial analysis for commercial real estate development and acquisition activities in the Seattle region. He graduated from the University of Washington’s Michael G. Foster School of Business.

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