Bitcoin “Flash Crash” Attributed to Immature Market Making

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Mark Melin
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Bitcoin experienced a “flash crash” this morning, dropping from near $700 to $100 early Monday before stabilizing.  The lunchtime price, quoted at Bitcoin Wisdom, stood near $655. As reported in ValueWalk earlier this morning, the price dive occurred as talk of a crackdown in the U.S. and Russia came on the back of a technical glitch hitting the largest Bitcoin processor, Japanese-based Mt. Gox, all of which riled participants in the bitcoin market. This drop in price was notable for several reasons. Breaking out of previous range The spike lower occurred on heavy volume but thus far the volume has…

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Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.

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