EDITOR'S NOTE
The stock market, which had been at all-time highs, seemed to be feeling the pain from a big plunge in bitcoin prices over the weekend.
At one point, the world's largest cryptocurrency dropped about 20% from its peak above $64,000. It stabilized on Monday, trading at around $56,000, according to data from Coin Metrics. Tesla, which bought $1.5 billion worth of bitcoin and said it will start accepting the digital coin as payment, fell more than 3% on Monday. Coinbase, a cryptocurrency trading platform that made its public debut last week, dropped over 2%.
Some traders attributed the overall weakness and market volatility to the swift retreat in bitcoin, which has become a poster child for speculative behavior on Wall Street.
"Whenever a headline-grabbing asset sees a big decline at a time when the broad market stands at an expensive level, it usually has a negative impact on the stock market even if it's only short-lived," said Matt Maley, chief market strategist at Miller Tabak.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 slipped from their record highs reached in the previous session, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite was the relative underperformer, sliding about 1% on Monday. TOP NEWS
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Senin, 19 April 2021
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