Bitcoin hit by $2.7 billion futures liquidation frenzy: What happens next?
After a massive cascade of liquidations, Bitcoin price could be heading towards recovery, based on network fundamentals. Over $2.7 billion worth of futures contracts got liquidated in the last 24 hours, based on data from Bybt.com. This caused the price of Bitcoin (BTC) to see a large drop in a short time frame as it plunged from over $41,000 to sub-$32,600.BTC/USDT 4-hour price chart (Binance). Source: TradingView.comWhy would mass liquidations cause Bitcoin to drop?In the futures market, liquidations of positions occur because traders are borrowing additional capital to trade with larger....
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