🚀 Bitcoin (BTC) ETF trading volume surpassed $1 billion on August 5 as the market crash triggered “extremely high” trading activity in crypto, according to Galaxy Digital’s Alex Thorn.
🔹 Bitcoin ETF trading volume reached over $1.3 billion in 20 minutes, with iShares Bitcoin Trust leading the way with $875 million.
🔹 Thorn predicts that BTC ETF inflows will increase from “buying the dip” as BTC prices have fallen about 8% since August 4.
🔹 Ether (ETH) falls more than 21% after Jump Trading and Paradigm VC sell hundreds of millions of dollars in ETH.
📉 BTC price falls about 8% on the day. Source: CoinMarketCap
📊 Report: Jump has sold over $377 million in ETH and could liquidate as much as $481 million.
📉 Macro environment worsens, S&P 500 down more than 5% since August 1.
📉 Macro sentiment worsens after poor US unemployment data and massive unwinding across all assets spikes volatility.
📈 Bank of Japan hikes interest rates on July 30, forcing traders to unwind positions quickly.
📉 Markus Thielen of 10x Research predicts new crypto investments will slow down until the market stabilizes.
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