Crypto Leverage Whipeout: $600M+ In BTC & ETH Longs Liquidated
The cryptocurrency market faced a brutal shake-up as Bitcoin slipped below the $115,000 mark and Ethereum dropped under $4,500, erasing weeks of bullish momentum. What started as a period of cautious optimism quickly turned into a wave of panic selling, leaving bulls struggling to regain control. The sharp correction has pushed the market into a new, uncertain phase where confidence is being tested, and short-term volatility is dominating sentiment. Related Reading: Coinbase Reserves Hit $112B: Highest Level Since 2021 Market Peak Top analyst Maartunn highlighted one of the key drivers....
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Crypto absorbed its largest liquidation shock of 2025, with the heaviest single-day wipeouts since summer 2023 for ETH and SOL and the biggest since June for BTC, triggering a sharp, sentiment-driven downdraft across majors and large-cap altcoins. In a video analysis published today, analyst CryptoInsightUK urged restraint and argued that the move looks like a leverage flush rather than a structural break, pointing to liquidity maps, momentum gauges, and market-cap composites that, in his view, still skew constructive once the dust settles. Do not rush and panic this morning,” he said at....
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Bitcoin perpetual futures buyers are paying a 5.4% weekly funding rate to keep their positions open, but is this sustainable? Today Bitcoin (BTC) price rallied to a new all-time high at $44,900 shortly after Tesla announced a $1.5 billion investment. This event triggered $555 million worth of shorts to be liquidated in two hours and it happened as Bitcoin futures open interest reached $13.7 billion, which is just 3% below its historical high.These price moves drastically increased the cost of carrying long positions, mainly for those using perpetual futures. This indicator raised a yellow....
The latest Bitcoin correction triggered a record $500 million worth of liquidations in 60 minutes on major exchanges. The Bitcoin markets emphatically rejected the $60,000 price range on March 15, with excessive leverage driving a record $500 million worth of long liquidations over just 60 minutes.Glassnode’s founders, Jan & Yann, emphasized the new record hourly Bitcoin for liquidations, noting that more than half open futures contracts prior to the margin calls were leveraged by at least 20 times.In the last hour alone, nearly $500M in #Bitcoin Longs got liquidated, this is a historic....
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....