The world’s largest cryptocurrency Bitcoin (BTC) continues its downward fall at an unprecedented charge. As of press time, Bitcoin is down one other 8% slipping underneath $31,000 for the primary time since July 2021.
On-chain knowledge exhibits that Bitcoin whales have been depositing the BTC on the exchanges in huge numbers. As per data from CryptoQuant, the all-exchange inflows of Bitcoin have touched a 1-year excessive. Equally, the spot alternate inflows have touched a two-year excessive.
On-chain knowledge from Santiment additional exhibits that greater than 40K Bitcoins moved to the exchanges on Monday, the biggest single-day influx after December 2019. Santiment notes:
“As Monday has crossed into its remaining buying and selling hour (UTC time), a landmark in web Bitcoin shifting to exchanges has occurred. In the present day’s web sum of ~40,620 $BTC in alternate influx is the biggest spike since Dec, 2019. This marks maximal crowd polarization”.

Large Bitcoin Shorts Coming In
On-chain knowledge supplier Santiment reports that the “Funding charge knowledge signifies a large quantity of shorts are coming in after Bitcoin fell beneath $30k for the primary time in a few 12 months”.
📺 Funding charge knowledge signifies a large quantity of shorts are coming in after #Bitcoin fell beneath $30k for the primary time in a few 12 months. Our newest video covers this, dealer ache, weak palms exiting, and many extra as we determine what’s subsequent! 📊 https://t.co/KOeItPxg44 pic.twitter.com/afHkpbB5V6
— Santiment (@santimentfeed) May 10, 2022
It implies that the carnage on the crypto road received’t be stopping anytime quickly, and buyers are in for added ache. Then again, the U.S. fairness market is displaying up no indicators of reversal and continues to move downwards.
Nasdaq Composite (INDEXNASDAQ: .IXIC) was down 4.29% shedding greater than 500 factors in a single day. Dow Jones tanked 2% and the S&P 500 tanked 3.2% on Monday.
As of press time, the broader cryptocurrency is down by 10% presently at $1.4 trillion. Terra’s LUNA stays the biggest loser with all of the drama that surrounds the UST stablecoin shedding its greenback peg.
Nevertheless, throughout this market crunch, El Salvador announced its highest-ever one-time buy of Bitcoins. The Latin American nation bought 500 Bitcoins valued at $15,372,000.
El Salvador simply purchased the dip! 🇸🇻
500 cash at a mean USD worth of ~$30,744 🥳#Bitcoin
— Nayib Bukele (@nayibbukele) May 9, 2022
With its latest buy, El Salvador holds greater than 2,300 Bitcoin in its kitty.
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