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Tokenized Brent oil futures on Hyperliquid generated about $46.6 million in liquidations in 24 hours, making oil the third‑most liquidated asset after ether at $104.5 million, and Bitcoin at $98.3 million. Hyperliquid’s Oil Perps Dethrone Bitcoin The single largest liquidation across all assets in the past 24 hours was not Bitcoin or Ethereum, but a $17.17 million Brent oil position on Hyperliquid, according to Binance Square. This marks the second time in under a month that oil has produced the biggest individual wipeout on a crypto venue. Related Reading: Hyperliquid Puts Wall Street....
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The DeFi space crashed along with the rest of the market on May 19, but the liquidations mechanisms passed the biggest stress test. The savage sell-off that took place in mid-May fueled volatility in markets and triggered liquidations among numerous decentralized finance protocols. Like an earthquake, the market fall exacerbated the biggest wave of liquidations in DeFi history. The market experienced a higher amount of liquidation on May 19 than in the past two years in the DeFi space. As part of the Market Insights bi-weekly newsletter, Cointelegraph Consulting teamed up with Covalent to....
Crypto liquidations have been ramping up coming out of the weekend. The market had recorded a number of dips that saw more than $80 billion shaved off the crypto market. This had meant that bitcoin had declined to the $38,000 territory and had taken the rest of the market with it. However, contrary to expectations that the digital asset would record the most liquidations, that title had been claimed by the second-largest cryptocurrency, Ethereum. Bitcoin, Ethereum Lead Liquidations Bitcoin liquidations were no doubt one of the highest in the space. Being the biggest digital asset in the....
A coalition representing the world’s largest stock exchanges, has urged securities regulators to take decisive action against “tokenized stocks,” expressing concerns that these crypto assets pose new risks for investors and could undermine market integrity. WFE Urges SEC And Global Regulators In a letter obtained by Reuters, the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) highlighted that […]
Bitcoin had been recording massive liquidations since the digital asset had dropped from $40,000. The majority had been dominated by long liquidations as hundreds of thousands of traders saw their positions liquidated. However, since the price of the cryptocurrency has begun to settle around the $30,000 level, the liquidations have now also started settling. Leading […]
Crypto market liquidations have not slowed down since bitcoin’s crash had dragged the rest of the market down with it. Now that the digital asset has crashed below $23,000, the liquidations have quickly ramped up. By Monday, liquidations had quickly crossed $500 million. Before the end of the day, the number had barreled above $1 […]