2021-03-12 20:30:00
A Year Since Big Market Crash: Bitcoin Up 1,370%, Ethereum - 1,740%. It has been a year since the infamous Black Thursday (USA time) / Black Friday (UTC time) - one of the "droppiest" events in Bitcoin (BTC)'s, Ethereum (ETH)'s, and altcoins' history. And the world's first crypto has come a long way since.
On the night (UTC time) from Thursday, March 12, to Friday, March 13, 2020, the crypto markets turned very bloody. The focus was on the number one crypto by market capitalization which had abruptly taken a steep dive - some 40%. It went from the USD 9,000 level to below USD 5,000, and at one point even below USD 4,000.
Numerous industry insiders, analysts, researchers, and many outside the industry - all gave their insights into what had happened, why it might have happened, and took to social networking sites, research papers, and blog posts to share what they expect to see next.
Nic Carter, Partner at venture capital firm Castle Island Ventures said this loss marked the second-biggest one-day loss in bitcoin’s history, while crypto analysis firm Glassnode revealed that more than half of all circulating bitcoin was held at a loss, for the first time in over a year.
Hot on the heels of this massive event, there was major selling in altcoins, including ethereum (ETH), XRP, and litecoin (LTC). And soon after, BTC safe-haven status was questioned.
Vijay Ayyar, head of business development at crypto exchange Luno, said at the time that “investors are moving out of any risky assets.” While BTC is compared to gold as a safe-haven asset, "it’s very under-penetrated and is considered more as a risky asset to hold at this point,” he added. Jonathan Leong, CEO of fintech BTSE, also argued that "it is difficult to consider bitcoin as a safe haven at this time," while crypto trader Alex Krüger said that bitcoin was trading like “the exact opposite” of a safe-haven.
Yet Ross Middleton, Chief Financial Officer at decentralized exchange DeversiFi, noted that BTC will show "its safe-haven credentials" longer-term, while Mike Novogratz argued that the crash set "the narrative of bitcoin as a store of value ... back 12 to 18 months," adding that "we’re going to have to get through this, and then we’re going to have to rebuild confidence."
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