3 wildest theories explaining $500B crypto market crash

cointelegraph.com:

The crypto market lost over $500 billion in combined market capitalization earlier Friday. The market bloodbath led to over $700 million in liquidation as top crypto assets bled heavily. Bitcoin (BTC) fell below the critical support level of $40K while Ether (ETH) also lost $3K support.

At a time when crypto proponents are debating whether the crypto market has entered a bear phase, many wild theories flooded the internet to make sense of the crash. We will look at three such theories that many believe fueled the crypto market crash.

The consumer inflation in the United States has hit record highs, and the upcoming FOMC meeting set for 25-26 January is expected to announce new interest rates. Fed is expected to raise interest rates thrice this year with hikes going from 0.25% to as high as 1% by EOY. Many market pundits believe the growing concern around inflation added with the omicron rise has led to sell-off on Wall Street, which eventually trickled down to the crypto market.

One Reddit theory suggests crypto was created to hide asset inflation as it created another “pipeline” for the U.S. dollar to pass through to inflate a different asset. The user Juicyjuicejuic wrote:

The user went on to add that the volatility in the crypto market is the reason behind “why bonds and stocks are crashing because everybody gambled on crypto and took money out of other assets to do so!”

Market pundits also believe the growing correlation of Bitcoin with the equity market could have fueled the crash earlier. Because of ETFs and institutional investors, BTC has become more intertwined with the equity markets. The cryptocurrency market has been swaying in lockstep with Wall Street.

Related: Bitcoin dumps to hit six-month lows near $38K

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