First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Regains $98K After Weekend Slump

Bitcoin returns to $98,000.

Crypto futures saw $500 million in liquidations amid volatility.

Brokers raise price targets for MicroStrategy.

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Market records $128 million in short liquidations as Bitcoin breaks $64,500

Bitcoin’s price reached $64,890 as of press time, up from $62,849 24 hours earlier. This led to $193. 63 million in total liquidations over the past day. According to data from Coinglass, 57,624 traders were liquidated during this period.

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Bitcoin breaks through $67,000

Quick Take Bitcoin went above the $67,000 mark, nearly hitting $67,500 — its highest level since April 13. The remarkable rally has triggered a wave of liquidations within the digital asset ecosystem over the past 24 hours.

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Bitcoin Brief Bounce Back Above $67,000: Triggers Nearly $300 Million In Total Liquidations

The crypto market has recently experienced a wave of liquidations, amounting to nearly $300 million, closely following Bitcoin’s sharp reclaim of the $67,000 mark. This surge in Bitcoin’s value, a stark reversal from its previous downtrend, caught many traders off guard, especially those who had placed bets on the continuation of the market’s decline.

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Bitcoin (BTC) Bears' $145 Million Bloodbath: $45,000 Price Surge Pulls Liquidations Up

Bitcoin has good start in 2024

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Bitcoin drop triggers over $100M in crypto market liquidations in the past 24 hours

Quick Take The recent drop in Bitcoin, breaking below the $37,000 level, has resulted in a wave of liquidations across the crypto market, surpassing $100M. Among the major digital assets, Ethereum faced a significant hit with $15M in liquidations, while Bitcoin followed closely with $13M, primarily due to long positions liquidated.

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Bitcoin surges to new yearly high of $35,950, causing over $100M in short liquidations

Quick Take Bitcoin has achieved a new milestone, fortifying a support level at $35,000 and hitting fresh year-to-date highs last night on Nov. 1. In the past 24 hours, per data from Coinglass, a staggering 60,851 traders have faced liquidations, leading to a cumulative loss of approximately $160 million.

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SpaceX’s Bitcoin dump triggers chain reaction, liquidations surpass $1 billion

The unexpected Bitcoin sale by SpaceX sent shockwaves through the market, causing massive liquidations exceeding $1 billion as Bitcoin's price plummeted below $26,000."

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Long Liquidations Continue To Rock Market As Bitcoin Struggles To Settle Above $30,000

The effects of the long liquidations that rocked bitcoin after the digital asset had fallen to $25,000 continue to be felt even now. Bitcoin which has since managed to recover above $30,000 once more remains a prime liquidation target in the market.

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Crypto Market Liquidations Reached $200 Million as Bitcoin Breaks 80-Day Support

As Bitcoin selloff aggravates, liquidations are on the rise

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$340 Million Liquidations Across Cryptocurrency Market as Bitcoin and Altcoins Suffer Losses

Bitcoin trading positions account for $73.05 million of all liquidations

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Bitcoin Price Falls With Long Liquidations

As is typical in the bitcoin market, the bitcoin price fell as there were $154.5 million in long liquidations.

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Bitcoin hit by $2.7 billion futures liquidation frenzy: What happens next?

After a massive cascade of liquidations, Bitcoin price could be heading toward recovery, based on network fundamentals.

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Bitcoin's pullback from $9,000 triggers BitMEX liquidations

A stark reminder of the fickle nature of the Bitcoin derivatives market was seen with the recent $9,000 pull back. After bouncing in and around the $9,000 to $9,200 range consolidating a price rise beThe post Bitcoin's pullback from $9,000 triggers BitMEX liquidations appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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Mike Novogratz Explains Why Bitcoin (BTC) Is Failing as Safe Haven

Crypto boss Mike Novogratz explains that Bitcoin failed to act as a safe haven asset because of mass liquidations of both risk-on and risk-off assets

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Bitcoin's $1,200 drop could have more bearish implications than anticipated

In a way, volatility is what makes cryptocurrencies, cryptocurrencies. However, Bitcoin's recent collapse of $1,200 came as a shock to most people as liquidations poured in. That being said, the collaThe post Bitcoin's $1,200 drop could have more bearish implications than anticipated appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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So Bitcoin collapsed, what's next? Sub-$8,000 or $9,500?

Bitcoin crashed by 15% over the last 3 days. However, the crash on 26 February was brutal as it pulled down the price from $9,369 to $8,627, triggering liquidations worth millions. The price continuedThe post So Bitcoin collapsed, what's next? Sub-$8,000 or $9,500? appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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Cryptocurrency Market Plunges; BitMEX Traders Suck Up $157 Million in Liquidations

The price of Bitcoin plunged on Wednesday to a monthly low of around $8,700. The sudden drop stung BitMEX traders particularly badly, with the platform reporting $157 million in liquidations in just a single day.

