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According to a new report by ARK Invest, Bitcoin was significantly oversold after the German government offloaded billions’ worth of confiscated BTC. A global Microsoft Windows failure, possibly linked to a CrowdStrike software update, has disrupted critical services worldwide. Meanwhile, the WazirX exchange hacker has converted nearly $150 million of altcoins to Ether — a move likely to avoid getting funds frozen or blacklisted.
Bitcoin could recover from oversold levels: ARK Invest
Asset manager ARK Invest says Bitcoin BTC $66,522 became significantly oversold in June after the German government initiated a multiweek sell-off of 50,000 BTC that was seized in a 2020 police sting. That means a price reversal is likely.
The asset manager also said that Bitcoin miners are in capitulation mode, which is a sign that the downtrend is about to reverse.
“Based on short-term-holder realized profits/losses and miner outflows, Bitcoin appears oversold,” ARK said in its report, which focused on the period through June 30 but includes more recent data. “Current levels [of miner outflows] suggest that miners are capitulating, a harbinger of a bullish reversal.”
Adding to the bullish momentum is the fact that spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds accumulated capital during the sell-off, a sign that institutional investors weren’t behind the negative price action.
The price of Bitcoin has rallied sharply this week. On July 19, the largest cryptocurrency traded above $67,200, according to data from TradingView.
Microsoft Windows data blackout downs major financial firms, causes travel chaos
The Big Tech giant Microsoft is facing a widespread outage of its Windows systems, which has subsequently disrupted various critical services across the globe, including emergency services, banks, airports and broadcasters.
The failure, which began in the late hours of July 18 and continued into the following day, appears to be linked to the cybersecurity software of CrowdStrike, according to a Forbes report. It has left many institutions grappling with severe operational challenges.
In a post on X on July 18 at 11:41 pm UTC ETFStatus posted that it was investigating an issue “impacting users ability to access various Microsoft 365 apps and services.”
The banking sector has been one of the hardest hit by this Windows failure. Online banking services have been particularly affected, with customers worldwide reporting issues with logging in and performing transactions.
Nonetheless the crypto community has wasted no time in jumping on the opportunity to make something of the situation.
Since the start of the incident, a flurry of new memecoins related to CrowdStrike, the alleged cause of the Microsoft outage, and the Microsoft “Blue Screen of Death” (BSoD) error screen have been issued on Ethereum and Solana networks.
WazirX hacker funnels $149 million of SHIB, MATIC other altcoins into ETH
The hacker behind the $235 million exploit of cryptocurrency exchange WazirX has converted nearly $150 million of altcoins to Ether — a move likely to avoid getting funds frozen or blacklisted.
The mass conversion of funds to Ether across July 18-19 included $90.2 million worth of Shiba Inu
SHIB $0.000018, $10.2 million in Polygon MATIC $0.5337 and nearly $7.5 million in Pepe (PEPE), according to blockchain analytics firm Spot On Chain.
The transfers have now brought the total amount of stolen funds sitting in Ether ETH $3,485 to $201 million, up from $52 million initially.
“Swapping to Ether quickly can help the hacker secure their funds before any preventative measures are taken by authorities or the issuers of centralized tokens,” blockchain security firm PeckShield
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