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February 22, 2022

Crypto king Bitcoin crashes as Ukraine tensions flare  

February 22, 2022

Crypto king Bitcoin crashes as Ukraine tensions flare  
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Crypto king Bitcoin crashes as Ukraine tensions flare  

Bitcoin, the world’s biggest cryptocurrency, dropped to a two-week low, tumbling along with the greater market crash as escalating tensions between Russia and Ukraine caused panic selling.  

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Bitcoin, dropped as low as $36 831 on February 22 after Russian President Vladimir Putin mobilized troops into eastern Ukraine.  

The king of cryptocurrency has since recovered to $37,476 at the time of writing. Its drop ends the debate that cryptocurrencies could be a haven in times of geopolitical turmoil; gold, struggling for months, has reached its highest level since June 2021 at above $1900.  

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The world’s most traded crypto could suffer further losses as traders increasingly favor gold. Bitcoin is trading at about $37,400, 40% below its November 2021 high of $62,000.  

Hashrate – supply issue affecting cryptos  

Bitcoin’s incredible rise in 2021 drew thousands of new miners to the crypto market. This however has hugely increased the global crypto hash rate – the combined computational power used by bitcoin miners.   

A rise in hash rate makes it harder for miners to generate crypto coins, resulting in many selling their cryptocurrency. This has had a bearish force on the market since the start of 2022.  

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According to crypto research firm Arcane Research, the total “value of coins” held by miners has fallen from $114 billion in November 2021 to around $75 billion to date.   

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Adding to the pressure is Bitcoin’s ongoing push towards legitimacy and being adopted as a mainstream asset. This has seen the crypto king caught up in the huge global market selloff driven by tensions in Ukraine and the US Federal Reserve’s policy of rate hikes for 2022.  

  

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