The crypto market has lost $160 billion in a week as the market cap plunges to $1.98 trillion from $2.14 trillion. Leading cryptocurrencies Bitcoin and Ethereum prices today tumbled to a low of $55,606 and $2,306, respectively. Other top altcoins such as BNB, Solana, XRP, Dogecoin, Toncoin, Cardano, and meme coins also succumbed to the crashing crypto market, triggered by factors such as macroeconomic events, bearish sentiment, and technical chart weakness.

Here’s Why Crypto Market Falling

The crypto market continues crashing despite U.S. Fed officials are upbeat on interest rate cuts in September as inflation and the labor market in the United States are slowing. Pro-XRP lawyer John Deaton’s victory in the Republican primary election indicates positive development for the crypto market and Ripple community. Let’s look at the top 5 reasons why the crypto market is crashing today:

1. September Is Bearish For Stocks and Crypto Market

Historically, the month has been tough for the crypto market as well as other asset classes. Bonds were lower in 8 out of the last 10 September and gold has been lower every year since 2017. Thus, Bitcoin, ETH, XRP, SOL, and meme coins are falling today.

Dow Jones fell 1.51%, the S&P 500 tumbled 2.12% and the Nasdaq Composite plunged 3.26%, which is their worst drop since the August 5 selloff.

Coinglass data indicates that over $200 million in crypto were liquidated in the last 24 hours. Among these, more than $173 million in longs and $27 million in shorts were liquidated amid the bearish sentiment.

Moreover, over 75K traders were liquidated and the largest single liquidation order happened on crypto exchange Binance as someone sold ETH for USDT valued at $2.94 million. However, investors have remained overall bullish on XRP.

2. Spot Bitcoin (BTC) ETF and Spot Ethereum (ETH) ETF Outflows

Bitcoin ETFs in the U.S. saw a fifth consecutive outflow, degrading the crypto market sentiment among investors. On Tuesday, spot Bitcoin inflows recorded a net outflow of $287.8 million. Surprisingly, Fidelity Bitcoin ETF (FBTC) saw the highest outflow of $162.3 million, surpassing even the outflows from GBTC recently.

Spot Ether ETFs saw a net outflow of $47.4 million on Tuesday. It has started the first trading day of the month with outflows not seen in the previous weeks. Ethereum price is struggling to hit new ATH and currently trades below $2,400, 4% down in the last 24 hours.

Ether ETFs Went Backward in First Month.. flows -$476m as the newbies couldn’t overcome the $ETHE unlock, too powerful a force (this is why I reiterated how heroic the New Nine bitcoin ones were) but good news is unlock will end, there’s light at end of tunnel via @JSeyff pic.twitter.com/Y8QphnFAXq

— Eric Balchunas (@EricBalchunas) September 3, 2024

3. Bank Of Japan Governor Affirms Further Rate Hike

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda in a document submitted to a government panel chaired by outgoing Prime Minister Fumio Kishida reiterated further rate hikes. Japanese stock index Nikkei 225 tumbled 4.24% today on BOJ rate hike, Nvidia-led tech selloff, and US recession cues.

As CoinGape earlier reported, economists surveyed revealed that BOJ will likely hike rates again by the end of the year. Also, Pacific Investment Management expected a rate hike in January.

Traders fear a crypto market crash is imminent due to growing Japanese yen carry trades by hedge funds and corporate players.

4.  Bitcoin Price Dropped After Weak ISM Manufacturing PMI Data

The crypto market extended crash yesterday immediately after the weak ISM Manufacturing PMI data showed factory activity slowed for a fifth consecutive month. ISM Manufacturing PMI came in at 47.2 in August, missing market expectations of 47.5.

The weak US manufacturing data has fueled recession fears. Traders now eye upcoming jobs data including non-farm payrolls, unemployment rate, and JOLTs job opening this week. Citi analysts suggested that a job growth of 125,000, combined with an unemployment rate of 4.3%, will cause the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates by 50 basis points.

5. DOJ Subpoena Nvidia for Antitrust Investigation

US DOJ has intensified its antitrust investigation into Nvidia by issuing subpoenas to the AI chip giant. Investors reacted immediately amid the new level of scrutiny from the regulators. This brought back the Microsoft antitrust case in focus which crashed markets in 2000.

Notably, the Nasdaq stock index fell by 75% from March 2000 to October 2002, tech stocks erased most gains since the bubble started to expand.

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Varinder Singh

Varinder has 10 years of experience in the Fintech sector, with over 5 years dedicated to blockchain, crypto, and Web3 developments. Being a technology enthusiast and analytical thinker, he has shared his knowledge of disruptive technologies in over 5000+ news, articles, and papers. With CoinGape Media, Varinder believes in the huge potential of these innovative future technologies. He is currently covering all the latest updates and developments in the crypto industry.

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