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https://news.bitcoin.com/fbi-warns-digital-currency-exchanges-and-crypto-owners-of-possible-threats/ (https://news.bitcoin.com/fbi-warns-digital-currency-exchanges-and-crypto-owners-of-possible-threats/)
https://fortune.com/2021/07/19/dow-today-stock-market-selloff-whats-happening-delta-variant-covid-markets/ (https://fortune.com/2021/07/19/dow-today-stock-market-selloff-whats-happening-delta-variant-covid-markets/)
FBI Warns Digital Currency Exchanges and Crypto Owners of Possible Threats.
Dow plunges nearly 900 points: What’s driving the stock market selloff.
All is red flags in the bear market for crypto market,how do you think of it?What we should do?

I'm not gonna tell you what to do. If you see these news and events as red flags or signs of a coming bear market, sell your cryptos for fiat or stable coins. To each his own. Personally, the stock market sell off could be also a sign that more traditional/institutional investors are moving to cryptocurrency and/or gold market.

Those FUDs aren't nothing new it has been exist from past years (e.g. Share private information in social media, not use 2FA, sim swapping, etc) you could see this FUDs everyday from many article with same discussion again and again.

The latest news about FUDs is GBTC unlock, some people believe it will make dump.

If you believe with them it will make the crypto in bear market, then you can sell it for stable coin right now and buy it on the bottom.

I would stay away from the current market and most importantly the sell button. Everyone should follow this if they were not able to sell the crypto when the losses were around 5-8% window. Because at this point the bitcoin itself is way down to 50% of its original ATH and that’s impacting the rest of crypto.

I am really not sure if this has got anything to do with share market and it’s red flags. That market has always been independent of crypto since the money does not move in between them neither investors take risk to invest in both at the same time. I think!

This is just FUD created by them. Why didn't FBI create awareness like that since a long time ago? Why must it be now? that sounds like more and more parties were feeling jealous with cryptocurrency. The fact that cryptocurrency will be dominating the world and they are starting to feel worry with crypto.
This is just a common FUD like china. Just ignore any bad news that will come to the market and it's not worthy to be read

Like crypto attacks didn't already happen long time ago due to people's ignorance of holding their funds in an exchange. FBI is just like reiterating the same obvious thing over again just to scare people holding crypto.
It was also mentioned in the first article about the Sim Swapping which is already popular method of people doing frauds like that crap isn't just happening inside crypto.

Change all your crypto assets to stable coin if you can't withstand bear market, do it now before it's too late to avoid complains later because bear market will eventually happen and that doesn't mean it's over, as a matter of fact it's just the beginning

Are we in the bear market? If Bitcoin can still hold the lower low from June then we are just on the sideways. I just cite Bitcoin here since almost all on the market follows the Bitcoin trajectory. I believe we are in the accumulation phase, don't get squeeze by this media that centralizing the market. If you know the DCA method then follow that method instead of worrying over price action on the sideways market.

I think somebody's pricing in the interest rates hike. The inflation in the US is very high right now and either the dollar will die* or the stocks (and other speculative assets like crypto) will die. There will be no compromise.

Whoever is selling right now is betting on the dollar and shorting everything else.

*I mean a very deep correction by "dying".

Nothing that much to worry about if you're a long term holder. We've been into several bear markets and you know what to expect and you only need to be patient and endure all of those negativities that you see in the market. It's better for you to avoid reading news since most of them are going to come out negatively and that's for sure. And you also take a rest from watching the market so that you won't be feeling bad whenever you see the red days again.

This just went through my regular news feed also, about stocks and confidence overall. PLus also the oil cartels in middle east seem to be coming together to agree on even more price control.

This is the real reason crypto is dropping I guess,,, which makes me think the decoupling from traditional markets is not quite there yet:)

this is actually already a lot of predictions and shared by some members in this forum.
however, the market has struggled in a long rally this year. all have enjoyed the results of the pump that happened.
when the market crashes, everyone should know about it. all must be ready because we know after the pump will come dump.
whatever it is, starting with China and some issues and now adding more. looks like the market is unstoppable.

Nothing much to do, except to buy more and add to what you already have or sell what you have for fiat or stables coins, just as their are two kinds of ways the market goes which we call Bear - when the market goes down, and Bull - when the market goes up, so also, we have two kinds of people in it, those who see opportunities and take advantage of it and those who see same opportunities and panic, every bear market is an opportunity for investors to buy more or invest in coins they've been waiting for to come down from bull market, the crypto market in general has done really well this year, but some persons still want the market to keep on going up, that's not how a healthy market should works.

I don't understand one thing. What is the point in saying that the dip in Bitcoin prices is caused by the NYSE market crash? It should be the other way around, right? If the stock markets are down, then the cryptocurrency prices should be going up. If the stocks markets give good returns, then the attractiveness of cryptocurrency diminishes, if I am not wrong. If the same is true with gold (when stock market goes down, the gold prices go up), then I don't understand how it can be different for cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin.

I think the bearish sentiment is clearly seen and felt across markets, and not just limited to crypto and the stock market, I believe only Gold was showing stability today. For me, the best way to avoid the necessary losses because of the continued decrease of crypto prices due to many factors is to convert your portfolios into stable coins/gold so that you save some of your position. actually, I already tried it a couple of times in crypto, and it's effective to me. and I don't know if other users are buying this idea because most of them are willing to hold their cryptocurrencies even the price/value was continuously falling.

