Crypto Shorts Take $86 Million Beating As BTC Marches Towards $31,000
Data shows the crypto shorts have observed a high amount of liquidations in the past day as BTC has seen a sharp rally towards $31,000. Crypto Futures Market Has Seen High Liquidations In The Past Day The past day has been volatile for the crypto market as Bitcoin and other assets have seen some sharp […]
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After today’s incredible Bitcoin move where the price climbed to $47.5k, shorts worth around $47 million liquidated within an hour. $47,000,000 In Bitcoin Futures Shorts Liquidate Within Just An Hour As pointed out by an analyst on Twitter, around $47 million in Bitcoin futures shorts have liquidated within an hour today. If you don’t know […]
The entire market capitalization of all 10,800 cryptocurrencies in existence is down 2.8% on Monday as bitcoin has lost over 2.4% during the last 24 hours. Meanwhile, bitcoin shorts are rising again after bitcoin shorts tapped a two-year high on the derivatives exchange Bitfinex on June 25. Bitcoin Shorts Climb Higher Bitcoin (BTC) and digital markets, in general, have seen better days as BTC tapped an all-time high above the $64K handle three months ago but is still down 48.66% since then. Roughly 17 days ago, on Bitfinex, the number of BTC/USD short positions skyrocketed to levels not....
Data shows the crypto futures market has taken a $380 million beating over the past day as Bitcoin has rebounded above $30k. Out of this amount, $240 million liquidations have belonged to short traders. Crypto Shorts Observe $240 Million In Liquidations Over Last 24 Hours In case anyone isn’t aware of what “liquidations” are, it’s best to first take a brief look at the workings of margin trading in the crypto futures market. When an investor opens a, say, Bitcoin long or short contract at a derivatives exchange, they first have to put forth some collateral called....
$726 million in Bitfinex shorts were quickly closed after Bitcoin price bounced at $30,500, leading traders to speculate whether bears have given up. On June 25, the amount of Bitcoin (BTC) margin shorts at Bitfinex increased by 22,000, equivalent to $726 million. At the time, Cointelegraph reported that there was a significant increase in Bitfinex's spot volume market share starting at 9 am UTC, matching the demand in the short margin.Data confirms that one (or more) whales actively shorted the market, betting on a price decrease. The average price of the trade was around $33,000, so....
Bitcoin has recently fallen below a $32,000 critical hold point and in response, retail investors have taken this as an opportunity to make money from the falling bitcoin price. So far, retail investors have started loading up on shorts, an incredibly bearish metric for the market. Retail investors load up on shorts | Source: Twitter […]