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BitMEX Liquidations Hit YTD Record as Bitcoin Nosedives

Over 150 million dollars worth of bitcoin long positions were liquidated today on Bitmex, the most seen in 2020 so far. Many of the liquidated positions were highly leveraged longs banking on bullish sentiment surrounding the upcoming BTC halving.

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Bitcoin briefly slips under $9k; triggers liquidations worth $11M

Bitcoin has been taking continuous hits in the spot market and at press time, the coin was noting a fall of 3.37% - a fall that pushed the price of the coin under $9k. According to the Chaikin Money FThe post Bitcoin briefly slips under $9k; triggers liquidations worth $11M appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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Trader Who Predicted $2,500 Bitcoin Rally Warns of Pullback: Here’s Why

Bitcoin’s strong surge to kick off 2020 has caught many traders on the back foot. Case in point: each leg higher in the price of BTC has been marked by dozens of millions of dollars worth of short liquidations on margin trading platforms like BitMEX.

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Did Bitcoin Price Rally to $8600 Because of BitMEX Liquidations?

Bitcoin price has made another big move a couple of hours ago as it pulls out of short term consolidation and tapped a two month high. The move came after another mass liquidation of shorts on BitMEX to the tune of almost $40 million.

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Bitcoin's pump, millions in liquidations; what is BTC's destination now?

Bitcoin's pump on 3 January came as a surprise; the pump contributed to BTC shooting from $6,853 to $7,369 in a span of 8 hours. During times like these, there are bound to be many liquidations, many The post Bitcoin's pump, millions in liquidations; what is BTC's destination now? appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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$13 billion in Bitcoin longs were liquidated in 2019; what does it mean for 2020?

For a second consecutive year, long liquidations dwarfed that of shorts by more than two-fold. In 2018, long liquidations reached $11 billion by the year’s end while short liquidations hovered at $5 billion.

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Ouch: BitMEX Bitcoin Liquidations Neared $20 Billion In 2019

Over the past two years, BitMEX, a prominent Bitcoin derivatives platform, has gained much traction within the cryptocurrency trading community; in 2017, most BTC traders kept to trading on spot exchanges, meaning without leverage, though the tides have changed in the past two years as investors seek more profits.

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BitMEX Liquidations Shows Why Bitcoin Abruptly Surged by $1,000 Overnight

Most of the liquidations that occurred on BitMEX on December 18 were short contracts. It shows that over-leveraged shorts were squeezed out, pushing the bitcoin price up so quick in a short time frame.

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How a Whale Crashed Bitcoin to Sub-$7,000 Overnight

Bitcoin lost billions of dollars worth of valuation within a 30-minutes timeframe as a Chinese cryptocurrency scammer allegedly liquidated its steal via over-the-counter markets. The initial sell-off by PlusToken caused a domino effect, causing mass liquidations.

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Report suggests Ponzi scheme PlusToken may have stolen hundreds of millions, not billions

Blockchain compliance firm Chainalysis has issued a new report suggesting that PlusToken, the multi-billion-dollar Ponzi scheme widely suspected to have been driving down the price of Bitcoin with mass liquidations, could have misappropriated less crypto than previously alleged.

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Ethereum Could See 16% Jump as Bottom Forms, Fundamentals Strong

As Bitcoin has stalled, so too has the second-largest cryptocurrency, Ethereum (ETH). The popular altcoin has collapsed by some 50% from the year-to-date peak seen earlier this year just like Bitcoin, being crushed under the weight of a copious amount of PlusToken reserve liquidations and other sources of selling pressure hurting bulls.

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Could Bitcoin Price Press Higher as PlusToken Liquidations Slow?

Over the past few months, the crypto industry has been awash with news about the PlusToken Bitcoin scam, which allowed scammers to accrue billions worth of digital assets over the course of a year-long operation.

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Why Bitcoin traders are considering a bigger drop as BTC price falls 30% in past month

The Bitcoin price has fallen by nearly 30 percent since rising to as high as $10,600 in October. Technical analysts have started to consider a further pullback to the high $6,000 region. On Oct.

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Long Orange Squeeze: Bitcoin’s Sudden Tumble A Result Of BitMEX Liquidations

It didn’t take long to reverse any tentative bullish prediction.  Bitcoin has plummeted in the last few hours with a violent fall to below the $7,500 supports, in a move that shows many signs of manipulation.

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JPMorgan Strategists Say Bakkt & Long Liquidations Triggered Bitcoin Decline

Bitcoin price crashed 20% this week, which is likely to be driven by the Intercontinental Exchange Inc. ’s new futures contracts Bakkt, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co. Last weekend, Bakkt was launched with physically delivered daily and monthly Bitcoin futures contracts for institutional investors.

