Jim Cramer, the host of CNBCâs âMad Money,â said he has sold most of his bitcoin holdings following Chinaâs crackdown on crypto miners in the province of Sichuan.
In an interview on CNBCâs âSquawk Boxâ on Monday, Cramer said bitcoin has structural issues and its price would likely fall further.
Cramer cited three concerns, including doubts about the integrity of stablecoin issuer Tether and its link to the crypto markets, Chinaâs mining crackdown and those outside Colonial Pipeline paying bitcoin to stop ransomware attacks.
âThirty-thousand dollars intraday, look out, gotta hold. Maybe the buy point,â Cramer said, referring to bitcoinâs psychological region of support. âIâm not going there, sold almost all of my bitcoin. Donât need it.â
The price of the worldâs largest cryptocurrency by market cap fell more than 11% on Monday following news that Chinaâs central bank told the countryâs major financial institutions to stop acceptating virtual-currency transactions.
Bitcoin was last seen changing hands at $32,919, down 5.6% over a 24-hour period and off about 50% from its all-time high of $64,829 on April 14, according to CoinDesk 20 data.
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