Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dogecoin Lose Ground, Cannot Back Up Friday's ETF Flows Inflows: 'Bitcoin Is The Escape Hatch'

Zinger Key Points
  • Global crypto market cap is trading 1.4% lower to $2.34T; with total liquidations in past 12 hours at $158.5 million.
  • One commentator called Bitcoin an "escape hatch."

Cryptocurrency markets could not continue their uptrend initiated by surprisingly strong ETF data on Friday.

What Happened: Major cryptocurrencies are trading lower at the time of writing:

Prices as of 4 p.m. Eastern Time:

CryptocurrencyGains +/-Price
Bitcoin BTC/USD-1.18%$63,119.77
Ethereum ETH/USD-2.5%$3,065.67  
Solana SOL/USD+4.8%$153.09
Dogecoin DOGE/USD-3.1%$0.1571
Shiba Inu SHIB/USD-3%$0.00002399

Notable Statistics:

  • In the past 24 hours, 66,592 traders were liquidated. Total liquidations tallied $189.94 million, with $158.2 million coming in the past 12 hours.
  • Bloomberg analyst Eric Balchunas points out that more than 95% of ETF investors “HOLD-ed” during the “nasty and persistent downturn.”
  • Total exchanges outflows witnessed a significant drop from $883.03 million to $453.2 million in single day.
  • Michael Saylor's MicroStrategy holds 214,400 Bitcoin, worth $13.6 billion, which is more than any country.

Notable Developments:

Top Losers:

CryptocurrencyGains +/-Price
Bonk BONK/USD-6.4%$0.00002507
Conflux CFX/USD-5.3%$0.2195
Nervos Network CKB/USD-5%$0.01819 

Also Read: Sell Bitcoin In May And Go Away? Here’s How How You Could Have Pocketed A 1,449% Cumulative Return

Analyst Notes: Heavily followed Bitcoin expert Max Keiser, in his latest tweet, commented how the U.S. is “killing the dollar” through a Bitcoin speculative attack. He wrote that the U.S. economy is no longer competitive and Bitcoin is “the escape hatch."

What’s Next: The influence of Bitcoin as an institutional asset class is expected to be thoroughly explored at Benzinga’s upcoming Future of Digital Assets event on Nov. 19.

Read Next: Bitcoin ‘Could Still Have A Correction Down,’ Cautions Lark Davis: ‘Let’s Not Get Ahead Of Ourselves’

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