The spectacular gains that Bitcoin made during the last few days of June have all but been lost as the cryptocurrency crashes back down below $10,000.
Despite the huge losses, Bitcoin remains the only top 10 coin trading in the green over 30 days, still up 3.2 percent since this time last month. Ethereum (ETH), XRP, Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Litecoin (LTC) and EOS are all down by between 24 and 45 percent, with EOS suffering the worst losses.
The Facebook effect?
Many believe the June rally and resulting crash were driven by news that Facebook would be launching its own cryptocurrency in 2020 – an announcement that was met with stern disapproval by financial regulators. Now, Facebook is facing a series of questioning by the United States Senate Banking Committee and has postponed the launch of its cryptocurrency until regulatory approval is granted.
Democratic senator Sherrod Brown has lambasted the plans, calling them ‘delusion’ and reiterating concerns from the general public that Facebook lacks integrity following last year’s Cambridge Analytica scandal that saw the private data of millions of its users compromised.
Joining the call for regulation on Facebook’s crypto plans are EU nations Germany and France, whose finance ministers today requested that the company pause its plans for the new development. “I am convinced that we must act quickly and that it cannot go ahead without all legal and regulatory questions being resolved,” said German financial minister Olaf Scholz in an interview with financial news outlet Reuters.
David Marcus, the Head of Calibra, the company formed to facilitate the distribution of the currency, has assured congress members that the company will not launch anything until regulatory approval is granted.
Can Bitcoin recover from the knock?
Bitcoin has lost key support at the $10,000 level and now, looking at the charts, lacks any decent support until $7,500. The majority of 5-, 10-, 20- and 30-day short-term moving averages all suggest further losses for the asset, with the MACD at 49.31 joining the bearish sentiment.
However, long-term recovery is likely as the cryptocurrency industry continues to draw interest from large financial institutions looking to join the next wave of fintech innovation. Tradingview trader Alan Masters envisions a slow descent to the $7,500 level by late October before any decent recovery ensues. While there is a good chance we will see this year’s $13k highs again, it may not be until early 2020.
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