Posted by Xoken.org – The crypto market is moving relatively varied today (1/3/2024) after cases of bitcoin hacking and laundering occurred recently.
Referring to CoinMarketCap on Friday (1/3/2024) at 06:57 WIB, the crypto market is moving mixed. Bitcoin fell 1.96% to US$61,323.39 even though it was in the positive zone of 19.53% on a weekly basis.
Ethereum is in the red zone 1.04% in the last 24 hours even though it still rose 12.72% in the week
Solana is up 6.72% on a daily basis and on a weekly basis it is flying 23.51% cek link nya.
Likewise, Dogecoin is in positive territory 0.76% in the last 24 hours and in the last seven days has jumped 39.66%.
The CoinDesk Market Index (CMI), which is an index for measuring the market capitalization-weighted performance of the digital asset market, fell 0.87% to 2,518.52. Open interest depreciated 0.53% at US$55.85 billion.
Meanwhile, the fear & greed index reported by pilihannetizen.id shows the number 86, which shows that the market is in a very optimistic phase regarding the current economic conditions and crypto industry.
Reporting from pilihannetizen.id, the decline in crypto, especially bitcoin, occurred after an investment company founded by a prominent Wall Street trader wanted to sell Coinbase shares.
Citron, an investment research firm founded by a prominent Wall Street short-seller, took aim at Coinbase shares after the crypto exchange experienced technical difficulties during Bitcoin’s volatile price moves earlier in the week.
Meanwhile, the United States (US) government sold nearly US$1 billion (US$922 million to be precise) of bitcoin confiscated from Bitfinex in 2016.
The government seized the funds in 2016 after Bitfinex was hacked for around 119,754 BTC, worth more than US$7.4 billion at current prices.
The transfer came a day after Ilya Lichtenstein, a hacker who stole and laundered more than US$4.5 billion worth of Bitcoin from the Bitfinex exchange, appeared in a Washington court detailing how he carried out one of the world’s largest Bitcoin heists.