How massive liquidations caused Bitcoin to plummet 16% in 24 hours
Bitcoin fell to as low as $16,334 across major exchanges as cascading liquidations caused massive volatility. Bitcoin (BTC) price fell by a whopping 16% to $16,334 on Nov. 26 since achieving its peak at $19,484 the previous day. Data suggests that cascading liquidations were the driving force of the massive correction.Prior to the pullback, the open interest of the Bitcoin futures market hit a new record high. The derivatives market was also overheated with buyers, causing the market to sway to one side.BTC futures volumes. Source: Cointelegraph Markets, Digital Assets DataThe combination....
Related News
Over the last 24 hours, thousands of crypto traders have lost their positions in the market. The liquidations had ramped up, especially after the price of bitcoin had lost its footing above $19,000. It triggered one of the largest liquidations for the year 2022, with traders losing hundreds of millions of dollars in the span of a single day. More Than 125,000 Trader Rekt In the 24 hours following bitcoin’s decline to the $18,000 territory, more than 125,000 have had their positions liquidated. This amounted to more than $410 million that has been lost in the past day. Not surprisingly, the....
The May market crash and its resulting bearish trend caused massive losses for investors. But the Ethereum merge adverse effect was an unforeseen force. The crypto market has recorded more pullbacks than rallies since September 15. Many analysts, especially Ethereum supporters, hyped the merge, making others believe it’ll reverse the market. Unfortunately, after the upgrade, Ether and other cryptos crashed. Even Bitcoin lost $1000 a few minutes after the event. Related Reading: Ethereum Proof Of Work (ETHW) Gains 30%, Is More Upside Coming? The market is still in the Red On....
Bitcoin had been recording massive liquidations since the digital asset had dropped from $40,000. The majority had been dominated by long liquidations as hundreds of thousands of traders saw their positions liquidated. However, since the price of the cryptocurrency has begun to settle around the $30,000 level, the liquidations have now also started settling. Leading […]
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 price of bitcoin has once again fallen below $22,000 once more. As expected, it has come with its own consequences for those in the crypto market. Most prominent have been in the liquidations, which have ballooned in the last 24 hours. With the most recent crash, more than 57,000 traders have seen their positions liquidated. Bitcoin Dip Triggers $151 Million Liquidations Over the last 24 hours, more than 57,000 traders have been liquidated in the crypto market. This has led to a total of $151 million in assets liquidated over the last day. The most prominent of these has been....