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Bitcoin’s sudden hemorrhaging may have stopped for now; expect possible bearish moves to $6,500 and below

Bitcoin’s whopping collapse from $10,000 to $7,700 was a sight to witness, and witness a lot of people did.  This collapse caused liquidations worth approximately over $700 million. A lot of people, at least those who are a little informed about technical analysis or those active on Twitter, knew that there was a big move […] The post Bitcoin’s sudden hemorrhaging may have stopped for now; expect possible bearish moves to $6,500 and below appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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Yes, BitMEX Liquidations Caused Bitcoin Price to Crash; Here’s How

Liquidity decline caused by BitMEX’s exchange policy is the main reason behind the latest bitcoin (BTC) price crash, latest analysis suggests.   The bitcoin market bloodbath has continued today, with BTC testing the $7750 support a few hours back.

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Bitcoin (BTC) Crash Triggers $600 Million BitMex Liquidations

Sudden volatility shook down the derivatives markets, causing massive losses across exchanges.

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Did mass liquidations on BitMEX cause Bitcoin’s sudden drop?

Bitcoin has stabilized around the $8,600-mark hours after a ferocious sell-off led on BitMEX saw price decline more than 13 percent, liquidating more than six hundred million long contracts on the Seychelles-based exchange, according to data on Datamish.

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Bitcoin Liquidations: BitMEX, Binance Bosses Duke It Out On Twitter

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has sparked the wrath of BitMEX, one of its biggest competitors after claiming to have invented an essential bitcoin trading tool.   Hayes to CZ: Attend My Bitcoin Derivatives Trading 101 In a Twitter debate which continues to play out, Changpeng Zhao, known as CZ in cryptocurrency circles went head to head with BitMEX CEO Arthur Hayes.

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Bitcoin impulse liquidates $52 million in shorts on BitMEX

A 4. 8 percent impulse in Bitcoin’s price beginning Aug. 25 caused an unusual number of liquidations on BitMEX, wrecking $52 million in BTC short positions. Bitcoin shorts liquidated on BitMEX Notorious for its degenerate 100x leverage, BitMEX has been one of the most widely-used margin trading platforms in the world.

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Bitcoin Price Flash-Crashes, $63.4 Mln Worth of Longs Get Liquidated on BitMEX

The bears and the bulls get crushed by liquidations in a matter of hours with more than $100 mln liquidated on BitMEX on Aug. 6 

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Bitcoin longs speculated to have been leveraged more than shorts

Bitcoin’s market movements have been closely scrutinized by the entire community, with many speculating the movement of the world’s largest cryptocurrency to be a sign for the rest of the market as well.

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Poloniex Angers Margin Lenders by Haircut for 1,800 Bitcoin (BTC) Margin Trading Loss

The market for an obscure altcoin, Clams (CLAM) triggered liquidations for BTC margin lenders, ending up in a decision for Poloniex to socialize the loss.

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Bitcoin difficulty reaches all-time high after increasing by 11.26% as of block 578,592

Bitcoin’s price hit a Year-to-Date [YTD] all-time high on May 30, when it momentarily breached $9000, however, the surge wasn’t sustainable as it fell down to $8,600. This roller coaster ride caused millions of liquidations for both longs and shorts.

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Bitcoin’s sudden rally caused massive liquidations for short sellers on various exchanges

Bitcoin’s surge above the $6,000 level was sudden and shocked a lot of people as the price was a few hundred dollars short of hitting $7,000. This surge caused a lot of traders, novice, and veterans, to get liquidated on their shorts.

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Bitcoin Price Analysis: Bearish Market Structure Breaks with a Single 20% Move

Introducing our first video price analysis by Bitcoin Schmitcoin. Summary:Bitcoin broke out of a massive consolidation pattern known as an “Adam and Eve” double bottom.

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Huobi Is Rolling Out Futures Trading on a New Platform

At this year’s CryptoFrontiers Conference in New York City, digital currency exchange Huobi announced that it will begin offering derivatives contract trading. The service will be available via Huobi’s Derivative Market (Huobi DM) to customers of select countries and will allow them to open both short and long positions for a handful of coins.

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Bitcoin Price Analysis: High Shorts Count Could Signal Price Hike

Once again, bitcoin finds itself precariously perched on the bottom of its macro trading range (TR). After a strong round of selling over the course of two weeks plunged the price back to the $6,000s, bitcoin began consolidating for several weeks at the bottom of the TR:Figure 1: BTC-USD, 1-Day Candles, Macro TRAs shown in the figure above, the market has interacted several times at the current price range and it has been a source of three major bullish rallies.

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Russian Extradition Request Complicates Fate of Suspected Btc-e Owner

A court in Thessaloniki, Greece has accepted an extradition request from Russia for suspected Btc-e operator, Alexander Vinnik. Last month, a French request for Vinnik’s extradition was also accepted by Greece.

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Markets Update: Monster Liquidations and Flash Crash Fear

For more than six months of 2018, cryptocurrency markets have been extremely bearish considering the massive bull run in 2017. Last month many digital asset prices performed better than they had in months and some enthusiasts thought crypto markets might be on the mend.

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