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.
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Aug 17, 2023 at 11:24 p.m. UTC
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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 fa...
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Aug 10, 2023 at 5:22 p.m. UTC
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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 alre...
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Jul 31, 2023 at 9:44 p.m. UTC
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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.
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Jun 30, 2023 at 5:08 p.m. UTC
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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.
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Jun 20, 2023 at 7:28 p.m. UTC
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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 la...
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Jun 5, 2023 at 10:29 p.m. UTC
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Bitcoin Tumbles as Wild Crypto Market Swing Causes $310M Losses From Liquidations
The CoinDesk Market Index (CMI), which tracks the performance of the broader crypto market, plummeted 5.6% in an hour.
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Apr 26, 2023 at 9:17 p.m. UTC
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Bitcoin Surges 18% to Above $24K
Some $160 million in short positions have been liquidated on Monday.
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Mar 13, 2023 at 4:22 p.m. UTC
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On-Chain Liquidations Beckon as Ether Slumps to 2-Month Low
A total of $119 million in on-chain positions are at risk of being liquidated if ether slides by another 20%.
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Mar 10, 2023 at 2:28 p.m. UTC
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Crypto Traders Suffer Over $300M of Losses in Liquidations Amid Market Crash
The largest long liquidation in at least a month suggests Thursday’s crash in crypto prices has caught traders off-guard. Bitcoin traders suffered the most losses, some $112 m...
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Mar 9, 2023 at 11:53 p.m. UTC
Mar 9, 2023