Extreme leverage drove $500 million worth of BTC liquidations in one hour
The latest Bitcoin correction triggered a record $500 million worth of liquidations in 60 minutes on major exchanges. The Bitcoin markets emphatically rejected the $60,000 price range on March 15, with excessive leverage driving a record $500 million worth of long liquidations over just 60 minutes.Glassnode’s founders, Jan & Yann, emphasized the new record hourly Bitcoin for liquidations, noting that more than half open futures contracts prior to the margin calls were leveraged by at least 20 times.In the last hour alone, nearly $500M in #Bitcoin Longs got liquidated, this is a historic....
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Nearly $1 billion worth of Bitcoin futures contracts have been wiped out once again. Nearly $1 billion worth of Bitcoin (BTC) futures contracts were liquidated on Jan. 13, a day after the big shakeout. The continuous loop of liquidations is causing extreme volatility and large price swings in the cryptocurrency market.Total Bitcoin liquidations. Source: Bybt.comWhat are futures liquidations, and why are so many Bitcoin positions being liquidated?In the Bitcoin futures market, traders borrow additional capital to bet against or for Bitcoin. The technical term for this is leverage, and when....
The Feb. 22 crypto market flash-crash liquidated more than $24 million worth of DeFi loans. with Compound users representing more than half of the margin calls. The Feb. 22 crypto crash has sparked the second-largest volume of DeFi liquidations in the sector’s history, with more than $24.1 million worth of loans being forcefully closed within 24 hours.According to crypto data aggregator DeBank, $13.7 million, or nearly 60% of the losses occurred on Compound, followed by Aave with $5.4 million worth of liquidations.Yesterday’s liquidations were the second-largest to hit DeFi, trailing....
The DeFi space crashed along with the rest of the market on May 19, but the liquidations mechanisms passed the biggest stress test. The savage sell-off that took place in mid-May fueled volatility in markets and triggered liquidations among numerous decentralized finance protocols. Like an earthquake, the market fall exacerbated the biggest wave of liquidations in DeFi history. The market experienced a higher amount of liquidation on May 19 than in the past two years in the DeFi space. As part of the Market Insights bi-weekly newsletter, Cointelegraph Consulting teamed up with Covalent to....
Crypto liquidations had ramped up following the market crash. Even with the recovery had come more liquidations as short calls had also taken a hit. However, with the recovery moving over the last week, the market has begun to regain some semblance of balance and so the liquidations have begun to settle. Crypto Market Liquidations Relaxes Although liquidations cannot entirely stop, the liquidations have begun to subside. It had fallen from over $1 billion in liquidations at the height of the market crash and has slowly but surely returned to normal levels. This is obvious in liquidations....
The crypto market has been bouncing back and forth in the past few days. Over 124,003 traders saw more than $421 million liquidated in a 24-hour period as prices tumbled wildly throughout yesterday and today. The crypto market is falling to new lows not seen since November. With a total loss of $421 million, Bitcoin (BTC) accounted for most of the losses, followed closely by Ethereum (ETH). Related Reading | TA: Ethereum Bears Aim Big After Recent Breakdown Below $2.5K Crypto Traders Liquidations Figure Most of these liquidations occurred on Binance, FTX, and Okex. As a result,....