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Crypto Market Turns Green, Downside Risk Remains High

POSTED ON July 9, 2024 •   Business      BY Abiodun Saheed Omodara •   VIEWS 71
Bitcoin l Credit: nairametrics

The cryptocurrency industry has been experiencing instability due to the sale of Bitcoin in Germany and concerns about significant sell-offs by the creditors of the now-defunct Mt. Gox exchange. 

However, despite these challenges, there is a promising future ahead driven by continued risk-taking in established markets and favorable macroeconomic conditions.

Investors are increasingly willing to invest in riskier, growth-oriented assets such as Bitcoin and equities during periods of global economic expansion.

In related news, the German government made a surprising decision to repurchase over $111 million worth of Bitcoin, while hackers globally stole cryptocurrencies worth $1.4 billion in the span of six months.

There is also an increased appetite for risk in the cryptocurrency market, as evidenced by the significant net inflows into U.S.-based spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs), which generated $295 million in revenue on July 8.

This marked the largest day of inflows in more than a month, with BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF and Fidelity’s Wise Origin Bitcoin Fund leading the way.

Additionally, the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust saw $25.1 million in inflows on a rare day of positive market activity.

The German government has also sent over 26,200 BTC to exchanges and market makers, holding a reserve of 27,460 BTC, or $1.6 billion.

Despite Bitcoin's 17% drop to $57,200 within a month, causing ripples in meme coins and other volatile areas of the cryptocurrency market, the German government still holds $1.57 billion worth of Bitcoin.

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