{"id":387668,"date":"2019-06-26T21:12:06","date_gmt":"2019-06-26T21:12:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniquehot.com\/?p=387668"},"modified":"2024-06-11T13:44:40","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T13:44:40","slug":"bitcoin-drops-2000-in-minutes-crypto-exchanges-struggle-to-run-amid-volatility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uniquehot.com\/news\/bitcoin-drops-2000-in-minutes-crypto-exchanges-struggle-to-run-amid-volatility\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Drops $2,000 in Minutes: Crypto Exchanges Struggle to Run Amid Volatility"},"content":{"rendered":"

What. The. Hell. In the past few minutes, Bitcoin<\/a> (BTC) has slipped, showing an uncharacteristic bout of weakness in a massive uptrend. In fact, within the span of a few minutes, seconds maybe, Bitcoin fell from $13,800 \u2014 a year-to-date high \u2014 to just under $12,000.<\/p>\n

Related Reading: Bitcoin Price Chart: Monthly Candle Pattern Shows Strongest Trend Reversal Ever<\/a><\/h6>\n

Now, as of the time of writing this, Bitcoin sits at $12,600, rallying by almost 8% in another few minutes off its short-term bottom. The market sure is volatile, and it seems that there’s a reason for that.<\/p>\n

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Bitcoin Markets Seeing Overwhelming Demand<\/strong><\/h2>\n

During this move, exchanges the board began to stutter, falling under the pressure of an influx in demand. As NewsBTC’s Cole Petersen spotted<\/a>, Coinbase’s entire platform, both on mobile and desktop, temporarily stopped working.<\/p>\n

This writer has corroborated those claims, as he was temporarily greeted with an error message on Coinbase.com before service resumed minutes later.<\/p>\n

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.@coinbase<\/a> appears to be having problems right now, at least on their mobile app.<\/p>\n

Problems started right when $BTC<\/a> dumped to below $12k<\/p>\n

— Cole (@cole0x) June 26, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n