This week was entirely unproductive for cryptocurrency bulls as the market took a beating and Bitcoin collapsed to $40K. And yet, it appears that the entire world was focused on another exciting event – Elon Musk’s proposition to buy Twitter and take it private.
First, the cryptocurrency market lost some $160 billion in the last seven days and crashed below the all-important $2 trillion level. This was largely due to Bitcoin falling to $40,000. It all started relatively calmly and prices held up pretty well through Sunday and Monday.
Sunday saw BTC starting to roll over, whereas on Monday the entire market turned red. The leading cryptocurrency crashed below $40K but fortunately managed to recover almost immediately. There was an attempt at recovery on Thursday, but the prices quickly barted down to trade at around the critical level once again. Bitcoin lost some 7.4% throughout the week.
The altcoin market mimicked BTC, but some of the cryptocurrencies lost significantly more. This includes Terra’s LUNA, which is down 23% over the past seven days, ADA is down 13%, AVAX is down 13%, and DOT is down 11.5%.
The show was stolen, however, by Elon Musk, who shocked the world by offering to take Twitter private after buying all of its shares at $54.20 each. This puts Twitter at a valuation upwards of $43 billion. Musk also said that if the board of directors fails to accept his offer, he would have to reconsider his position as a shareholder.
Musk owns more than 9% of Twitter, and it’s easy to see why his departure could be a big deal.
In any case, the situation remains to unfold, making the days to come so much more interesting.
Market data
Market capitalization: 1,968 billion dollars | 24h volume: 85 billion dollars | BTC dominance: 38.9%
BTC: $40,353 (-7.4%) | ETH: $3,024 (-6.6%) | ADA: $0.95 (-13%)
This Week’s Crypto Headlines You Can’t Miss
Elon Musk Wants to Buy Twitter and Make it a Private Company. The world’s richest man and the person behind Tesla and SpaceX – Elon Musk – offered to pay $43 billion in cash to buy one of the leading social media platforms – Twitter.
PlanB explains why Bitcoin will no longer fall to $24.5,000. A well-known analyst and creator of the popular Bitcoin Stock-to-Flow (S2F) model – PlanB – believes that we are still in a bull market and the price will not be pushed to its average cost level in the near future (read $24,500).
Bank of America: Crypto Can Outperform Stocks Amid Potential Fed-Propelled Recession. The Bank of America has warned that the recent actions of the Federal Reserve could potentially lead to a recession and that cryptocurrencies could emerge as the winners.
Russia prepares its final draft law on crypto regulation (report). Russia’s regulatory bill is said to be ready and it will establish rules for investors, trading platforms and miners. This comes on behalf of the Ministry of Finance which has been working on the crypto legal framework for some time.
Former Crypto Sceptic Larry Fink Says BlackRock is Studying Digital Assets. Larry Fink – the CEO of the multinational investment management corporation – BlackRock – which is also the world’s largest asset manager – seems more convinced of the merits of cryptourrencies after formerly being fairly skeptical of them.
Circle will soon apply for the charter of the crypto bank: CEO Jeremy Allair. Circle – the company that issues the second largest stablecoin in the world (USDC) – will soon apply for a cryptocurrency banking charter. This was revealed by the CEO – Jeremy Allaire.
