Liquidations


Markets

Bitcoin Sinks Nearly 3% to $26.7K; Bulls Ponder How Low It Can Go

After failing again at $28,000 resistance over the weekend, bitcoin has retreated to its weakest level since late September.

BTC price on Oct. 11 (CoinDesk)

Markets

Crypto Traders Suffer Over $100M in Liquidation Losses as Market Rout Deepens Amid Middle East Turmoil

Ether (ETH) dropped near 4% Monday, while some altcoins endured even greater declines before reverting as rising geopolitical turmoil weighed on crypto markets.

Liquidations by digital assets over the past 24 hours. (CoinGlass)

Markets

Bitcoin Bounce Puts Altcoin Bears at Risk

Bitcoin's bounce amid fears of FTX creditor liquidation might shake out altcoin bears, leading to a sharp rally in recently shorted tokens like solana.

BTC's price chart (CoinDesk/Highcharts.com)

Markets

Crypto Price Whipsaw Triggers $256M in Liquidation Losses

Liquidations are likely to have less impact on spot prices thanks to declining open interest, FalconX's head of research noted.

The swift price movements over the past two days wiped out leveraged long and short positions. (Kurt Anderson/Unsplash)

Markets

Crypto Traders Suffer $1B in Liquidations in Sharp Sell-Off for Bitcoin, Ether

Crypto markets cratered late Thursday with bitcoin (BTC) dropping as low as $25,000 on the crypto exchange Binance.

Los traders inicialmente subieron los precios de xmon para obtener un airdrop de sudo, el token de gobernanza de SudoSwap. (Getty Images)

Finance

Aave Token Holders Voting on 2 Proposals Following Averted Curve Liquidation Crisis

The proposals, which aim to disable CRV borrowing and decrease Aave’s exposure to Curve’s native token on its Ethereum V2 markets, are responses to the liquidation pressure faced by Curved founder Michael Egorov.

(Arnaud Jaegers/Unsplash)

Markets

Curve Founder’s $168M Stash Is Under Stress, Creating a Risk for DeFi as a Whole

Curve CEO Michael Egorov pledged 34% of CRV’s total market cap to back loans across DeFi protocols. A forced liquidation would result in selling at a time when prices are already falling.

Curve Finance's Michael Egorov (Michael Egorov, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Sudden Crypto Volatility Spurs $216M in Losses, Liquidating Both Long and Short Positions

Cryptocurrency prices rose early Friday but then dropped sharply following a report that the SEC had deemed recent spot BTC filings inadequate.

Crypto liquidations (CoinGlass)

Markets

Bitcoin’s Rally to $28K Spurred by Largest Short Squeeze This Month

The price surge liquidated some $36.6 million of short positions in the past 24 hours, the most this month, CoinGlass data shows.

Bitcoin daily chart. (CoinDesk)

Markets

Crypto Traders Suffer $320M Losses in Liquidations as SEC Lawsuit Against Binance Spurs Market Plunge

Cryptocurrency prices nosedived Monday as the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) sued the crypto exchange and its chief executive for multiple federal securities law violations.

(Getty Images)

Pageof 7