Total market capitalization of all cryptocurrencies shot up over $12 million in just over an hour to peak at $222.8 million, before dropping slightly to $291.7 million by press time.
Bitcoin had been trading sideways today around $6,400-$6,500 before seeing a sharp 5 percent spike in the space of just 45 minutes, peaking around $6,790.
The leading cryptocurrency has since dropped slightly to trade around $6,715 at press time, stil up about 6.2 percent on the day.
Amongst the top ten coins, EOS has seen the most growth over the 24-hour period, up 8.7 percent and trading at $5.19.
As a some commentators pointed out on Twitter, the sharp upswing across crypto markets began just as leveraged crypto trading platform BitMEX announced it was halting trading for scheduled maintenance at 1:00 AM UTC. Crypto persona and self-described "Crypto prophet" Beastlorion posted a series of Twitter polls in the hours leading up to BitMEX's scheduled shutdown suggesting that the move would affect Bitcoin's price.
BitMEX is not listed on CoinMarketCap's Bitcoin price and volume averages because, as the tracking service states on their site, "[t]he BTC/USD market on BitMEX is a derivatives market NOT actually spot trading Bitcoin.
On its official website, BitMEX describes itself as a "Peer-to-Peer Trading Platform that offers leveraged contracts that are bought and sold in Bitcoin," reporting daily trade volumes of $3.76 billion.
At press time, CoinMarketCap also lists BitMEX's total BTC/USD trade volumes over the past 24 hours at around $3.7 billion.
According to CoinMarketCap, currently the largest crypto exchange by daily trade volume is Binance, with around $1.12 billion in total trades of all pairs over the 24-hour period to press time.
At press time, BitMEX's most recent tweet, posted two hours ago, announced that it would be resuming trading within minutes.
Total Crypto Market Cap Jumps $12 Million in an Hour as BitMEX Pauses Trading
Publicado en Aug 22, 2018
by Cointele | Publicado en Coinage
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