Crypto Bulls See $1 Billion Squeeze as Bitcoin, Altcoins Crash

Data shows the cryptocurrency sector has witnessed a massive amount of liquidations after the crash that Bitcoin and company have gone through. Crypto Derivatives Market Has Just Seen A Long Squeeze According to data from CoinGlass, a large amount of liquidations related to cryptocurrency contracts has occurred on the derivatives platforms during the past day. […]

The Bitcoin crash of last week was a brutal one for the market. It saw the digital asset lose its footing from where it had been trending just below $30,000 to crash to the mid $17,000s before a recovery had begun. With the new week, the market had started to emerge into the green. But as bitcoin struggles to hold above $20,000, the question remains what had triggered such a crash. A Short Squeeze The bitcoin open interest in perps had been up over the last couple of weeks. This has continued to be the case through the market crash and the subsequent recovery. However, the open interest....

Data shows a large number of long liquidations have occurred in the cryptocurrency market as Bitcoin and other assets have plunged. Crypto Liquidations Have Surpassed $712 Million Over The Past Day According to data from CoinGlass, chaos has occurred on the derivatives market following the volatility Bitcoin and the company have gone through during the last 24 hours. Related Reading: Bitcoin MVRV Ratio Signals Price Hot, But Not In Danger Zone Yet Below is a table that shows how the liquidations have looked for the cryptocurrency sector within this window. As is visible, almost $712....

Bitcoin open interest crashed by billions in one weekend, painting a bearish outlook for the flagship crypto and spells doom for BTC bulls. Despite this setback, crypto analysts have provided some optimism with their analysis, which hints at a bullish reversal soon enough.  Bitcoin’s Open Interest Crashes By $4.5 Billion Over The Weekend Coinglass data shows that Bitcoin’s open interest crashed by $4.5 billion over the weekend, dropping from $65 billion to $61.5 billion. This came following the liquidations that occurred due to the BTC price crash. Further data from Coinglass shows that....

Data shows that on Monday crowded Bitcoin shorts have lead to the largest recorded squeeze in the history of the cryptocurrency. Bitcoin Records Largest Short Squeeze Ever As per an Arcane Research report, BTC has recorded the largest squeeze in its history where $750 million worth of shorts have been liquidated. Here is a chart that shows the data for Bitcoin short liquidations over the past one year: BTC short squeeze spikes | Source: Arcane Research As is clear from the above graph, the short squeeze seen on Monday, 26 July, hasn’t been observed in the past year. In fact,....