Sleepless In Crypto: $900-M Liquidated Amid Bitcoin’s Steep Fall
A significant plunge in the crypto market has sent shockwaves across the industry over the last 24 hours, leaving a trail of liquidations in its wake. Around 200,000 traders were forced out of their positions as Bitcoin plunged to a seven-week low, wiping out more than $900 million in liquidations over a single day. Related Reading: Bitcoin Rally Slowed By Old-School Whales, Analyst Warns According to CoinGlass, most of those losses came from long bets that could not weather the slide. Liquidations Hit Retail Traders Reports have disclosed that a single large sale helped set off the....
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Bitcoin’s price has stabilized at just below $13,000 following its immense surge seen yesterday The cryptocurrency has been flashing continued signs of strength as of late, and its ability to maintain its recent gains is decisively bullish While looking back on the aftermath of yesterday’s move, its magnitude and influence over the market grows clear According to one data platform, a total of $360 million in BTC short positions were liquidated throughout the course of […]
As the Bitcoin and Ethereum prices hav barreled toward a new all-time high, short-term traders have been suffering the brunt of the liquidations. In the last day alone, over $330 million was liquidated from the crypto market and the majority of this has been from short traders who expect prices to fall once again. Over 78,000 Traders Liquidated For $330 Million Coinglass data shows that the last 24 hours have been brutal for crypto traders. In this short time, more than 78,000 crypto traders have seen their positions liquidated, leading to hundreds of millions of dollars in losses. Related....
Tuesday has proven to be a good day for bitcoin and the crypto market in its entirety as gains have been the order of the day. Bitcoin has finally been able to clear the $20,000 territory even when indicators pointed towards the more sluggish movement for the digital asset. As expected, there have been ripple events from the gains in the market. Liquidations are now the order of the day and short traders are getting the ‘short’ end of the stick. Crypto Liquidations Cross $1 Billion The crypto market has now recorded its worse liquidation trend so far in 2022. Bitcoin’s recovery above....
Bitcoin derivatives traders who opened bullish positions as the cryptocurrency reached its record high, near $34,500, are now staring at massive losses. Data provided by ByBt.com shows that the BTC/USD market liquidated long contracts worth $1.17 billion as of 2130 EST Sunday. The stop-losses triggered as the Bitcoin price slumped back below $30,000 amid a […]