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MicroStrategy Leads Selloff in Crypto Stocks as Bitcoin Unravels

2022.06.13 15:15

MicroStrategy Leads Selloff in Crypto Stocks as Bitcoin Unravels
MicroStrategy Leads Selloff in Crypto Stocks as Bitcoin Unravels

(Bloomberg) — Cryptocurrency-related stocks plunged in premarket trading Monday as Bitcoin tumbled to its lowest level in 18 months amid a deepening selloff in risk assets and after a crypto lender halted withdrawals from its platform.

MicroStrategy Inc (NASDAQ:MSTR), which over the last two years has amassed more than 129,000 Bitcoin tokens, led the slump plunging as much as 23%. Other crypto stocks including Marathon Digital Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:MARA), Riot Blockchain Inc (NASDAQ:RIOT) and Coinbase Global Inc (NASDAQ:COIN) also saw outsized declines of at least 14% each. The MVIS CryptoCompare Digital Assets 100 Index, which measures the 100 largest digital assets, sank as much as 14%.

The sharp move lower in Bitcoin came as crypto lender Celsius Network Ltd. said it was pausing withdrawals, swaps and transfers on its platform. Concerns surrounding the sustainability of the high yields offered by the firm have surfaced in recent weeks following the collapse of the TerraUSD (UST) stablecoin which promised yields of as much as 20% to depositors.

Read more: Crypto Lender Celsius Stops Withdrawals, Fuels Market Slump 

Crypto stocks have been under pressure for months as the prospects of higher interest rates, a possible recession and the collapse of the Terra/Luna ecosystem in May weighed heavily on investor sentiment. The CoinShares Blockchain Global Equity Index, which tracks 49 firms from around the globe with crypto exposure, has fallen more than 37% so far this year, on pace for its worst annual performance on record.

While risk assets more broadly are lower Monday morning, the plunge by crypto stocks has been exasperated by the rapid drop in Bitcoin prices. The world’s largest digital asset sank as much as 13% and broke below the $24,000 level as it fell for a seventh day in a row.

©2022 Bloomberg L.P.

 

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