1. News and Government Regulations

When a country announces restrictions or bans on the use of cryptocurrencies, the market feels the impact almost instantly.

Common examples:

  • Ban on exchanges in a certain country

  • Restriction on mining (as happened in China)

  • Aggressive taxation on crypto profits

📉 These announcements affect investor confidence and cause mass selling, pulling the market down.

🔍 Real example: In 2021, China banned Bitcoin mining and the price plummeted nearly 50% in weeks.

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2. Global Macroeconomic Events

The crypto market does not live in an isolated bubble. Global economic crises, higher interest rates, or rising inflation affect all risk assets, including Bitcoin and its peers.

When the FED (U.S. Central Bank) raises interest rates, for example, investors tend to flee from volatile assets and seek more stable refuges like the dollar or gold.

💼 Global instability makes investors rush for 'safe' options and sell crypto.

3. Whale Activity

The famous 'whales' — investors holding huge amounts of crypto — have enough power to move the market with a single transaction.

How this affects:

  • A sell-off of billions in BTC or ETH can crash the price

  • Other people panic and start selling too

  • The fall feeds back (domino effect)

🐳 Monitoring whale wallets can help predict sharp movements. Platforms like Whale Alert are great for this.

4. FOMO and Collective Panic (Herd Effect)

You've seen this happen: the market starts to fall and everyone panics, selling without thinking. This creates a cascade effect, accelerating the fall even more.

This behavior is driven by:

  • Sensationalist media

  • Pessimistic influencers

  • Telegram or X (formerly Twitter) groups going into despair

📉 When fear dominates, even solid assets suffer. That’s why it’s so important to stay calm and operate with strategy.

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5. Technical Failures or Security Issues

Cryptocurrencies are also subject to bugs, protocol failures, or hacker attacks, which generate instability and distrust in the market.

Some real examples:

  • Hack on a DeFi blockchain or exchange

  • Attacks on bridges between blockchains (like the Ronin attack)

  • Severe errors in smart contract code

🛡️ These events directly affect investor confidence and, depending on the severity, can sink not only a token but an entire sector.

🧠 Quick Summary: Why does the crypto market crash?


Regulatory news: Panic and mass selling

Global economic crisis: Decrease in liquidity and flight from risk

Whale action: Sharp price drops

Herd effect: Acceleration of the fall

Security failures: Loss of confidence in the sector