Bitcoin’s price declined for eight consecutive days through May 13, totaling a 9.4% correction. The last time such a losing streak happened was on June 14, 2022, after the Celsius lending platform halted withdrawals and FUD — fear, uncertainty and doubt — emerged from United States software firm MicroStrategy’s loan being liquidated at $21,000.
Nothing remotely similar happened as Bitcoin (BTC) retested the $25,800 support on May 12, apart from the network congestion and increased transaction fees. Traders and analysts speculated that a coordinated attack was aimed at causing network instability.