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Bitcoin daily chart. (CoinDesk)
Markets
Btc
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.
Bitcoin daily chart. (CoinDesk)
By Krisztian Sandor
Jun 20, 2023 at 7:28 p.m. UTC
Jun 20, 2023
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Markets
Liquidations
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...
(Getty Images)
By Krisztian Sandor
Jun 5, 2023 at 10:29 p.m. UTC
Jun 5, 2023
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Markets
Markets
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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By Krisztian Sandor
Apr 26, 2023 at 9:17 p.m. UTC
Apr 26, 2023
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Markets
Bitcoin
Bitcoin Surges 18% to Above $24K
Some $160 million in short positions have been liquidated on Monday.
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By Lyllah Ledesma
Mar 13, 2023 at 4:22 p.m. UTC
Mar 13, 2023
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On-chain liquidations on ether (DefiLlama)
Markets
Liquidations
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%.
On-chain liquidations on ether (DefiLlama)
By Oliver Knight
Mar 10, 2023 at 2:28 p.m. UTC
Mar 10, 2023
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Markets
Markets
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...
(DALL-E/CoinDesk)
By Krisztian Sandor
Mar 9, 2023 at 11:53 p.m. UTC
Mar 9, 2023
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Bitcoin's long liquidations (Glassnode)
Markets
Bitcoin
Bitcoin Long Liquidations Hit Highest Level Since August
Centralized exchanges liquidated bullish long futures worth over $62 million during the early Asian hours.
Bitcoin's long liquidations (Glassnode)
By Omkar Godbole
Mar 3, 2023 at 6:19 a.m. UTC
Mar 3, 2023
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Crypto Markets Post Largest Short Liquidations Since July 2021
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Bitcoin
Crypto Markets Post Largest Short Liquidations Since July 2021
Crypto markets had over $700 million in liquidations on short trades, or bets against price rises, reaching levels not seen since July 2021. This comes as ether (ETH) leads to...
Crypto Markets Post Largest Short Liquidations Since July 2021
By CoinDesk Inc
Oct 26, 2022 at 5:04 p.m. UTC
Oct 26, 2022
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Crypto markets had over $700 million in liquidations on short trades. (Pixabay)
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Markets
Crypto Markets See Largest Short Liquidations in 15 Months; Ether Leads Token Surge
Crypto exchange FTX saw some $500 million in liquidations alone, a larger-than-usual figure.
Crypto markets had over $700 million in liquidations on short trades. (Pixabay)
By Shaurya Malwa
Oct 26, 2022 at 6:45 a.m. UTC
Oct 26, 2022
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Flex Yang, co-founder of Babel Finance. (Babel Finance)
Finance
Lending
Lender Babel Finance Lost $280M Trading Customer Funds: Report
The firm is looking to convert hundreds of million in debt into equity after a series of trading losses.
Flex Yang, co-founder of Babel Finance. (Babel Finance)
By Oliver Knight
Jul 29, 2022 at 9:36 a.m. UTC
Jul 29, 2022
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