Business

Bitcoin Records Biggest Daily Loss, Sheds More Than Half Of Its Value

Published

2 years ago

January 22, 2021

Investors have witnessed a huge loss after bitcoin lost more than half of its value early Friday.

Millions of people who invested in cryptocurrency, Bitcoin have suffered a huge loss after the flagship crypto suffered massive loss early Friday..

It shedded almost all the gains it recorded in 2020, as it suffered its largest daily drop since the market crash of March 2020.

According to Nairametrics, some crypto experts posit that such losses are coming from widespread profit-taking by U.S. and European investors, and that worries about extra regulation has driven the crypto asset toward a weekly loss of more than 25%.

Top-rated crypto assets like Ethereum plunged by almost 16%, while Chainlink also recorded double-digit percentage losses.

Also weighing on prevailing market conditions seen across the crypto-verse, data retrieved from Glassnode, a crypto analytic firm, reveal bitcoin $BTC Supply in Profit (1d MA) just reached a 3-month low of 16,899,766.137 BTC.

The previous 3-month low of 16,903,691.779 BTC was observed on 11 December, 2020

What this means: Consequently, Jesse Cohen, a senior crypto analyst, in a note to Nairametrics, spoke on the outlook for Bitcoin in 2021.

“I expect Bitcoin to remain highly volatile to the downside in the new year, given the potential for more scrutiny and tighter regulation. That should see prices fall back from their record highs, with the prospect of increased regulation being the most important factor affecting Bitcoin in 2021.”

However, as it gained more than 300% in 2020, many crypto experts wonder if BTC can continue such rally this year.