Bitcoin failed to interrupt key resistance over the weekend and slumped nearly 5% in simply three hours on Sunday.
The asset had spent many of the weekend buying and selling round $91,500, the place it gave the impression to be consolidating towards the top of the month, however all of a sudden declined to $86,950 on Coinbase, in accordance with Tradingview.
The virtually 5% slide adopted the primary inexperienced weekly candle shut for 4 weeks, with Bitcoin (BTC) ending the week at $90,411, in accordance with Tradingview.
“As seen numerous occasions this yr, Friday night time and Sunday night time typically include massive crypto strikes,” noticed the Kobeissi Letter, including the stoop got here with out an apparent information catalyst.
Extra leverage has been liquidated
Kobeissi blamed the flash crash on a “sudden rush of promoting quantity, which led to a domino-effect sell-off, which is barely amplified by the historic quantities of levered positions being liquidated.”
“This crypto ‘bear market’ continues to be structural in nature. We do NOT view this a elementary decline.”
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Over 180,000 merchants had been liquidated prior to now 24 hours, with complete liquidations at $539 million and nearly all of that previously few hours, reported CoinGlass. Virtually 90% of these liquidations had been lengthy positions, predominantly in BTC and Ether (ETH).
Worst November since 2018
Bitcoin noticed its worst month of this yr and its worst November efficiency since 2018, ending the month down 17.49%, in accordance with CoinGlass. The asset declined 36.57% in November 2018, throughout a brutal bear market.
Analyst “Sykodelic” remained bullish, stating, “That is truly an incredible begin to the month.”
There was no Sunday pump, the CME hole already closed, and $400 million in longs have been taken already, he mentioned. “Draw back liquidity swiped first, which is what we need to occur.”
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