$19 Billion Bitcoin And Crypto Wipeout: What Caused The XRP Price To Crash 50...
The crypto market suffered a devastating $19 billion wipeout as XRP and Bitcoin (BTC) were caught in a brutal sell-off that shocked traders worldwide. Within minutes, XRP wiped out over 50% of its value, dropping down to $0.77 before partially rebounding, marking one of its steepest intraday losses in history. While early reports blamed political […]
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A viral thread on X (1.1 million views) has put forward a forensic narrative for Friday’s crypto wipeout, arguing that what looked like a chaotic macro-driven capitulation was, in fact, a targeted exploitation of how Binance priced collateral inside its Unified Account. The author @ElonTrades frames the episode not as a stablecoin failure but as […]