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$270M liquidated from crypto market in past 24 hours as leveraged traders feel the squeeze

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Crypto market liquidations were reported across a 24-hour window in three separate updates, with totals ranging from $270 million to $309 million depending on the cut. One report said long liquidations and short liquidations were nearly even, while another said long positions made up the full $309 million total.

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Crypto market liquidations totaled $275 million over a 24-hour period, split between $137 million in long liquidations and $138 million in short liquidations.
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More than 77,000 traders were affected in that 24-hour liquidation window.
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Another 24-hour update put crypto liquidations at $270 million.
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A separate update said $309 million in long positions were liquidated from the crypto market over 24 hours.

What it means

Traders using leverage are the people most immediately exposed here, because the market moves in these windows translated into forced liquidations across tens of thousands of accounts. Anyone watching the market the next morning sees not just a dollar total but a broad reset in leveraged positions within a single day. (per tokenpost.com)

What changed in practice is that several 24-hour snapshots show liquidation totals being tracked at different levels, including one case where long and short liquidations were almost equal and another where only long positions were counted. What stays the same is that leveraged trading can unwind quickly in these reported windows, even if the exact balance between long and short positions differs from one update to the next. (per cryptobriefing.com)

Market reaction i

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-0.1% 2 h before
-0.2% 4 h after
$2.9Tmarket cap at publication
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Sep 28 03:38
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Where this sits in the Bitcoin series

WhenWhat happenedFigure
1.1 years ago BTC at $115,227 high today it sits -34.3% from there
4 months ago BTC at $58,566 low today it sits +29.2% from there

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