{"id":460059,"date":"2021-03-31T13:17:35","date_gmt":"2021-03-31T13:17:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniquehot.com\/?p=460059"},"modified":"2024-06-11T14:14:26","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T14:14:26","slug":"bitcoin-flash-crash-pauses-as-goldman-sachs-announces-crypto-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uniquehot.com\/news\/bitcoin-flash-crash-pauses-as-goldman-sachs-announces-crypto-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Flash Crash Pauses as Goldman Sachs Announces Crypto Services"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bitcoin underwent a mini flash crash<\/a> on Wednesday as its price fell from $59,400 to nearly $57,000 in just five minutes of trading.<\/p>\n

Analysts blamed overleveraged long positions for the downside move, with the plunge liquidating about $600 million worth of extended bullish contracts across major futures exchanges. The wipeout followed up with a short sustainability period as Bitcoin maintained a short-term price floor at around $58,000.<\/p>\n

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Bitcoin vows to retest $60,000-breakout. Source: BTCUSD on TradingView.com<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Heading into the US session, the flagship cryptocurrency mostly wobbled between profits and losses. Some respite to bulls came from Goldman Sachs, which announced that it would soon offer its first investment services for bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies to clients of its private wealth management group.<\/p>\n

Anti-Inflation Narrative Picks Momentum<\/h2>\n

Mary Rich, global head of digital assets for Goldman\u2019s private wealth management division, confirmed in an interview with CNBC that they would offer clients a “full-spectrum” of cryptocurrency investment services, “whether that\u2019s through the physical bitcoin, derivatives, or traditional investment vehicles.”<\/p>\n

The announcement followed a similar move by Morgan Stanley<\/a> that earlier this month included three bitcoin funds to its list of investment services, enabling its wealthy clients to access the nascent cryptocurrency industry whose valuation has grown thousand-fold during the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n

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BREAKING: $GS<\/a> will begin offering #bitcoin<\/a> and other digital assets related investments to its private wealth management clients in the second quarter, @hugh_son<\/a> reports: pic.twitter.com\/kgStpd9lFm<\/a><\/p>\n

— Squawk Box (@SquawkCNBC) March 31, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n