When the stock market stumbles, many investors move their money into less risky, more stable assets, such as U.S. Treasury bonds. Some bitcoin investors are weighing other investing options and "moving their money back to the dollar, as a starting point, and then seeing what they're going to do from there," Kline said. Bitcoin “Golden Cross” Confirmed – What Next for BTC Price? As at 12 February 2023, bitcoin was trading at US$21,820. Ethereum underperformed bitcoin over the week, down 8.18% vs bitcoin’s 6.75% loss. Bitcoin’s market capitalisation fell to US$420.8 billion, with the total crypto market sitting at US$1.02 trillion. Bitcoin’s market dominance was at 41.3%.
The price of bitcoin dropped to around $25,420 this week, its lowest level since December 2020, according to CoinDesk. It steadied around $30,000 Friday, but that’s still less than half the price bitcoin fetched last November. Casual Gamefi Is The Hot New Trend, See How Game Space Is Turning Around The Web3 Mini-Game Matrix Stablecoins losing their pegs to the U.S. dollar also played a role in investors' departure from crypto in recent months. Individuals who had grown dependent on stablecoins like luna and terraUSD to shield their money from the wild swings typical of many cryptocurrencies, were stunned to see both those coins fall under $1 in May — something that was never supposed to happen. The price drop of the two benchmark stablecoins further eroded investors' faith in the crypto market.