Elon Musk-Prompted Bitcoin Price Surge Causes Liquidation of $387M in Shorts
The shorts were liquidated after Elon Musk added "Bitcoin" to his Twitter bio and prices rose by over 15%.
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Bitcoin price continues to see incredible movements over the past 24 hours. The price of the coin has moved over 10% as the crypto market sees increasing momentum. The movement comes hot on the heels of the news breaking of rumors of Amazon integrating bitcoin payments in their platform. The market seems to have taken this and just run with it. Although the news is yet to be confirmed, investors continue to rush to buy the digital asset. The price surge has led to hundreds of millions of shorts being liquidated in just a 24-hour time frame. So far, the market has seen over $1 billion....
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The latest rally in BTC shorts is similar to what appeared ahead of the Elon Musk-led May 19 market crash. Bitcoin (BTC) bulls should brace for a potential onslaught from bears as the number of margined short positions on Bitfinex jumps by a little over 378%.Known to most by the ticker BTCUSD Shorts, the dataset records the number of bearish positions in the Bitcoin market. In simple terms, traders borrow funds from Bitfinex — their broker — to trade bet on bearish outcomes for the instrument BTC/USD. Meanwhile, the value of opened short positions is measured in BTC.The number of short....
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