Crypto Liquidations Cross $1 Billion Mark: Short Squeeze or Bearish Market Begin?
Bitcoin fell below $80,500 and Ether moved toward $2,400 before both recovered a bit. Over the same 24-hour stretch, liquidations topped $1 billion and nearly 193,000 traders were hit, with Ether liquidations larger than Bitcoin's in one tally.
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In practice, the liquidation tally shows that bullish bets were being forced out at scale, and Ether accounted for more of those liquidations than Bitcoin in the cited breakdown. What did not change is that both coins still moved in the same broad market drop-and-rebound pattern, even though the amounts liquidated differed.
What remains open is whether the surge in liquidation volume is just a short burst or part of a wider market turn. The open question is settled only by the next stretch of trading, which would show whether liquidation volume keeps climbing or eases from the levels described here. (per u.today)
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