Ether Crashes to $700 on Kraken; High Network Activity Leads to Withdrawal Delay & Suspension

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Ether Crashes to $700 on Kraken; High Network Activity Leads to Withdrawal Delay & Suspension

In Monday’s crypto carnage, the market provided a hefty discount that people have been calling out for some time now, with the digital assets rallying hard.

The overall cryptocurrency market lost $240 billion, but since then, it has gained some $86 billion back as the prices of cryptocurrencies make a recovery.

While Bitcoin went under the $50,000 level, Ethereum went under $1,550. But what has been interesting and for some devastating, the price of Ether went to $700 on Kraken.

The cryptocurrency exchange had some wild price action on Ether as after such a discounted opportunity, it went back right above $1,700 and caught up with other exchanges soon after.

ETHUSD on Kraken traded < $750 pic.twitter.com/0EyPnnoDmY

— skew (@skewdotcom) February 22, 2021

This hasn’t even been a one-time thing as popular crypto personality, CryptoCobain, tweeted, “People trading on Kraken are masochistic. Once per month they get completely fucked by the matching engine.”

While for leveraged traders, it was a disaster, this also turned out to be a perfect opportunity for spot buyers.

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