Kryptowährungen: Neue Schwächephase: Bitcoin fällt zeitweise unter 65.000 Dollar
Bitcoin, die größte Kryptowährung, büßt auf Wochensicht rund 15 Prozent ein. Bei Ether sind die Verluste noch größer. Ein Investor vermutet einen Zusammenhang mit dem Anthropic-IPO.
Cryptocurrency investors are facing yet another severe drop in prices. Bitcoin, the largest and oldest digital currency, briefly fell below $63,000 last Sunday night, marking its lowest point in three months. The price recovered slightly during the day, but the outlook is sobering. The Bitcoin price has lost around 15 percent on a weekly basis.
Ether, the second-largest digital currency, is down by 20 percent. There was no immediate trigger for the decline, but a number of factors have dampened sentiment after a period of recovery. The price slide in Nvidia and other tech stocks last week has also affected the cryptocurrency markets. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang had to step down following a scandal, causing significant uncertainty.
Some investors see a possible link to the upcoming initial public offering of Anthropic, which could prompt them to sell cryptocurrency assets to free up capital for the new stock, according to Matt Cole, CEO of Bitcoin Treasury company Strive. The firm is publicly listed and holds Bitcoin in its balance sheet.
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