$1.78B of today's $1.91B in crypto liquidations hit inside a single 4-hour window, and 91% of it was shorts (via @CoinGlass_). Bitcoin ripped from the low $64Ks toward $69K, Ethereum cleared $2,000, and the move had nothing to do with a coin-specific catalyst.
The trigger was the bond market. The Treasury said it will at least double the size of its long-dated debt buybacks, reversing a selloff that had pushed the 30-year yield to its highest close since 2007. That flipped risk sentiment fast, and every short stacked below $65K on BTC turned into forced-buy fuel for the cascade. Mechanically it's simple: the more one-sided the positioning, the less price it takes to trigger the unwind, and $1.78B compressing into 4 hours says the short book was extremely crowded going in.
Worth watching from here: does funding stay pinned near neutral after a squeeze this size, or does leverage pile straight back in on the long side. That's usually the tell for whether the move has legs or just resets the trap.
Was this move macro-driven, positioning-driven, or both in your book?
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The trigger was the bond market. The Treasury said it will at least double the size of its long-dated debt buybacks, reversing a selloff that had pushed the 30-year yield to its highest close since 2007. That flipped risk sentiment fast, and every short stacked below $65K on BTC turned into forced-buy fuel for the cascade. Mechanically it's simple: the more one-sided the positioning, the less price it takes to trigger the unwind, and $1.78B compressing into 4 hours says the short book was extremely crowded going in.
Worth watching from here: does funding stay pinned near neutral after a squeeze this size, or does leverage pile straight back in on the long side. That's usually the tell for whether the move has legs or just resets the trap.
Was this move macro-driven, positioning-driven, or both in your book?
$BTC $ETH $TBOT #TokenBot #Bitcoin #TradingSignals
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