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On August 17, the primary cryptocurrency Bitcoin suddenly received a major blow and collapsed by roughly 10% over the past 24 hours. The fall took place just within ten minutes, which sent a shock wave along the <a href="https://u.today/shocking-1-billion-in-crypto-liquidated-on-market-following-massive-correction" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">crypto market</a>. 
Bitcoin slipped under the $26,000 level for the first time since June. Now, the leading digital crypto is trading at $26,079 on the Bitstamp exchange. 
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 What happened to the market in the past 24 hours?11 hrs ago, the Wall Street Journal reported that SpaceX had sold $373M worth of <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%24BTC&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">$BTC</a>.After that, <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%24BTC&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">$BTC</a> dropped to $25,166.9 hrs ago, <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Bloomberg?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">#Bloomberg</a> reported that <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SEC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">#SEC</a> will approve the Ether-futures ETFs, and the decline stopped. <a href="https://t.co/QO2Bvy2HHb" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">pic.twitter.com/QO2Bvy2HHb</a>— Lookonchain (@lookonchain) <a href="https://twitter.com/lookonchain/status/1692430587339108726?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">August 18, 2023</a> 
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One of the reasons for the massive and abrupt price decline was the rumor that Elon Musk’s SpaceX had <a href="https://u.today/did-bitcoin-price-crash-to-25k-because-of-fake-spacex-news" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">sold $373 million in Bitcoin</a>, unloading them on the market. However, according to he Wall Street Journal, all SpaceX did was write down the worth of Bitcoin it holds. 
The plunge in Bitcoin price, however, halted when the US securities regulator is inclined to <a href="https://u.today/ether-futures-etfs-receive-sec-approval-in-major-crypto-milestone" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">approve several Ethereum futures ETFs</a>. <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-08-17/sec-said-to-be-poised-to-allow-us-debut-of-ether-futures-etfs-eth?srnd=cryptocurrencies-v2" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Bloomberg reported</a> that several anonymous sources close to the SEC shared that the regulator “isn’t likely to block the products”. Among the companies which have filed for ETFs based on Ethereum futures are ProShares, Bitwise, and a few others. 
The SEC has not responded to requests for comments. 
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