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BREAKDOWN: The Real Story of the Crypto Crash Has Very Little to Do With Elon or China

Author
CoinDesk
Published
Thu 20 May 2021
Episode Link
https://www.coindesk.com/podcasts/the-breakdown-with-nlw/crypto-crash-postmortem

It wasn’t narrative but market structure that drove yesterday’s big move down. 
This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io.
In this episode of “The Breakdown,” NLW looks at the market structure dimension of the crypto crash, leveraging insights from Alameda Research, Willy Woo and many more. He explores: 

Why the recent bull run was driven by derivatives more than by spot trading

How crypto moving onto exchanges signaled the big move down

How cascading liquidations made the down moves even more extreme 

What the industry thinks about 100x leverage

Insider reports on how institutional investors responded

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