Liquidations


Markets

Short Positions See $143M in Liquidations as Bitcoin, Ether Gain 10%

The crypto market rallied on Friday to almost fully retrace losses from Thursday’s declines.

“Whoever controls liquidity controls DeFi.” (Rahul Pabolu/Unsplash)

Markets

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Rally Strengthens as Trader Sentiment Improves

BTC gained 6% in the past 24 hours, although trading volume remained low.

(Sebastian Grochowicz, Unsplash)

Markets

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Rallies as Altcoins Take the Lead

Bitcoin rose 11% in the past 24 hours, less than the 13% jump in ETH and 20% rise in NEAR.

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Markets

Crypto Traders See $343M of Liquidations as Bitcoin Dips Below $40K

More than 109,000 traders were liquidated over the past 24 hours.

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Finance

B.Protocol Raises $2.2M to Backstop DeFi Liquidations

1kx, Spartan Group and Robot Ventures are backing a project that aims to smooth DeFi’s sometimes-hairy liquidation events.

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Markets

Bitcoin Drops 5%, Slipping Below $50K on Leverage Washouts

Some $187 million of crypto trading positions were liquidated over the past 24 hours.

24-hour Bitcoin Chart (Messari)

Markets

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Plummets as El Salvador Buys the Dip

Bitcoin tumbled below $46K, triggering billions in long position liquidations.

Bitcoin 24-hour chart (CoinDesk)

Markets

BTC Briefly Dropped Below $40K on Huobi Amid Massive Liquidation

More than $3 billion in long positions were liquidated on Tuesday.

BTC/USDT trading pair on Huobi.

Markets

Market Wrap: Musk-Induced Sell-Off Spurs Crypto Price Drop Before a Slight Recovery

Bitcoin dipped below $36K and ether fell under $2.6K on Tesla CEO’s bearish tweets, wiping out some leveraged players in the market.

CoinDesk XBX Index

Markets

Bitcoin Drops Below $31K Before Rebounding; $8B in Liquidations Triggered

The price of bitcoin is now down more than 30% so far in May, on track for its worst month since November 2018.

The bitcoin price has slipped below the key 200-day simple moving average.

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