{"id":407918,"date":"2019-12-19T07:21:28","date_gmt":"2019-12-19T07:21:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktsl888.com\/?p=407918"},"modified":"2024-06-11T13:35:29","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T13:35:29","slug":"bitcoin-jumps-10-plustoken-moves-100m-ethereum-can-end-the-rally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktsl888.com\/news\/bitcoin-jumps-10-plustoken-moves-100m-ethereum-can-end-the-rally\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Jumps 10%, PlusToken Moves $100m of Ethereum; Can it End the Rally?"},"content":{"rendered":"
Bitcoin didn\u2019t start the week off hot. On Monday and Tuesday, the leading cryptocurrency tanked, falling by 10 percent in 48 hours\u2019 time. Altcoins followed suit, with\u00a0Ethereum\u2019s price\u00a0performance actually going into the red<\/a> on the year, accentuating the severity of this strong sell-off.<\/p>\n Though, it seems that bulls aren’t going gentle into this good night. Wednesday, Bitcoin suddenly shot higher, rocketing 11 percent higher over a relatively short 12-hour period, reclaiming key support levels in the mid-$6,000s, then low-$7,000s.<\/p>\n Clearly, this reversal rally has legs. Though, the optimism that this upward move brought was quenched when Twitter bot “Whale Alert” revealed<\/a> on Wednesday evening that PlusToken, one of the largest cryptocurrency scams ever, transferred a large amount of Ethereum to an “unknown wallet.”<\/p>\n Due to the narrative that PlusToken’s liquidations are the key driver behind Bitcoin’s decline<\/a>, this transaction led to fear that another dump, one that may bring BTC to new lows, is on the horizon. But is this really the case?<\/p>\n broke: plustoken will mix ETH, send to exchange, dump<\/p>\n woke: plustoken will open ETH short positions, move stack around, watch panic unfold, profit, repeat<\/p>\n — Matteo Leibowitz (@teo_leibowitz) December 19, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\nRelated Reading: Breaking: As Bitcoin Reclaims $7,000, Bakkt Volume Explodes to New High<\/a><\/h6>\n
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