Leading cryptocurrency Bitcoin lost around $7,000 after hitting an all-time high of $61,683.

At the time of writing this article, Bitcoin is trading at 54,352.01 with a daily trading volume of $74 billion according to Flying bird.

Bitcoin price is down 9% in the last 24 hours.

The current market capitalization of Bitcoin is $1,0005 trillion.

What are the reasons behind this decline?

One of the most famous analysts at JP Morgan, Nicholas Panegirzoglu, points out that the decline of bitcoin is due to the suffering of the bitcoin speculators from exhaustion, as the leading retail investors in the field of cryptocurrency retreated and stagnated, amid a clear decline as well. in institutional inflows so far.

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According to data from JPMorgan, retail investors bought about 187,000 bitcoins this quarter of 2021, compared to about 172,684 by institutional investors when using data from Square and PayPal.

The announcement of the US stimulus plan indirectly contributed to the rise of Bitcoin to new highs, but the short-term price action is now revealing its sharp decline.

Steven Innes, chief global market strategist at Axi, told about his opinion on the reasons for the massive sell-off and the decline of Bitcoin. He stated:

There were strong attempts around the cryptocurrency Doge to raise it, but the coin did not respond to the tweets of celebrities, but rather retreated, revealing negative momentum in the crypto space.

This failure to sustain gains is worth noting, as increased mobility can be a game-changer
But sell may refer to either:

a) Expectations of buying risky assets with stimulus check money may be exaggerated or
b) a large part of the money will be used to pay tax obligations or
c) Newly printed cash will find its way into the real economy now that restaurants, Vegas and beaches reopen.

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For many retail cryptocurrency traders, Bitcoin has been a breather to move and invest money.

Ed Moya, chief market analyst at Oanda Corp, told Bloomberg:

Bitcoin has maintained an amazing uptrend.

Retailers have also been energized with the latest buzz of the NFT token market, all with stimulus checks arriving in their bank accounts.

It is important to note that the world’s leading cryptocurrency has gained about 990% in the last year, so profit taking at this point seems to be a normal scenario considering that some investors, whether individual or institutional, are withdrawing some of their gains.

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