Crypto prices sink, with bitcoin down 5%+ to under $16K and ether down ~7% to ~$1.1K, rocked by the FTX saga, hacker offloading ether, and potential contagion
What changes here is the renewed pressure below $16K for bitcoin, while reported ether sales tied to the hack add a token-specific source of supply to the confidence shock around FTX.
First-order effects
Bitcoin and ether holders face a further mark-to-market decline as the FTX saga drives confidence lower and ether selling adds immediate pressure to that token.
FTX becomes the focal point for crypto-market risk as concerns about contagion move beyond its own situation into prices for major assets.
Second-order effects
The sharper move in ether relative to bitcoin underscores how forced or reported token sales can compound a market-wide confidence selloff, increasing pressure across linked crypto assets.
Solana and other major tokens that had already fallen in the prior wave are likely to trade against the same FTX-contagion narrative rather than solely their own developments.
Third-order effects
If FTX-related contagion continues to be priced across major tokens, crypto intermediaries' perceived stability becomes a market-wide determinant of asset prices rather than a risk isolated to one firm.
The sequence points toward a market structure in which liquidity events at large crypto platforms transmit quickly across tokens, amplifying correlation during stress.
The trend: Crypto markets are becoming more sensitive to confidence shocks at major intermediaries, with platform-specific stress rapidly turning into broad token selloffs.
A person I have known for more than ten years, who I consider trustworthy, is convinced the cryptocurrency economy will shortly experience a systemic risk. I don't know anything concrete, but if I were exposed, I would be concerned.
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The FTX blackhat just transferred 15k ETH to 12 different addresses, which amounts to ~$200M total. This means he will likely dump the ETH to renBTC and gradually exit to BTC mainnet. Selling didn't start yet but will take some time though as liquidity will need to be reloaded ht…
2/ Bad week, bad month, bad year... Esp. for the over-levered, greedy, and unethical! The long-term builders have been hurt by association, but they aren't the ones who've been perpetuating fraud or fleecing investors. The innovators will be here when the trash is removed.
The FTX Drainer has just sold 15000 ETH to renBTC and bridged out to native BTC. This follows a pattern: 1) operating between 08:00 and 10:00 UTC 2) generating a new account for each operation The attacker is limited by the liquidity of renBTC, so cannot bridge lots at once. http…
Su and Kyle did just as much damage as FTX, in different ways Media giving them interview opps to rebuild their reputations is disgusting SBF, Su, Kyle, Mashinsky, etc should be banished to the shadow realm https://twitter.com/...
Looks like we're now pretty damn sure which address isn't the Bahamian government. Looks like a lot of onchain liquidity is going to get sold into. https://twitter.com/...
Some things are better left unsaid. Recommend no more new like this week, for the sake of the people, our industry , (and your business) https://twitter.com/...