More Than $1 Billion In Crypto Positions Liquidated In Overnight Bloodbath
More than $1 billion in crypto positions was liquidated last night which has led to a plunge in the market. Bitcoin price currently sits at a little above $32k, losing nine percent of its value. While Ethereum’s price currently sits at 2$k. Losing 10 percent of its value overnight. Twitter user Lex Moskovski tweeted a […]
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The crypto bloodbath has left thousands of traders in a bad way. A rapid decrease in price has seen more than 240,000 traders rekt in the span of 24 hours. As the downtrend continues, more investors are added to the long line of losers, most of which have been long traders. As it stands, there are now almost a billion dollars that have been liquidated in the market so far and this number continues to climb with bitcoin declining below $24,000. Over $940 Million In Crypto Liquidated Over the last 24 hours, the liquidations that have rocked the crypto market have been nothing short of....
The cryptocurrency market saw over $500 million worth of positions liquidated in the last 24 hours as Bitcoin slid below $34,000. Roughly $500 million worth of cryptocurrency futures positions were liquidated in the past 24 hours. The mass liquidation of positions happened before the price of Bitcoin (BTC) dipped below $34,000 on Jan. 17.Bitcoin total liquidations. Source: Bybt.comWhy were so many positions liquidated?Overnight, the price of Bitcoin rose by 6.7% from $35,500 to nearly $38,000. Meanwhile, the futures funding rate sharply increased, indicating an overleveraged market.Across....
The crypto market has been subject to large liquidation following the price crash. Coming out of the weekend, the market had recorded one of its worst crashes which saw bitcoin fall below the $30,000 territory for the first time this year. With this had come hundreds of millions in short liquidations. However, the bloodbath seems far from over as the market continues to crumble and liquidations have now run over the $1 billion mark. Crypto Traders Getting Rekt After the crash that rocked the market coming out of the weekend, crypto traders had taken a hard hit. However, like always, this....
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....
Bitcoin saw some wild overnight volatility that came about after a flurry of selling activity liquidated long positions and sent its price reeling lower This selloff was quite intense and caused the aggregated market to face some immense selling pressure that is showing no signs of letting up One analyst explained that where the market trends next will undoubtedly depend largely on the derivatives market He notes that funding rates are still quite high and […]