The FBI is not a financial expert and we should not listen to any advice from that department. Those who trade and invest in cryptocurrency should not feel concerned about whatever the FBI days. Listening to them is listening to negative media. They only want to cause panic in the market and get your Bitcoin at cheap price for those who will sell off.

Fuds are everywhere and act according to the trend which is good for all. But panic users can sell off their coins/tokens if they don't wanna face the huge correction market. Though i'm bearish according to chart for short term, but it's just another great accumulation zone for all and still there is a possibility of rebounding.

That's ridiculious ;D, but harsh reality. People don't even try to do research how GBTC share works, but they believe on the rumor that it'll happen and get into fomo. Though it's good for us who use the fear of others to make profits.  ;)

There are a lot of possibilities that result in this kind of movement. Possibly, a very powerful person wants to buy crypto at the best price. Maybe a group of people or a person that has a lot of BTC decided to sell his stack and wait for the market to go with him and then buy it back at even a lower price (whale movements).

Depending on your conclusion, you wouldn't really know. It's best to approach it with what you can do and what you can control. Like being in the market or staying away from it until it dies down.

There's only a small chance that this scenario will happened because institutional investors aren't dump to enter crypto while they dodge bearish stock market. Crypto market always follow the movement of stock market because it shares the same psychological to traders. The history will just repeat itself same when COVID-19 hits global economy. Its much better to play safe at this point especially that we know that there's upcoming unlocking of funds from Institutional investor soon. There is always a correction for a chance of re-entry in case the market start to recover.

So we are in the bear market. Hold or sell because there's no way of knowing how long this lasts. And about those threats, they are nothing new. Everyone knows that exchanges and individuals are in constant danger of being hacked. It has been so since crypto had value, now there are just more and more criminals aware of it and how much newbs are vulnerable to social engineering.

If you choose to sell because others are threatening and you see some lagging indicators which that indicate bear market, do so but it will be literally wrong if you are creating awareness for people to sell.
Don't be surprised you wl just wake up and see bitcoin price on $40k doing some wonders. It has happened before and I don't see anything stopping it this time either. There is always a choice and option, sell or hold to the moon.

Cryptocurrency should not be at the receiving end of FBI operations and warning.  Those who violate the law should be dealt  with and without prejudice against cryptocurrency.  If there is spotlight on cryptocurrency by authority, it will definitely trigger a response no doubt, however,  it shouldn't be a red flag for you to sell! Cryptocurrency is legit and the future of money is dependent on it!

Rehashed FUD made by the media and also you OP. The FBI article was made a few weeks ago, and honestly, IMO the FBI news is exaggerated. the article you stated also referred back to 9 July. So, if you correlating it with the current price then it's FUD, that spreaded yet again.

Nevertheless, this week the stock markets have some sell-off, some people indeed correlate it with the current cryptocurrencies market situation. Actually, we shouldn't have to worry about all of this. It's just another day in the office.

What does the FBI have to do with market movements that are already in the bear zone? do they take advantage of the conditions or their duties are no longer in the secret investigation sector? if they contribute to the dissemination of inaccurate information how do we assess them as an independent institution?

They don't have anything direct in terms of relation in crypto, but from their emphasis on that kind of FUD would make a lot of people dump their coins causing price to plummet.
It is more of like reaction rather than the direct of effect of it.

Yes, that's right, the red flags flying in the bear market, and it all happened because bear market assets are very scary for other market assets, because the bear market is very unprofessional in the crypto asset market, and the bear market has no rules in running a market. project.
therefore all market assets should not happen the same thing.

Because as much as Bitcoin likes to think it is on its own and has gone a new way away from the traditional markets, so far this last 2 years it has shown it is still highly correlated.

Think back to March 2020 last year when the stocks and oil totally crashed (oil even became negative). Bitcoin also crashed to the lowest point in 3 years.

what do you really think?
From the beginning, the crypto market grew by pumps and dumps. traders and investors enjoy it all as learning to study the market. Don't confuse the stock market, oil, and other investments with crypto. it will be different when the analytical skills you use do not develop.
the market is grown to attract more new investors. then the market will drop to allow the old investors to enter at a lower price. in the course of the market, they will be back in the pump.

Exactly. I really never understand why people cry and whine and complain,,, this is normal and we all NEED the market to go pump and dump like this to make it interesting for new players and speculators.

I think without them,,, even the holders and users would get bored. Then we would all get a different form of complaining. Enjoy the ride.

Personally I am going to wait for things to be worse and buy more Bitcoins then. As it is an absolutely normal thing when after a big bull run, everything is falling. That's why there is no point in worrying. Actually, I would rather you made your own decisions and if you don't believe in the potential of this industry, then sell.

Talking about threats of attacks, they exist all the time, so the best way we can protect ourselves from them is to work only with projects that we have investigated. And in case of uncertainty, it is better to invest small sums and be on the alert  ::)

Government Agency are always in the habit of warning cryptocurrency users and threatning exchanges! Anytime I see these warnings, I see it as a signal to buy good crypto. It  has turn out to be a goo decision for me. We have heard many good news right after these warnings and bitcoin rebound into positive teritories now! Cryptocurrency is a different market from stock market and these differences is what make crypto market unique!