Bitcoin plunges by 20% as crypto market is liquidated

Bitcoin’s value went down by a fifth on Saturday as a combination of factors resulted in a mass sell-off in the crypto market.
Digital gold stands at $48,428 at the time of writing after traders took profits as fear over the wider economy grips the world.
$1.79B of BTC longs liquidated in the last hour
— Will Clemente (@WClementeIII) December 4, 2021
Ether, the token connected to the Ethereum network, fared similarly, down by over 8% and hovering just above $4,000.
The market cap of the nearly 12,000 crypto coins tracked by Coingecko has fallen by close to 15% to $2.34trn.
Only a month ago, as Bitcoin reached a record $69,000, the same metric made it as high as $3trn.
if sheโs not checking crypto prices during a market correction while in the club,then sheโs ngmi pic.twitter.com/vlk8sbMVft
— gmoney.eth ๐ (@gmoneyNFT) December 4, 2021
The crypto dip follows a highly volatile week in traditional financial equities.
After data showed US job growth had slowed down last month, as well as the uncertainty caused by the Omicron variant, global equities tumbled on Friday.
Now that the stock market is closed for the weekend I can lose money in crypto instead
— Dr. Parik Patel, BA, CFA, ACCA Esq. ๐ธ (@ParikPatelCFA) December 4, 2021
The Bitcoin dip goes against the expectations of a number of well known analysts, many of whom have been talking up the possibility of a surge above $100,000 in 2021.
Gotta be honest, didnโt expect this! ๐
— Bitcoin Archive ๐๐๐ (@BTC_Archive) December 4, 2021
However, rather than new all-time-highs, investors have been presented with an opportunity to buy-the-dip, which is always easier said than done.
โBuy the dipโ
— null.eth (@nulleth_) December 4, 2021
mf my entire net worth is already in ETH tf u mean buy the dip???