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What happens in crypto may not stay in crypto this time around

Even some who have sipped the Kool-Aid accept the latest cracks may be different

Published Sat, May 14, 2022 · 05:50 AM
    • Anyone who got into the crypto market after the end of 2020 is now under water, and the drivers of this decline seem structural.
    • Anyone who got into the crypto market after the end of 2020 is now under water, and the drivers of this decline seem structural. Pixabay - TheDigitalArtist

    Katie Martin

    CRYPTO is creaking. Unfortunately, even those fund managers in normal markets like stocks and bonds who have studiously avoided focusing on this freewheeling asset class, need to pay attention.

    A trickle lower from a peak above US$68,000 in the bitcoin price has turned into a flood, in part because of cracks in the so-called stablecoins — a misnomer if ever there was one — that glue the market together. Right now the price is down to around US$27,000.

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