If you read author Hayes new blog post he is blaming part of this crypto crash on mining companies.
They basically take out fiat collaterlized loans again their bitcoins, future mined bitcoins and mining equipment.
Most importantly, why would someone take out a fiat collateralized loan against their future mined bitcoins, knowing that the market can change in a blink of an eye?
Very poor decision IMO.
I think the worst thing one can do is take a loan and then make the very business that's generating the income as collateral. It's pure gambling.
Well a lot has changed since last year. We were in a raging bull market. BTC miners were making killer profits. So where ETH GPU miners. Keeping money in the bank yielded less than 1%.
So people and companies were lending out money to Bitcoin miners. And they didn’t realize that say a $10000 ASIC can very quickly become a $2000 asic and it won’t take long.
Bitcoin falls, so your collateral is worth less, when Bitcoin falls you need to sell more Bitcoin to pay loans and electricity, and when Bitcoin falls and difficulty is huge the ASICs are worth less. Hence why so many of these lenders got burnt.
yeah look at USA bonds and t-bills now.
"...I can get 6.89% on a USA I Saving bond. This is perfectly pegged to the USD
People are flocking to usa bonds and bills
2 year t bill is 4.28% soon to rise
5 year t bill is 3.638% soon to rise
10 year t bill is 3.57% soon to rise
these numbers = pressure on crypto..."